Tourism didn't decline, nor manufacturing output, according to the TransparentNH numbers. In fact tourism was up 8.7... so third quarter inflation would have need to be higher than 8.7, and much closer to 12, for tourism to create the negative.
The only thing that declined in the third quarter was the price of NH's largest commodity.
Hancock gets its lumber from the same mills that everyone else does, and it is SPF (Spruce/Pine/Fir - Fir generally being Hemlock) as they don't get separated in New England.
If you ask for FIR, most of us will think Douglas Fir from the west coast... that is special ordered through several wholesaler outlets.
https://www.thomasnet.com/articles/p...lumber-grades/
The only thing straighter than a #1 would be an engineered timberstrand.
But even those when stored inside will twist or check.
It is why all the lumberyards store it outside under cover.