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June Housing Stqrts - 97,OOO

The preliminary estimate of 97,000 nes' nonfarm clu'elling units started in June is 10.000 units less than the Nfay figure as revised. An upu'ard rer-ision in the NIarch figrrre of 4,000 units brings the estimate of starts for the first six months of this year to 506,800 units, 77,80C units less than the first six months of 1956, reported the National ltetail Lumber Dealers Association.

The U. S. Deoartment of I-abor's Bureau of Labor Statistics announced, the 92,000 private houses and apartments begun in June represented a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 970,000 units, about the same zLs in N{ay. The 5,0C0 units of public housing begun in June included 1,200 started under the armed services (Capehart) program.

The first six months' total of 506,800 units ('+80,000 private and 26,800 public) was l3/o belorv the comparable 1956 ligure and the lolr'est January-to-June total since 1949.

Mills At Argata Sales Offiges

Final figures for the first three months of 1957 shorved a siight upturn o\:er the sarne period of 1956 in the number of units begun in multifamily buildings, for rvhich the trend has beer-r generally dorvnrvard since 1950.

Forestry Boqrd Tours Humboldr

The State lloard of Forestry made a tour of IJumboldt county on July 10th and llth, and held regular session at the E,ureka Inn on July 12. The field tour u'as to observe current logging operations, timber stands being relogged, lands being converted from timber-grorving to livestockrange purposes, and young growth timber stands lvhich are over 40 -vears old. The regular session heard a report on a forest harvesting and manufacturing residue survey to be presented by Director Fred Dickinson of the University of Czrli{ornia Forest Products Laboratory and a report rlpon timberland conversion to grazing.