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cars are "spotted" on the railroad track opposite the house to be 
loaded, and skids are placed from the house to the car. One end of 
a cable is attached to the house, the other end being passed over 
the car and through a block and fall fastened to a tree or stump on 
the opposite side of the track. A team is attached to the free 
end of the cable and the house is dragged slowly up the skids 
and upon the car bunks. 
A house can be handled most expeditiously with power log 
loaders, in which case there must be a heavy 6-inch by 12-inch 
timber running lengthwise or crosswise under the center of the 
building. An iron rod, 1| inches in diameter, having a large eye 
at one end and a screw thread at the other, is run through the 
center of the house from the peak of the roof down through the 
heavy floor beam and made fast with a nut. An empty log car 
and the log loader having been placed on the track opposite the 
house, the loader cable is fastened to the eye of the rod, and the 
whole structure is raised clear of the foundation, then swung 
around in position and lowered upon the car. It is unloaded by 
a reversal of the process. In some cases the rods are fixed per- 
manently to two corners of the house, diagonally opposite, and 
a bridle on the loading cable is fastened to them when the house 
is to be moved. The moving of the house does not necessi- 
tate the removal of the household effects. 
Barns for animals at portable logging camps msLy be either 
semi-permanent board structures, tents, or specially constructed 
cars. 
Board barns are advantageous in a region where the winter 
weather is severe, since they can be made tight and afford ample 
shelter and comfort for the animals. They are built of cheap 
lumber with a board roof battened, or covered with prepared 
roofing. Such structures are expensive when camp is moved 
frequently, because some lumber is destroyed each time the 
building is torn down, and the cost of erection is considerable. 
A form of tent barn 32 feet wide with 14-foot center poles and 
7-foot side poles, is recommended by some loggers for temporary 
camps. Double stalls are made 10 by 10 feet with 6-foot alleys 
at the rear. A barn of this character made from 12-ounce duck 
will be serviceable for about two years. 
Car barns are used in some parts of the South. A type used 
in Arkansas has a fiat car 10^ by 40 feet in size, with standard 
