The Cottage Industry

The Cottage Industry

The Cottage Industry • The Cottage Industry – A family or small group of workers made products from their homes to sell, usually just to earn extra money (not to make a living). Before the Industrial Revolution, this was how products were manufactured. – Merchants (business people) delivered materials to the house – The workers in the house turned the materials into a product to be sold – The merchants returned to collect the product and pay the workers. – The merchants sold the product in other markets. The Cottage Industry The Cottage Industry • Modern Examples: – www.etsy.com – Fredericton Farmers Market – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5UbII_Q0_c – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7vElymyRDQ &feature=related The Factory System • The Factory System – Machines did work that was once done by hand. Workers were paid to operate the machines. – Faster – Cheaper – One machine could do the work of 50 or more people. – Machines were powered by coal, steam or water. The Factory System Cottage Industry Factory System Source of Power Hand Machines Place of Production In the home In the factories Scale of Production Small Scale Large Scale (Large-scale? Small-scale?) Cost of finished product Expensive Cheap Production Capacity Few Many How much could be made? Worker Safety Safe Dangerous Skill Requirements of Must be very skilled to Little or no skill required to Labourers craft products operate machines Speed of producing one Slow. One product made at Very fast. Multiple item a time. products made at once. Cottage vs. Factory Cottage Factory Hand-made products Machine-made products One person makes one One person makes one whole product part of a product Made in the home Made in a factory Expensive to produce Cheap to produce Time consuming Fast Review Slip • Answer the following question: – Why was the Factory System better for England’s economy than the Cottage Industry? .

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