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[left page] core of the arits & pesaus (knives & sickles) he makes are thin sheet of steel while outer layers are iron-steel edge emerges in polishing process compare 3-4K a day with the 40-50K a day in Sen Asen-clear that this village short of capital; revealed also by the 1K steel enough to fill 24 sickles (arit) 1K iron enough for outer layers of 5 large arit or 7 small [[drawing of sickle on left margin with notes: filed steel edge]] Pak Paidi's perapen produces 20 arit a day if 2 men helping Pak Paidi, 16 or 18 if only 1 man helping ubub work done by unpaid mem- bers of Paidi's family arit sell for 50Rp each ((or does this mean profit per arit 50Rp)) ((failed to get scrap iron prices by profit-sharing data)) sell products in local pasaro or to tengkulaks - if to tengkulaks they may sell to immigrants ((trans- migrants?)) via sailing traders [right page] (pedagang nelayan) as far away as Pontianak when we asked what assistance they would like from Dinas Perindustrian, replied that they would like a tanggem (vise) and a grinda now use files (cap dua kikir @ 2500 Rp) or with the trademark of 3 crossed files (cap tiga kikir @3000 Rp) one kikir lasts 1 - 1 1/2 mo use 1 pikul (2 baskets) kitchen arenf a day which equivalent to not more than 1/2 pikul regu;ar areng (compare w/ 3-4 pikuls regular areng in Sem Asen) price of kitchen charcoal is 700- 740Rp per pikul (vs 1500 for regular charcoal) only a few people farm in the village ("petani sedikit") the pandais have sawah but only small ants, they estimate an ave. of about 1/4 hectare each ((not too bad, is 2500 M2, but of course can't double crop in this area)) other jobs that people do to earn a living include: