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are sometimes used in the Adirondack mountains, although the 

 general practice is to use one-storied buildings. 



(4) Stables or hovels — rough buildings with a good roof and 

 fairly tight sides — are constructed to afford proper protection to 

 animals. They are equipped with stalls, feed boxes, harness 

 racks and grain bins. Each animal is usually allowed a stall 

 space of 5 by 10 feet. When a large number are kept in one 

 camp, the stalls are arranged on opposite sides of the building 



Fig. 7. — Typical Logging Camp of the Northeast, showing the cook shanty in the 

 foreground, the bunk house, the blacksmith shop, and the stable at the extreme 

 right. Maine. 



with an alleyway in the middle in which grain and hay are 

 stored. A 6-foot runway is left behind the animals to facilitate 

 cleaning the barn and to afford a passage for the animals to and 

 from their stalls. The barn equipment, including harness, costs 

 about $55 per team. 



(5) A storehouse, where large quantities of supplies are kept. 

 This may be a detached building or a room in the cook shanty 

 set aside for this purpose. 



