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l)ortland, C)regon, September 11-Douglas fir sarvmills at the encl <if August .w.ere still maintaining second highest production, orders and shipment records in the industry's history, according to Harris E. Smith, secretary West Coast l,unrlrerrnen's Association.

Snritlr saicl eight months of production totaled 6,827,755,000 lroard feet, just 240 million belorv last year's all time lrighest output. Orders at 6,812,327,0@ board feet were just 100 nrillion off last year, and shipments of 6,795,542,000 feet n'ere only 142 million feet belorv last year.

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WHOLESAIE ments ol 222,471,000 per u,eek for August were 37/o above July shipments.

The weekly a\rerage of West Coast Lumber production in August rn'as 223,1811,000 b.f. or ll9.2lb of the 1947-1951 average. Orders averaged 205,947,000 b.f.; shipments 222,474,Un b.f. Weekly averages for July rvere: Production 171,992,N0 b.l. (919% of the 1947-1951 average); orclers 195,731,AW b.f.; shipments 160,544,000 b.f.

Eight months of 1952 cumulative production 6,827,755,000 b.f. ; eight months of 1951, 7,067,514,000 b.f. ; eight r.nontl.rs of 1950, 6,491,837,000 b.f.

Orders for eight months ol 1952 breakrlorvn as follorvs: Rail & truck 4,783,041,000 b.f.; domestic cargo 1,375,71.5,000 b.f.; export 315,,+98,000 b.f.; krcal 338,073,000 b.f.

The inclustry's unfilled order file stood at 920,710,000 b.f. at the end of August, gross stocks at 991,931,000 b.f.

Lnnrber shipments of .{85 mills reporting to the National I-un.rber Trarle Ilarometcr u'ere 3.(r per cent above production ftir the u'eek enderl Septeruber 13, 1952. In the same u'cek neu' cirders of tl.rcse mills n-ere 6.8 per cent below production. Unfillecl orders of the reporting n.rills anrounted to 39 per cent of stocks. 1,-or the reporting softn'ood mills, unfilled ortlers u'ere equivalent to 2l days' prorluction at the current rate and gross stocks ecluivalent to 52 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical (Contintted ot't l'age 4'1) la

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