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1986_July-Sept_86HH -    Note: 886

Page: 114-115
Date: 5. 8. 86.
Location: Elba
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i(1229 Kemal Eraslan). Talk.

1. i(1231 Salih) has 600 dec. in all
2. Other rich i(1231 Salih Eroglu) - he said 300 dec.
[NB: claimed 500 dec.]
3. Cows
Year. 3 months - no milk
5 months - high yield
4 months - falling yield
Yem - confirmed over 1,000 TL. if reckoned in cash (Kspe is)
16 kilo a day of yem @ 90 TL
Good cow - 20 lt. - leaves a decent profit + yavru {gl : offspring}.
yavru - 100,00 TL in two years; sells for 200,000 TL
So, 100,00 TL profit for cow per annum. So long as nothing goes wrong.

4. i(1231 Salih) has 25 dec. of yonca.

5. Currently i(1229 Kemal) has two wives.
i(1700 mer's) mother remained in her dead husband's house. i(1229 Kemal) married her about 1955, but she did not move.
I now realise there is a confusion about residence.
If i(1700 mer) (as stated) was not separate till , did they all live in one house?
I tried to draw him on 2 wives. He said it was all fine and no one minded. As far as I remember, they did not share one house but were presumably an
economic unit.
[Was this one of i(1231 Salih E's) moves to increase his land holding and farming enterprise?]

k<agriculture> k<income> k<household> k<marriage>

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