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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 58ae

Page: 178
Date: 19-20. 7. 51.
Location: Sakaltutan
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19/7 Half way to Kanber, large expanse of wheat, i(Cemal Ates) yarc {sharecropper}with i(0039 Haci Ahmet) - alongside it,i(0157 Zbeyr)'s the same.
i(Duran Tasdemir) trying to knife a mole, for eating his potatoes. Showed me dying plants.

20/7 Harvesting begun; nearly all able-bodied men in the fields from 5 a.m. to akam {evening}; children come and go on donkeys with food, water etc., women
also working, mainly on gathering barley and short wheat {squatting with sickles}. A few people (1 in Kanber 19/7) threshing a little, because no flour - e.g.
i(Cemal Ates).

k<harvest, sharecroppers, food in the fielkds, women harvesting>

k<land utilisation>

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