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- if busy in fields, but many orders,
hires buruh to do all - needs
5 people if so
350 Rp L
300 Rp P
in tobacco season hires 3 buruh
to work every day for 3 months
straight - work is to [[dargis?]]
& esp. carry water to siram
the tobacco; also build the
"krodong" or little roofs for the 
tobacco plants
to garu or luku use 4 persons
but number of days he can't 
fix because may have to stop &
start because of rain
this year not good for tobacco 
because too much rain
tobacco weeded 3 times
- air to water tobacco from Surgai
Pocung & if drys [[dries]] up have difficulties
for padi rainfed only
- polowijo planted on sawah in
dry season but not on hilly
bukit because "kuatir tidak
beshasil"
-tengkulaks who buy tobacco
from [[Plered?]]
tobacco harvested by owner of


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fields & weighed in fields with
a "dacin" bronze scale
(jaal basah)
buruh tanis given 2 meals at
10+4
according  Pak Dakoh (who sat in)
every 1000M^2 of tobacco planted
with 2000 plants - system in the
area that each buruh given 1000
m^2 to be responsible
- Margo say no water under his 
sawah so can't sink a well
- if setos to toko get a partial payment & next time setos get
the rest
- largest order ever received 100,000Rp; Margo divided among 5 houses,
mainly his brothers
- Margo has even worked as a 
bakal selling daily needs ("[[keperluan sehari?]]") - bought items at [[Wonstari?]]
- Ibu also helps in ladang 
-musim paling laris May, August, December because many people tamasja (plesis, taking trips)
- most of customers Indonesians 
- foreigners mainly buy along Maliobora and around kraton
now selling fans with red kraton symbol at the kraton and has a