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come to the village to buy (commission agents) from Sheikupura town, Lahore, Guj.
Sometimes he himself goes to Lahore & sells in diff. markets on Macleod Rd.
they don't finish carpets; shopkeepers who finish w/ spray, clean & prepare carpets for sale
shopkeepers also do cutting (surface trimming for evenness)
the weavers do fringes, however he has only 1 ADBP loan, for new mat. 14,400
6 mo. ago
personal [[surety?]], his for the guarantor
formerly got credit from commission agents - a kind of advance
can get 4000 - 5000 Rs advance w/ condition that agent gets the carpet at a cheaper price
50Rs per foot less

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normal price 160 Rs per ft.
get advance not at once but bit by bit 1000 or 1500 or 2000 at a time
no problem in selling - they don't know how much profit agent gets, i.e. resell price
if market in Lahore themselves profit very low because of transport cost
carrying by rickshaw from place to place costly & so tend to sell to 1st buyer
is a primary school up three 5th grade in the village
40-50 children attend, ie about 25%
schools costly because ,asters always demand contributions of Rs, rice, wheat, etc., butter, dung cakes - they complain
village speaks a strange dialect of Urdu - came over from Keernal

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