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Lumber shipments of 374 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 1.6 per cent above production for the rveek ended November l, 1947. In the same week new orders of these mills were 1.6 per cent belorv production. Unfilled order files of the reporting mills amountd to 59 per cent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 30 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 48 days' production.

For the year to date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 1.0 per cent above production ; orders were 2.6 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 19351939, production of reporting mills u'as 19.9 per cent above ; shipments n'ere 25.0 per cent above; orders "lvere 25.1 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 1946, production of reporting mills was 7.3 per cent above, shipments rvere 14.6 per cent al;ove;and neu, orders r'r'ere 11.1 per ,cent above.

Western Pine Association reports orders for the week ended Nov. 1 for Ponderosa pine, Idaho rvhite pine, sugar pine and associated species totaled 52,217,0A0 board feet as against 62,434,An for the previous week and 55,254,000 for the like rveek a year ago. Sirnilar comparisons of shipments are 59,800,000 {eet, 56,652,W) feet, and 60,962,ffi0 last year. Totals for production are 64,155,000 feet, 60.457,UJO feet, and 62,446,m0 feet in 1946.

For the year to date, orders are 7/o above last year, shipments are up 6/c, and production is up 3/o.

. The Southern Pine Association for the r,veek tober 25, 82 units (108 mills) reporting, gave 15,743,0m feet, shipments 18,192,000 feet, and 17,740,A00 feet. Orders on hand at the end of totaled 787 4l.O0O feet.

ended Ocorders as production the week

The West Coast I-umbermen's Association for the rveek ended C)ctober 25, 148 mills reporting, gave orders as 90,183,000 feet, shipments 97,934,ffi0 feet, and production 99,899,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the rveek totaled 580,144.000 feet.

For the week ended Novernber 1, 148 mills reporting, gave orders as 115,923,000 feet, shipments 105,797,000 feet, ancl production 99,176,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the \\'eek totaled 587.887.000 feet.

Hardwood Flooring Output

Chicago-The greatest weekly output in history was recorded by the nation's major hardwood flooring producing areas in the u'eek ended Oct. 18, Henry H. Willins, secretary of the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association, said.

He reported productior-r of 15,137,000 board feet, an increase of more than 47o/o over average \\'eekly output during the first six months of this year. With continued favorable conditions, he said, total production for 1947 will set a nen'all-time record of more than 600 million board feet. The output includes oak, maple, beech, birch and pecan flooring, all of which have been in short supply.

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