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sometimes by donkey sidesaddle + sometimes by cart pulled by donkey
he owns 1 donkey
he makes various types
he fires 1x a mo- 600 or 700 pots in 1 awa
1 man 1x a mo average
they help each other w/ labor exchange for firing 
takes 3 days to fire (2 prep + 1 to actually fire) they sift clay 
don't mix w/ anything 
[[strikethrough]] whom [[best guess]] [[/strikethrough]] sometimes w/ sand
don't mix w/ broken pots
sift w/ kedla - mat of needs leaned against wooden supports
cover w/ mixture of dung, rubbish picked from rubbish heaps, rice husks, sequnda, broken sherds [[best guess]], mud, other plants

some pots painted w/ yellow clay called geri which turns red
black one painted w/ [[strikethrough]] geri [[strikethrough]] smoke of goats dung (!)
sells pots to commission agents; 3 agents buy 
mostly he goes to villages + sells agents [[strikethough]] whenever [[best guess]] [[/strikethrough]] comes regularly every mo.
they pay no profit at all -500- 700 Rs per HH
most potters hire carts + donkeys they say
here from people from potter caste who don't make pots but hire ant [[best guess]] donkeys
commission agents from [[strikethrough]] sale [[/strikethrough]] same caste + have 3 - 4 shop in