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Lumber shipments of 504 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer in the week ended July 17 were 1.4/o below production. Orders rvere 11.1/o above production and unfilled orders 'uvere 47/o of stocks. For the year to clate, shipments of reporting identical mills were 2.9/o above production; new orders 7.1/o above. For the week ended July lO, 498 mills reported shipments 4.5/o above production, and ner,v orders 22.8% above.

Lumber shipments ol 491 mills reporting to the Barometer in the u.eek ended July 3 w,ere 43.5/o above production, and new orders rvere 33.1/o above.

Harris E. Smith, secretary of the West Coast Luml>ermen's Association, released tl-re report for the first six months of 1954 on lumber production, orders and shipments from the Douglas Fir region. Production was 5,122566,Nn feet, orders were 5,499,468 M feet, and shipments u'ere 5.349,912 M feet. The u'eekly average of west coast lumber production in June 'ivas 163,920,00O b.f. or 55.2% of the 19+9-53 average; orders averaged 2W,92I,O00 b.f., and shipments 195,305,000 b.f.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association, reporting for 169 mills in the week ended July 77, shovred production 10,649,535 feet. shipments 41,874,658 feet (3.0/c over production), and orders 41,280,948 feet (7.6/o over production). In the period, 68 mills were operating. In the previous \veek ended July 10, 60 mills operating and 169 mills reporting, shorved production 27,267,730 feet, shipments 28,287,975 feet. and orders 30,004,449 feet.

The Western Pine Association, reporting for 109 mills in the r,veek ended July 10, showed production 38,302,000 feet, shipments 41,019,000 feet, and orders 53,990,000 feet. Orders were 4l.O% above production and 31.6/o above shipments. For the 'iveek ended July 3, 89 mills reported (Continued on Page 64)

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