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[[left margin]] size of looms [[/left margin]]
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6x9 | (one loom) | [[strikethrough]] 4 children | 5 mo to finish | 5 bundles | 10,000-11,500 sale price

5x8 | (one loom) | 3 [[strikethrough]] | 4 mo | 4 bundles | 7500-8500

4.5x7 | 2 looms | 2 each | 2-2 1/2 mo | 3 bundles | 4500-5000

on the larger loom 1 of the workers a trainee, 5 yr old girl, his own daughter

total no. of his workers 10 + 1 trainee ages between 6-23 married w/ 3 kids of his own

no workers are girls except his daughter
double-knot only in this village, he says-
he says single knot carpets very cheap
has electr.

max wages 22 & min. 10 per day; to some workers he has paid advances, & with them he has diff. dealings - he gives them their wages when product finished
advances actually given to parents
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if he sees a worker in another place he wants, & that worker has debts, he will pay off that workers debts

when a new worker hired, checks his work 1st for 3 or 4 days
if work good, starts him at 15-18 Rs per day
advances to parents 2000-3000Rs

buys yarn from [[?Tettarali]] also; are 2 shops there, he says
he says are 15-16 villages around here, all in tehsil Giy, making carpets
Kingerwali only med-sized, he says
market good now, not best
he wants more looms, but short of capital