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but more difficult to market
- Pak Keni himself makes a minimum of 100Rp profit when getting land ready for planting work in fields all day & make wayangs at night (beginning of rainy season) certain parts of face of wayang can only be cut out at certain times of day, acc. to traditional beliefs - if Hanuman in the evening, Bima 11AM etc - if don't follow these rules the wayang will not "hidup" (have life, come to life) 
- is one dalang, Pak Supar resident in Pocung - studied at Abirando, school for dalangs at the palace - is the younger brother of Pak Dukoh

[[left margin]]kind of grasshoppers - sucks out insides & leaves empty kernel[[/left margin]]

plague in the village in 1968, but could overcome ((bubonic?)) re hamah tangman both wereng & walang sangit as well as rats have attacked village at various times 
- this year 16 hektares affected by wereng - sprayed with insecticide called Paspel - Pak Dukoh sprayed the fields himself & still got a good harvest

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- acc. to Manti Pertanian should use 3cc obat per 10 liters water, but this formula not successful; then Pak Dukoh experimented & found that 10 cc. per 10 liters successful
acc. to Pak Atmo coconut is the best crop for pekarangan ("hasil paling baik") 
also cenkeh (clove) trees in the village - offered by govn. for sale - Pak Dukoh planted 200 & 10% only died, five non in flower
Mantri Pertanian has asked Pak Dukoh to plant 1 hektase of coffee next year 
river of Pocung has never, been completely dry 
wells about 4 M deep 
about 20% of adult males not involved in kerajinan - find work as traders, buruh tani, etc.
- now many more pengrajin than before, acc. to Pak Almo because land holdings smaller, birth rate high so that needs high & hasil pertanian not enough for needs - therefore people must look for outside