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The putting-out system.
§Merchant clothier.
§Commissions spinners and weavers.
§Provides wool.
§Hires workers for finishing and dyeing.
§Cottagers.
§Own tools: handloom, spinning wheels.
§Division of labor within household.
§Men weave, women spin.
§Children and hired labor.
§Paid on piece-rate basis.
§May have garden, cows, etc.
§Continue to participate in agriculture.
Also called the “domestic” system.