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but they continue producing ((if have capital)) in order to build up stocks for musim ramai
- here contradicts above p 14 by saying price of areng is 1600-1700 Rp a pikul in rainy season & 1400-1500 a pikul in dry
they join handles to pacul by hearing very hot & hammering on 
they use areng jambu mete which they claim is "sama dengan las besi" (the same as iron welding) & hotter than jati
[[drawing of hoe blade, wider on bottom, with handles on top and note "added on"]]
they say that areng lamtoro is good for forging but not for joining ubub we saw was being worked by two persons
steel ship plate is bought in sheets & cut with iron chisel mounted in bamboo
they noted that a heavier pacul is needed for working the soils of Madura & Kalimantan than Java
E. Kalimantan prefers to import its paculs from Madura rather than Java (paculs one of trade items on Tamjung Bumi ships) [[/page 1]]
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[[strikethrough]]next[[/strikethrough]] on way back stopped at famous blacksmithing vilage of Paterogan, Kec. Galis, which makes the traditional curved Madurese knife called a "celurit" are 30 units there (not a PDP project village)
pandais sit, the pemukuls stand

sights along the road:  giant stone outcroppings, elderly women topless as on Bali (surprising in an area famous for fanatic Islam), women carrying sheaves of harvested rice home on their heads looking like large blond wigs from the back

[[left margin]]April 3 KOTAH [[/left margin]]
beginning third day of field trip - to Kabupaten SAMPANG

talked first in Kab. office w/Pak M. Suyitao, kepala Dinas Perind T II
discussed the first-year project in Resa Kotah, Kec. Jrengik (see above book 10, pp 70-73)
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