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mixed with rain during Dutch times the Jav. Forbidden to make salt because would compete with Dutch monopoly salt works on Madura - after revol. at Kalianget they got some Madurese to come over and teach them salt farming dept. of ind. program for the salt ind. includes sending local boys over to Madura for a month or two - they must then come back & teach others - Madura salt works still larger than Jav. & under state owned enterprise on P.T.)
prior to salt ind. were ancient tombaks in the area but now increased in number 
- no specializ. among the 4 - man buruh garam teams 
- good ladangs can produce 60 tons of salt per hektare per dry season - by good is apparently meant ladang with non-porous soil if porous drops down to 30 - 40 tons
- if dry season short total salt prod. in the area low & 

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price goes up - reverse is true so that drought year like last yielded high but price low 
can beat the game by storing till price goes up - many warehouses scattered around near the ladang garam - learned that these warehouses owned mainly by Chinese tengkulaks who don't farm any ladangs themselves, but buy up from salt farmers
- price various from 4-35Rp per kilo
- 35 in 1974 and 4 in 1977 and this year 10Rp
- in 1975 jurisdiction for salt farms transfered from agr. dept. to dept. of industry
-  govn. salt lower in val. for same wt. than trad. salt because denser
- one of problems in gaining acceptance for govn. method is that with an evap. period 2 or 3 times longer the risk of losing a "harvest" due to nacin[[?]] also 2 or 3 times higher 
- have conducted courses in 1977 and 1978 for +30