THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

W. T. BTACK Advertiring Mcncger

Howl.rumber Looks

Lumber shipments of 415 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 4.4 per,cent above production for the week ended April26, 1947. In the same week new orders of these mills were 2.6 percent below production. Unfilled order files of the reporting mills amounted to 76 percent of stocks. For reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders are equivalent to 27 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks are equivalent to 33 days' production.

For the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 10.7 percent above production; orders were 14.8 percent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 1935-39, production of reporting mills was 15.2 percent above; shipments were 8.9 percent above; orders were 4.0 percent above. Compared to the corresponding week in 7946, production of reporting mills was 3.1 percent above; shipments were 2.5 percent below; and new orders were 4.2 percent below.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended April 26, 107 mills reporting, gave orders as 64,851,000 feet, shipments 64,171,W feet, and production 59,733,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 186.739.000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended April 26, 8 units (108 mills) reporting, gave orders as 15,754,000 feet, shipments 18,447,000 feet, and production

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18,917,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end oi the week totaled 67,783,0N feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended April 26, 131 mills reporting, gave orders as 76,648,000 feet, shipments 87,O17,000 feet, and prodttction 86,295,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the rveek totaled 541,917,000 feet.

For the week ended April 19, 130 mills reporting, gave orders as 67,630,000 feet, shipments 88,213,000 feet, and production 84,935,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the week totaled 555,363,000 feet.