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38. cost of shed about 10,000 Rs for materials + labor all his looms wooden; about 3-4 yrs old. new loom of the type he wants to buy would cost 1500 (7 x 4 1/2) - age 28-29, he says - Asain [[Asian]] - father was a tenant farmer - he has 5 acres himself, + he farms, growing paddy + wheat bought land 4 yrs ago workers get no wages if work stops shopowners who buy are Punjabis - use loan to buy raw mat + give advance money to workers never has had any other kind of bank loan can borrow from friends or relatives 2000-4000, but only for a few days - despite land, he says main business carpets profit 1400-1500 per small carpet 39. small loom hence earns profit of about 4000 a yr. average no. of looms per HH in the village 2-4 not possible for a woman to own a loom; not one does they don't wind spools + bobbins for carpet ind. bundle alr. divided into 20 atti Ranks when they buy it ((no shuttle for carpets)) adults can't sit for such long hrs given us the reason for child labor 3 another IDRIS two looms 1 loan, 14,400 Rs, 5 mo. ago, 5 yr. terms. electr. works in his house he owns 3 acres, plants paddy + wheat