2/8 Sleymanli
Man with 60 dnm has sold his oxen, yarc {sharecropper} ploughs, he does ticaret {trader}, makes a good living.
Kt yeri {poor land} yatyorr, (sleeps) koa bekliyor {waits for yoking}} - no immediate intention of ploughing again. (Rented {??} {aberration for gave?} all
this unsolicited)
k<abandoning poor land, trade, sharecropping>
Deirmen {mill} Kadir Aga - memnum deilim { not happy}. He gave different figures - output per hour 80 snk for wheat, 60 ancak {barely} for barley. Profit 50
TL a day salam {healthy}- running expenses 40TL a day (i.e. takings 90TL) - plenty of work, people come from Koaiz, Zerezek, Vengicek, Kmr.
Machine running 24 hours a day. 3 men on duty, get little sleep, and all were obviously tired out
- [practically speaking, it means the equivalent of a 45 hour week each, at a rate of 5TL a day, and this in the best season].
Sakaltutan deirmen; i(Hasan) the beki's {watchman's} brother ortak imi {partner, apparently}. c.f. p.171 (Also i(0270 Bilal) - 1 man from Alaynl)
k<suleymanl mill, misery, costs, profits, partners>
Mehmet {surname} on Duran the kilimci {weaver}- he went to Elazig to buy and sell ya {oil} (10,000TL), sold the ya to hotel, got 204TL too much - counted the
money and found it wrong, had it counted by a public scribe, sent a telegram, and eventually paid the money back. This meant to prove what a noble chap he is.
k<story of honest trader>
k<commerce>
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