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Ht]W LUMBEH Lt]t]KS

Rapidly advancing prices in green fir d'imension and boards caused the sharpest increase in Crow's Lumrber Price Index since early May. Production remained low in July due to mill vacaition shutdowns, while demand from he east and midwest continued relatively h,igh due to new housing starts, with many consuming areas showing sign,s of renewed activity at the retail level. The sudden increase in the demand for boards came as a result of higher plywood sheathing prices, which is o,iten used for the same purpose as boards, and is expected ito remarin at a high point till the critical srhortage of plywood is eased; rough sheathing continued to be very dfficult to buy for prornpt shipment. Pine tr'oards rnoved in better votume ut only No. 4 Comimon sho'wed price improvernenrt.

Total retail lum'ber stocks on May 31 werc 4,749 million board feet, 1.2/o below A,pril 30, and ll.3Vo,below May 31, 1957, estimated the National Retail Lumber Dealers Assn. The Pacific region showed a 1.3/o decrease in yard inventonies fro,m April, and a 10.3/o decrease from the same 1957 date. Retail lumber sales, based on board-fo,ot volume of report'ing yar.ds, were 13.3% ab'ove April but 2.9/o below May a year ago. The Pacific region retail yards reported a 4.2/o increase in sales over the same 1957 date, and a 9.9% gain over this April. The Mountain-s'tate yards showed a 12.1/o increase over April.

Lurrnber shipments of 472 mills reporting to the National Lunrber Manufacturers Assn. in the week ending July l2 were 14.3/o above pro'duction; orders rocketed 35.5% ab,ove... N,ational prod,uc.tion of lumber totaled 2,732,000,W board feet during May, 5/o above this dpril but ll/o below May 1957. Sthip,ments were 4% above April blt 9Vo below last May. New orders rose slight y over April Orders of 116,245,542 feet at 155 rnills reporting (131 operating) to the West Coast Lumbermen's Assn. in the week ending July 19 were (Continued on Page 16) issue, we welcome these new advertisers into the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers":