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1 bundle)
fluctuations depend solely on demand
never hard to get labor because use kids who don't participate in harvest
total transport expend. 40Rs (includes food expense)
fare to Guj only 2 Rs + toll tax 
- only 2-3 shops near Ghanta Gas which sell yarn
he is from peasant caste - Gadi subcaste, caste CHOHAN
Kramat Ali now intervenes in interview: says 2 of [[strikethrough]] his [[/strikethrough]] Mehardin's sisters learned from K.A.
10 KG cotton yarn in a carpet 7 x 4.5 feet in size
45 Rs per KG up to 70 - 75 Rs for best quality
if 3 children work full time can finish a 7 x 4.5 carpet in 3 mo

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full-time = 12-13 hrs a day from sunrise to sunset [[scribbled out word]]
12 hrs [[strikethrough]] summer [[/strikethrough]] winter
16 hrs summer
frequently short of capital to buy yarn
if borrow money from shopkeeper must sell carpet very cheaply, so avoids; prefers stopages
50 Rs less per foot ((7 x 4.5 = 31.5 x 50 Rs = 1575 Rs))
Can't estimate amt. of time lost in stoppages
says A DBP like the shopkeepers, also a very high rate of interest & should reduce
work done in a room attached to house
double knotted the carpets
20 vertical to the ", 20 horizontal all carpets in village 20 x 20