Production from all species showed strong increases in numbers over those 

 for 1955, but the most marked increases were in lodgepole pine and Douglas-fir 

 (table 2). However, the latter species is the only one showing a higher rate 

 of production than that of 1947. 



Table 2. -- Percent change in 1955 pole production 

 from previous year and peak production year 



Species 



: Change 



from 



: 1955 : 



1947 



Western redcedar 



+47 



-lo 



Lodgepole pine 



+149 



-33 



Western larch 



+80 



-50 



Douglas -fir 



+512 



+461 



Other 







-100 



Total 



+96 



-29 



Total pole production in the northern Rocky Mountain area in 1956 v/as the 

 third highest for any year since 1947 (table 3). Lodgepole pine displaced 

 western redcedar as the leading species for the first time since 1947, and 

 Douglas-fir pole production v;as the highest on record. 



Table 3. -- Total number of poles produced in the northern Rocky Mountain area 



1947-1956 









Species 









Year 



: Western 



: Lodgepole 



Western 



Douglas- : 



0th erl/ 



Total 





: redcedar 



: pine 



larch 



fir : 







1947 



230,872 



351,310 



221 ,990 



6,473 



6,557 



817,202 



1948 



212,785 



13u,099 



90,879 



5,419 



804 



447,986 



1949 



286,116 



186,262 



121,214 



5,720 





599,312 



1950 



217,049 



92,338 



71,651 



9 ,070 





390,108 



1951 



192,271 



136,628 



126,332 



10,116 





465,347 



1952 



217,721 



104,621 



152,761 



19,049 





494,152 



1953 



191,551 



128,523 



90,245 



3,516 





413,835 



1954 



138,624 



101,842 



36,938 



768 





278,172 



1955 



131,860 



95,027 



61,688 



5,941 





294,516 



1956 



193,393 



236,655 



111,268 



36,334 





577,650 



Total 



2,012,242 



1,571,305 



1,084,966 



102,406 



7,361 



4,778,280 



Percent 



42 



33 



23 



2 



(2/) 



100 



]^/ Mostly ponderosa pine. 

 _2/ Less than 0.5 percent. 



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