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The pine, redu'ood, plyrvood and hard',vood, markets are firm. Douglas fir commons continue rveak, but fir uppers are firm. The car shortage situation has improved.

Lumber shipments of 437 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 2.8 per cent below production for the week ending October 14, 1950. In the same week new orders of these mills rvere 19.6 per cent belou. production. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amountecl to 49 per cent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders r,vere equivalent to 25 days' production at the current rate,. and gross stocks were equivalent to 4.S days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 5.6 per cent above production; orders r,vere 2.5 per cent altove production.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 19351939, production of reporting mills rvas 62.3 per cent above ; shipments u'ere 64.3 per cent above; orders were 38.1 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in L949, production of reporting mills was 11.2 per cent above; shipments lvere 10.5 per cent above; and new orders rvere 14.3 per cent below.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended October 7, 94 mills reporting, gave orders as 85,885,000 feet, shipments 77,707,000 feet, and production 81,055,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the u,eek totaled 230.931.000 feet.

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The Southern I'ine Association for the rveek ended October 7,93 units (117 mills) reporting, gave orders as 21,l24,ON feet, shipments 18,925,000 feet, and production 20,929,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 67.235.000 feet.

The.West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended October 7, 178 mills reporting, gave orders as 105,334,000 feet, shipments 122,678,000 feet, and production 110,021,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 612,725.000 feet.

For the week ended October 14, these same mills showed orders as 108,700,000 feet, shipments 123,658,000 feet, and production I22,558,0n feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the rveek totaled 593.549.000 feet.