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[[Page 94]] where at present 150 ha salt flats operated by a [?] (aktati - owned co., in other words) - formerly salt works on Madura operated by Dutch as a monopoly + Japanese not allowed in colonial times to make salt - function of govn. project "sebagai sarana [?] dan penyulan " (educational) - largest single holding in Pati is 7 ha - Produce off of 1 ba is 10 tons per mo; thus get 60 tons a season collect the salt once every 2 or 3 days(([?] think this means that 1 lading out of the 10 or so they may have is harvested every 2 or 3 days - rotation system )) - 2 major markets: 1. to briguette salt factories 2. for domestic consumption (rock salt used in cooking) 3. to salt makers - problems with trad. method, acc. to Pak Kusnis: a. high losses due to seepage [[Page 95]] into the ground (bocoran); this is because earth not packed down hard enough b. salt can be mixed with earth c. thickness only 1-2 centim. because harvested too often; this in turn because people not strong enough in terms of capital to wait or to bear risk of crop loss due to rain salt warehouses privately owned by wealthy - usually [?] , mainly [?], who own, but some of wealthier salt-makers also own their own gadangs best prices for salt Jan + Feb when get 4 or 5 times usual price (rainy season) from 10 Rp a kilo, for example, can go up to 50 - work groups 4 per; hired as a group - another kind of worker the [?] mengepak who transfers salt from mounds where piled up alongside salt flats to karongo