TESTS OF ROCKY MOUNTAIN WOODS FOR TELEPHONE POLES. 
thoroughly seasoned, the bark probably having been removed at 
the time of cutting. All were nearly straight, and checked to the 
extent usual for seasoned material. A majority had straight grain. 
GREEN LODGEPOLE PINE. 
Twenty- two lodgepole pine poles were cut near Anaconda, Mont., 
in July, 1911, on the Deerlodge National Forest, in a dense stand 
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Fig. 3. — Moisture distribution in four air-seasoned lodgepole pine poles. Figures indicate per cent 
moisture within areas. 
on a gentle west slope at an elevation of about 6,500 feet. Upon 
arrival at the testing laboratory the poles were open-piled in two 
layers for seasoning. Three poles were weighed at approximately 
weekly intervals to determine the rate of drying. Figure 2 shows 
graphically the rate based on these weights. Based on their shipping 
weight the poles had an average moisture content of 60 per cent 
when shipped. Assuming that the three poles represent the average 
of the shipment, the poles had dropped to 48 per cent moisture by 
