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but has never lived there or stayed long
reason that empus don't know what types of tools to make & if left on their own will make wrong types
has never received any type of govn. assistance
all his workers from Kajar
-Pak P. feels a shortage of labor for perapens in K. but outsiders difficult to teach ("sukar sekali diajar")
Pak P. only discusses in the morning what is to be made, then leaves workers on their own
if need labor for fields either Pak. P or wife will look for buruh tani & will not use pengrajin or shut down perapens 
-buruh tani who work all day without rest get a meal but those who go home for a couple of hours at midday don't
(insert: kerbau tahan panas but can't climb hills due to shape of feet; sapi can climb

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hills but cannot stand heat so if use sapi to work fields only morning hrs.)
-for Pak P.'s land need 20 mornings to luku, but also says +-1 hektare ((10 mornings should be enough for 1 hekt))
-seldom work overtime but once in a while if overtime 7-12, same payas siang
acc. to Pak P. if the pengusaha asks workers to work overtime because have a lot of orders, get about 10% less hasil than daytime; but if the pengrajin ask the pengusaha to allow them to work overtime because they have loans outstanding and they are afraid on payday won't get any salary, then result will be same as siang 
pengusaha have a more-or-less fixed idea of how many tools they expect an empu to produce a day & if at 3:00, for example, have made that many they may go home early