Total pole output has fluotuated yearly. No definite trend is 

 indicated; however, the quantity of Douglas-fir poles produced was un- 

 usually small this year. As indicated in table 4, the total pole out- 

 put since 1947 has been slightly over 6 million poles. 



Table 4. 



--Total poles 



processed in 



the northern Rooky Mountain area 



from 



all sources 











Year 



: Western 



: Lodgepole 



Western 



: Douglas - 



: Total 



: redcedar 



: pine 



larch 



: fir 



1947 



448,544 



375,545 



252,205 



91,134 



1/1,167,428 



1948 



384,837 



142,490 



103,693 



43,231 



1/674,251 



1949 



521,847 



186,262 



143,888 



58,606 



910,603 



1950 



418,982 



92,338 



90,793 



14,154 



616,267 



1951 



283,171 



136,628 



138,852 



39,662 



598,313 



1952 



471,104 



104,621 



213,336 



84,777 



873,838 



1953 



443,570 



128,818 



90,246 



13,218 



675,852 



1954 



359,639 



44,036 



101,842 



1,774 



507,291 



Total 



3,331,694 



1,210,738 



1,134,855 



346,556 



6,023,843 



1/ Ponderosa pine poles were reported for these years: 1947, 

 6,557 poles; 1948, 804 poles. 



Table 5 shows the classification of poles reported by species, 

 American Standards Association class, and length. In general, the 

 demand seems to have been for lengths of 40 feet or less in the 

 4 to 7 A.S.A. classes. 



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