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Lumber shipments of 492 mills reporting to the National tion 54,626,NO f.eet. Orders on hand at the end of the Lumber Trade Barometer were 7.7 per cent belorv produc- month totaled 51,519,000 feet tion for the rveek ending July 26, 1952. In the same week * * * nerv orders of these mills were 1.5 per cent below produc- The Southern pine Association for the r,r,eek ended July tion. IJnfilled orders of these reporting mills amounted to 26,9g units (123 mills) reporting, gave orders as 1g,924,000 44 per cent of stocks. For the reporting softwoqd mills, feet, shipments 1g,602,000 feet, and production 19,120,000 unfilled orders were equivalent to 25 days' production at feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 52,_ ihe current rate. and gross stocks lvere equivalent to 52 053,000 feet. days'production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills u'ere 5.1 per cent above production; orders rvere 5.3 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding r.veek of 19351939, production of reporting mills u'as 75.1 per cent above; shipnrents were 66.4 per cent above; nerv orders tere 73.5 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 1951, production of reporting nri1ls rvas 1.9 per cent above; shipments rvere 4.1 per cent above ; and nerv orde:-s u,ere I 5.0 per cent above.

The W'6stern Pine Association for the rveek ended July 26, 714 mills reporting, gavc orders as 80.9.39,000 feet, shipments 77,461,000 feet, and production 84,122,000 f.eet. Orders on hand at the end of*th1rv1ek totaled 233,338,000 feet.

The California Redrvood Association for the month of June, 1952, 17 companies reporting, gave orders received as .19,119,00O feet, shipments 50,671,000 feet, and produc-

Tl-re \Vest Coast Lumbermen's Association for the rveek ended July 19, 180 mills reporting, gave or<lers as 133,350,(Continued on Page 79)

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