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we still west coast ; hut it is now- 



; industry ; to dcvelop- 



Doi must be cor ! as 



rofit, especially the spinning 

 of " homespuns," which flourishes 

 mountain villages of Donei 



f /7OO are often sold in the 

 :ithly markets of Ardara rrick. These 



homespun ed (mostly with local ble 



products), and the patterns designed, by the 

 people thcms .ho often show remarkable 



taste and skill in this traditional industi 



>t and certainly not the least source of 



help whici the service of the occupa 



of deficit fan the money contributions 



es who have emigrated to America. 



;hout these various additions to the profits of 



nin they would always find themselves on the 



narrow border which separates a bare existence 



:n famr rum time to time there is a 



the potatoes fail and the yearly 



income has to suffice not only for the months 



from May to October, but for the ous 



winter a 



The type of deficit farm here described is not 



confined to the congested districts; there are 



individual groups of such farms in 



other parts of the country which in ot 



respects are quite flourishing. We may with 



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