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pulling off, the "skirts" of the tent hanging at the end (DA) are lifted 

 to the end rail (U) and the whole is then. pulled off at (C). To make 

 this operation easier and prevent the frame from racking, the men place 

 their knees against the corner posts at (CB) and let the tent fall on to 

 it; at the same time this gives them a good leverage for pulling. After 



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the tent is off, the frame is then ready to be advanced to the next 

 position up the row, and to do this, the posts at (CB) are simply 

 turned around to face the other way and the rest of the frame is 

 carried forward and set up. 



This whole operation of setting up the frame, pulling on the tent, 

 and making the "shot" requires about fifteen minutes, so that we found 

 the two men could handle three tents an hour and still do careful work. 

 These men were paid 35 cents an hour, which made the labor expense 



