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directs the preparation of skitlways and logging roads, determines 
the best methods and equipment for liauhng timber from par- 
ticular sections, allots given crews to specified work, and sees 
that all men and animals are employed to best advantage. Skid- 
ways should be selected and prepared some days in advance 
of actual use so that the hauling teams will not be delayed by 
lack of storage space. 
On good bottom and level ground two horses or nmles should 
handle from 400 to GOO board feet per load and from 6000 to 10,000 
Fig. ot. — Luudiiig ;i Lo^ Wagun by meau.s uf the Crosshuul. 
is doing his own loading. Missouri. 
i he teamster 
feet daily ; four animals should handle from 600 to 800 feet per load, 
and from 8000 to 12,000 feet daity. Five yokes of oxen will 
handle from 600 to 1000 feet of logs per trip, depending on the 
kind of bottom and the size of the timber. 
The average number of trips daily for two horses or mules 
is approximately as follows: 
J mile and less 12 to 15 trips 
i to 5 mile 10 trips 
J to I mile 7 trips 
f to Ij miles 5 trips 
1| to If miles 4-5 trips 
