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[[preprinted]] 26 [[preprinted]] ((cont. from p.10)) BLENG [[side note]] Tues, Dec 16, 1980 [[/side note]] next visited village of Jono which produces crystaline salt & bleng from groundspring water kab: Grobogan kec: Tawanghajo [[left-margin]] kal? [[/left margin]] →dukoh: Jono (& 5 other neighboring dukohs) [[margin]] JONO [[/margin]] in some of the dukoho ground water springs out with bubbling sound (hence name "bleng")-in Jono, however, brought up by bucket from wells at present time in Jono are 180 KK with total of 390 family workers, no hired labor much reduced, however, since Dutch times ground water stored in [[strikethrough]] yaen [[/strikethrough]] covered-oven holding ponds for seven days then transfered [[transferred]] by bucket to bamboo evap. trays get a granular crystal salt sold [[margin]] tastes better than sea salt which, they say, is bitter [[/margin]] mainly to shoyu factories - water remaining after crystals from is the bleng - brownish [[endpage]] [[start page]] [[preprinted]] 27 [[preprinted]] in color used to make kupuk puli (nectar-gular kupuk made of rice or wheat flour) - bleng gives both flavor & helps bind the flour together are 3 kupuk puli makers in Jono at present, producing about 10 K each a day each producer in Jono has his own langganans & "menjual sendiri ke tungkulak" was a coop in early 60's but has broken up now here get another set of figures - 336 units in the village at present, compared with 1346 units in former times formerly also used hired labor from outside the village - the petanigaram were rich men then, acc. to Pak Lyrah - at that time they rented out their crop fields & lived off salt production now must till own fields & must also make salt w/out hired labor They blame decline on a certain [[end page]]