In addition to the poles actually produced (grown and cut) in the 

 northern Rocky Mountain area, additional poles are imported from Canada 

 and the West Coast area of the United States and processed along with 

 the locally grown poles. Table 4 indicates that Canada supplies most 

 of the pole imports for the northern Rocky Mountain area. Ninety-five 

 percent of all the 1955 imports were western redcedar and the remaining 

 5 percent were western larch. 



Table 4. — Total 1955 processed pole production by source and species 





^Northern: 





: West 





: Percent 



Species 



: Rocky : 



Canada 



: Coast : 



: Total 



: of 





: Mountain: 









: total 



Western redcedar 



151,860 



73,292 



54 



205,206 



55o23 



Lodgepole pino 



95,027 











95,027 



25o57 



Western larch 



61,688 



3,725 







65,413 



17.60 



Douglas-fir 



5,941 











5,941 



1„60 



Total 



294,516 



77,017 



54 



371,587 





Percent 



79.26 



20,73 



0.01 





100.00 



Most of the poles grown in the northern Rocky Mountain area are 

 processed within the area along with other imported poles. However, a 

 small number of poles are shipped to processing yards in other areas. 

 In 1955, these outside yards consumed 7,919 northern Rocky Mountain 

 poles. This was 2.7 percent of the total 1955 pole production and they 

 went largely to yards in Minnesota. 



Table 5 shows the classification of the 1955 northern Rocky Moun- 

 tain pole production by species, length, and American Standards 

 Association class. 



