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SAI INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
                                                 SESSION 2020 – 21
                                                       Class – VII
                                                          CIVICS
                                                   LESSON NOTES
                                         CH- 8: A SHIRT IN THE MARKET



               Sub Topic 1 - A COTTON FARMER IN KURNOOL, THE CLOTH MARKET
               OF ERODE


               A COTTON FARMER IN                  Kurnool is one the districts of Andhra Pradesh.
               KURNOOL                             In this place cultivation of cotton is very expensive
                                                    and a difficult task.
                                                   A small farmer grows cotton on his small piece of
                                                    land.
                                                   Once the harvesting done, cotton bolls are collected.
                                                   There are taken to the local trader as the farmer had
                                                    borrowed money from the trader to buy seeds,
                                                    fertilizers, etc. for cultivation.
                                                   Even though the market price is high, the trader buys
                                                    it at a meager price from the farmer.
                                                   Cultivation of cotton requires high levels of inputs
                                                    such as fertilizers and pesticides and the farmers
                                                    have to incur heavy expenses on account of these.
                                                   Most of the small farmers need to borrow money to
                                                    meet these expenses.
               THE CLOTH MARKET                    The bi-weekly market of Erode in Tamil Nadu is one
               OF ERODE                             of the biggest cloth markets in the world.
                                                   Cloth that is made by weavers in the villages around
                                                    is also brought here for sale.
                                                   A large variety of cloth is sold in this market.
                                                   Traders from many south Indian towns also come
                                                    and purchase cloth in this market.
                                                   On market days the weavers bringing cloth that has
                                                    been made on an order from the merchant.
                                                   These merchants supply cloth on order to garment
                                                    manufacturers and exporters around the country.
                                                   They purchase the yarn and give instructions to the
                                                    weavers about the kind of cloth that is to be made.
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