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LOGGING 
In West Virginia a skidding crew often has two teamsters, 
one grab driver, one road monkey, and two skidway men. Each 
teamster drives two horses. 
The daily amount of work, measured in thousand board feet, 
performed by a team depends on the size of logs, the length 
of haul, the character of bottom and the grade. The size of log 
is an important factor because small logs show a low log scale in 
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Fig. 36. — Graph showing the Influence on Skidding Output, Animal Log- 
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comparison to their weight and while several may be skidded at 
one time, their total scale may be considerably below that of a 
single log that can be handled as readily and in less time. 
The number of logs skidded in a given time is not in proportion 
to the distance. Animals when once in motion will consume 
less time traveling the second 100 feet than they did the first, 
provided the log is not so heavj^ as to require stops every few 
feet. The time saved on the shorter haul maj' be lost very easily 
at the skidway or at the stump. A soft or rough bottom or one 
covered with large roots, stumps and other obstructions is pro- 
