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memintal, mengantih = spin. 
pintalan = spinning wheel 
local consumption only because wearing was only a [[sambilan?]] then 
says most of their yarn was home spun (pintalgan) & quality not very good because of uneven thickness and not very fine
says cloth woven then was stagen (also called 'bengkung', lurik and mori kasan (contradicts my informants which say major product prior to 1972 sarong grisik with small ikat motifs[[strikethrough]] in banks [[/strikethrough]] on a warp striped ground- cloth I was shown already used imported thread, synthetic dyes, very soft on [halus?] cloth that rather uninteresting visually)) (( probable that mori kasan also model since mori [halus?] now made of imported yarn)).

says that starching ()penganjian
^and dying^
was also very simple then-for penganjian use fermented . rice solution ("bahan dari nasi yang sudah dibasikan" and for dyeing used natural plant dyes ^aythar?^ contrasts this critically with present situation where "synthetic dyes can

[[left margin]]  name was lan Wan Soen-he sold the plantation which still existed in Japanese Occ. times-
I. W. S. now owns hotel in Bandungan [[/left margin}}

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           ATBM=Alat Tenua, Baken Mesin
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be bought easily in the pasar")

acc. this pamphlet "After 1952, when the govn. began distributing yarn, the equipment began to be upgraded from the gedongan to ATBMs.  With this development many pengusaha/pengjajin from Troso were trained ((by who?)) in Kudus, because at that time Kudus was already an ATBM center."
govt takes credit for growth in Troso "whereas opening of Bali market after 72 actually a more imp. factor; see my earlier notes!))
"In the beginning the yarn distribution was on an individual basis.  But after his was formalized, through forming the 'Sedyo Mulyo cooperative in the village in 1961 the distribution was by klompok for the small enterprises, while for the larger enerprises i.e. those with more than 25 ATBMs the distribution was individual."
further says that:
"After changover in equipment and