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had to go around every evening collecting money and got nothing out of it himself
- best sales around [(Lebaran?)] and can sell about 60 pieces a month (Rp 50,000)
slowest month Ruwah, the month before [(Libaran?)] when may sell only 15,000 - 20,000RP worth
-Pak Sidal says his only method of marketing is to wait for customers to show up at his house
neither he nor Ibu ever setor to Jogja
has no fixes langganans [strikethrough] Syachroni of Dept. 
Per. Bantul often brings {striketrought} people around to Sidals place to buy
- Sidal estimates that only 10% of sales to foreigners
- no labels or trademark yet, but has an idea to make a wooden stamp
- once got a loan for 25,000Rp from BRI - Unit Desa with house as guarantee; later bank official came to house & asked if didn't want to take out a bigger loan for 100,000 or 


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150,000RP but Sidal refused because afraid difficulty to repay
when took out RP 25,000 loan gave a horse askomigi, because if give money will forget Sidal but if give horse will never forget
-profits about same this year as last
-prices:
small horse ---- 300-500Rp
med. ----------- 1000
large ---------- up to 4000
small vases ---- 100
kendi besar ---- 700
vase besar------ 1500
frogs ---------- 50

average income per month
he estimates at 30,000
((if calculate from Sidals figures,
profits very low, yet house [(tembok)]
owns motorcycle, tape and
amplifyer, good furniture))
says his only income from kerajinan
no large animals but 20 chickens
-no help from govn. except Sjarroni
coming around
he says two new buildings on left coming in are "gedung tamu"
-tried a coop a few years ago
but didn't work out because no
one to head it up ("tidak ada yang memimipin")
says a lot of ker. in Kasongan