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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
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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