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of mine who had never had any experience at all, in 

 a little less than eight hours. A similar one was the 

 first blanket woven by my son a somewhat better 

 piece of work in less than six hours. A third was a 

 somewhat more elaborate affair on which three mem- 

 bers of the family each did a turn, and so I have no 

 record of the time it took to weave it. The yarn used 

 in these blankets cost about $2.50 for each blanket 

 at a time when blankets of similar quality couldn't 

 have been purchased for many times that sum. Even 

 if the loom is only used occasionally, it will earn hand- 

 some dividends on the investment at this rate. 



Our experiments in the weaving of woolens for 

 men's and women's clothing have demonstrated the 

 practicability not only of cutting out of the budget 

 most of the expenditures for ready-made garments, 

 but even the expenditures for fabrics. The accom- 

 panying illustrations of garments made from fabrics 

 woven in the Borsodi homestead suggest not only the 

 great variety of garments for which it is possible to 

 weave the fabrics, but the fact that they are, if any- 

 thing, more attractive than those which are usually 

 on sale in retail stores ready-made. 



The suit shown in the accompanying picture was 

 made from yarn home-spun in the Kentucky moun- 

 tains; the cloth was woven and finished in our home; 

 the suit was made up by a tailor operating a one-man 

 shop near our place. The yarn cost $4.50; the tailoring 

 $30. I had it appraised by various so-called experts at 

 the time, and they valued it all the way from $60 to 



