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(jaman dulu barang 2 masih bisah ditukar, tidak perlu pakai uang) -- he notes that money was rare in those days and that "if a man had even a piece of paper money he was considered a rich man" -- apparently nowadays do not use tangkulaks or bakuls -- method of getting the [[strikethrough]]cho[[/strikethrough]] painted cloth to Jogja is as follows: several of the households have larger, more organized enterprises (we did not see these); small producers like Mrs. K. who produce only 2 or 3 pieces a month [[titip?]] their finished pieces with the larger enterprises; once in every so many days the larger enterprises take [[left margin note]] 'diserahkan' 'disetor' [[/left margin noted]] the pieces to a factory in Jogja where they receive a partial per piece payment; some of this money may be used to buy new cloth & supplies if ordered by the pembatik thru the person from the larger enterprise
all dying & finishing is done by the factory (most of these are located within the walls of the beteng or old palace compound in

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south Jogja)
agricult: area around Jmo Giri very dry and hilly; padi gogo is planted on the mountain slopes [[strikethrough]] during the rain [[/strikethrough]] at the beginning of the rainy season; the method of planting is broadcast; apparently the padi gogo is interspersed with even rows of [[left margin note]] re-check [[/left margin note]] polowijo, mainly corn & cassava; the padi gogo is harvested after 3 months while the polowijo takes another 3 months to ripen; during the remainder of the year nothing in planted because the area is too dry (were greener irrigated fields down the valley a bit) Pak K. has no sawah any more -- story as follows: he formerly had sawah [[strikethough]] bg [[/strikethrough]] by grant of the Sununan of Solo -- land actually belonged to the Sununan but he could farm the land & keep the results as his wages because his grandmother was a caretaker of the burial grounds; during the revolutionary period, about 1945, the land was taken back by the Susunan & 'divided among the poor' (dibagi ke orang 2 jang tidak mampu) & Pak K. received a salary in recompense;

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