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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 58a

Page: 92
Date: 6-8. 11. 50.
Location: Sakaltutan
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Land Utilisation and Village Lands.

6/11 2 year cycle (hrk=nadas { fallow}), varied by vegetable crops for which zibil {?}is spread on the fields (i(0317 Haci) confirmed i(0462 Ali Canveren)
7/11).
i(0317 Haci) making new ba {garden} for melons and marrows, by deep trenching, {diagram} to plant in the spring. Seems to be in no hurry to finish the work.
A ba (belonging to a {surname}) 3 years old; i(Nazim Tufan)'s ba 10 years old, - new fruit trees.
Mera {meadow} belonging to the village - not ploughed.

7/11 i(0462Ali Canveren) said that in this village steel ploughs are better. Takes 3 or 4 oxen.
2 people in village use horses for ploughing. {gl: may have been true, but neither true in 1949-50}
Kanber - better for wheat, Sakaltutan better for rye.

8/11 i(Emin Talasli) - "one year this side" (north) - "one year this side" (south).

k<two year cycle, fallow, new gardens, mera, ploughs, rye>


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