9U 



LIBRARY 



CURRENT SERIAL RECORD 

 1AR2 91955 + 



Intermountain forest and range experiment station 



0£den,Utah 



No. 13 December 1954 



NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN POLE PRODUCTION IN 1953 



J. 0. Lammi 



Division of Forest Economics 



The annual survey of pole product ioni/ in the northern Rocky Mountain area^ 

 shows a decrease in pole output from the previous year,, The only species 

 to show an increase was lodgepole pine. 



Western redcedar continued to be the leading species, followed by lodge- 

 pole pine 9 western larch, and Douglas-fir, in that order (table 1). Lodge- 

 pole pine pole production surpassed that of western larch again after 

 lagging behind for 2 years. 



Table 1.— Number of poles produced in 1953 





s Northern Rocky li 



leant ain Area 





8 Percent 



Species 



° Montana 



z North 

 ; Idaho 



§ Northeast % 

 z Washington z 



Total 



t ©f 

 z Total 



Western redcedar 



4,616 



172,225 



14,710 



191,551 



46.3 



Lodgepole pine 



128 , 523 











128,523 



31 1 



Western larch 



41,198 



33,967 



15,080 



90,245 



21.8 



Douglas-fir 



2,793 



723 







3,516 



0.8 



Total 



177,130 



206,915 



29,790 



413,835 





Percent 



42.8 



50 o 



7.2 





100.0 



1/ Sponsored by the Rocky Mountain Pole and Treating Association. The 

 excellent cooperation of pole-producing companies is greatly appreciated. 

 All known producers were contacted by mail and the production of those 

 missed or who failed to report is believed to be less than, 1 percent of 

 the total production. 



2/ Montana, Idaho north of the Salmon River, and the following counties 

 of northeastern Washington: Ferry, Lincoln, Pend Oreille, Spokane, 

 Stevens, and Whitman. 



