THE CALIFQR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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Lumber shipments of. 42O mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer. National Lumber Manufacturers Association, rvere 10.0 per cent below production for the week ended July 23,1949. In the same week new orders of these mills ln'ere 4.3 per cent below production. Unfilled order files of the reporting mills amount to 30 per cent of stocks. For reporting softwcod mills, 'unfilled orders are equivalent to 21 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 67 days'production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 3.0 per cent above production; orders rvere 3.1 per cent above production.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended July 23, I03 mills reporting gave orders as 67,068,000 feet, shipments 62,464,000 feet, and production 7I,026,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 194,$7,AO0 feet.

The Southern 30,79 units (99 feet, shipments feet. Orders on 600,000 feet.

The California Redwood Association for the Jrne, 1949, twelve companies reporting, gave month of orders re- ceived as 28,072,W feet, shipments 32,310,000 feet, and production 41,919,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 28.477.0N feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended July 23, 165 mills reporting, gave orders 98,754,000 feet, shipments 91,777,ffiO feet, and production 102,850,000

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