l8o LOGGING 



The swampers cut the limbs from the logs and cleared out skid- 

 ding trails for the bunch teams, which dragged the logs to central 

 points available to the bummer teams; the loader assisted the 

 bummer teamsters in loading, and a man was stationed at a 

 skidway along the railroad to help the teamsters unload and 

 "tail in" the logs to the forward part of the skidway. 



In some sections of Arkansas a teamster, two horses and a 

 bummer are assigned to each felhng crew and handle the daily 

 output of two men, skidding for a maximum distance of 600 feet 

 from the track. Logs containing less than 150 feet are snaked 

 and if the bottom is dry all logs above this size are handled with 

 bummers. One swamper serves three or four skidding teams. 



Log Carts. — In all t>pes of carts the logs are swung beneath 

 the wheels with the rear ends dragging on the ground. The 

 height of wheels ranges from 5 to 10 feet with a corresponding 

 variation in gauge. 



Fig. 45. — The Perry Log Cart in position to load. This cart has wheels 

 either 4^ or 5I feet high. 



A cart used in the Coastal Plain region has an arched axle and 

 wheels 4^ or 5I feet high. The hounds of the cart are fastened 

 on either side of the tongue by a heavy bolt. A bunk rests on 

 top of the axle and carries two upright guides between which the 



