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64 [[page one]]
a time
- every 2000 gemteng requires 8 pikul wood @ 300-350 Rp in dry season + 400-450 Rp rainy
- sand from the river, buruh charges 100 to ambil
- nobody has tried minjak tanah
- have been using jobong (kiln) for [[crossed out]]long time[[/crossed out]] +/- 50 years
first was Pak Kassi from Kec Pamotan Remb.
- jobongs are made secara rombongang, + also used secara rombongan
jobong costs 25,000 to make + another 25,000 for the small house which covers
- no help received so far from govn.
- ((are firing klompoks same as klompoks which make trobongs?))
- to use [[jobongs?]] in dry season often a waiting list ("sering harus mendaftarkan duly")
- jobongs in Sambong have a capacity of 4000 (smallest) to 6000 (largest)
- cost of renting a jobong is 200 genteng, 100 for owner/owners of jobong + 100 for the buruh bakas
- price of genteng 6000 Rp per 1000
- transport with truck, colt +

65 [[page two]]
grobak
- truck can hold 6000, colt 2000 + grobak 1000
- no shortage of land in this village ("tanah masih banyak")
- buruh angkut tanah can carry 15 pikul a day @ 25-30 Rp
- buruh pasir can carry 4-5 pikul @ 100 ("kalua pasir harus dipilih 2")
- to sign up for using jobong, mustsign up w/ ketua rombongan who is usually, but not always, owner of yard where jobong located
- one firing requires 16 pikul kayu
- wives help w/ [[mengeunjean?]], mencetak
if no adult male they also do mixing
- process:
1. tanah [[dirindam?]] 1 day
2. mixed w/ sand
3. ngeblok
4. dicetak
5. dried
- proportion clay to sand 2 to 1
- if get credit want 30,000-50,000 per tahun