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one ounce (Ind. [[Indonesian]] ounce) of tempe wrapped in banana leaves sells for 20Rp retail and 2 1/2 rupiahs of that goes to the street seller who distributes

process complicated but includes multiple boilings, washings to remove skins, saving overnight, etc.

the fermenting agent, called 'ragi', is purchased [[strikethrough]]on[[/strikethrough]] dried in little white square patches on waru leaves- one waru leaf mixed by rubbing over the soy beans is enough to ferment 7 kilos of soy beans
the ragi for tempe is also made from soy bean paste/meal (?)
most expensive equipment in the small factory were 5 or 6 very large copper pans weighing about 60 K. each - were cast for the factory at Kota Gede at a cost of 1700 per kilogram or nearly 100,000 Rp per pan
boys working in the factory receive 1800 Rp per week
wrappers are paid by the tin at 

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17 1/2 per tin (per 'blek') - can wrap 5 - 6 tinfuls a day which gives them an income of 87 1/2 - 105 Rp a day (?)
tempe is sold in the Jogja + Temang gung areas - most of her customers in Jogja are wealthier families + hospitals
the factory processes 5 quintals (500 kilos) of soybeans a day
work area is off the back of the family home
work hours from 7:00AM - 4:00PM + workers receive midday meal
- Pak Pedro + his wife look fairly well off with a decent house, TV, gold ornaments
Pak Pedro himself has another job as a high school P.E. teacher
2. visit to large fully automated canned milk factory, P.T.
Sarihusodo
produces 4 kinds of baby formula, regular milk + oatmeal + one type of baby formula + the quaker oats under foreign liscence
- factory sealed off for sanitary reasons + visitors allowed only to look thru glass windows from outside

Transcription Notes:
Rp: Rupiah, the currency in Indonesia Ragi: means ferment or yeast in Indonesian Blek: means tin in Indonesian Temang gung: place in Indonesia Jogia: place in Indonesia Quintals:a unit of weight equal to 100 kg Sarihusodo: Indonesian company