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Lumber shipments of. 491 mills reporting to the National Lumber Tracle Barometer for the week ended May 29 were 5.6 per cent below production. Orders tvere 2.2 per cent below production. For the previous week, ended May 22, 520 mills reported shipments 5.5 per cent below production, wlrile nerv orders were 4.2 per cent above production. For the year to clate, shipments of reporting identical mills were 2.0 per cent above production, and new orders rvere 4.3 per cent above production.

The \\'estern Pine Association, reporting for 113 mills for the ln'eek ended May 22, sho'ived production 85,442,0A0 feet, shipments 80,530,000 feet, and orders 79,914,000 f.eet. Shipments for the week r,vere 5.7 per cent below production, and orders rvere 6.5 per cent below production, while orders rvere 0.7 per cent below shipments for the same 113 mills.

The Southern Pine Association reported for 106 mills for the rveek ended May 29, showing production 17,134,0m feet, shipments 16,439,000 feet, and orders 18,683,000 feet. Shipments for the week were 4.06 per cent below production, while orders were 9.04 per cent above production. For the week ended May 22, the report of 119 mills showed production 18,632,000 feet, shipments 18,427,000 feet and orders 19,142.0O0 feet.

The West Coast Lumbennen's Association, reporting for 171 mills for the week ending May 29, showed production 132,434,'715 feet, shipments 122,332,853 feet and orders 132,369,029 feet, with shipments 7.6 per cent under production. For the week ended May 22, the report of 171 mills showed production 128,004,064 feet, shipments 120,918,795 feet, and orders 145,990,109 feet, with orders 14.1 per cent over production.

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