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1949-51_Vol.1J -    Note: 58ab

Page: 178
Date: 10-11. 7. 51.
Location: Sakaltutan
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10/7 Rain - very pleased "bostan ok olur" . Ploughing finished , women gathering ot {grass}, digging ba; - i(Mustafa ira) reaping yonca {clover}
(i(0157 Zbeyr)'s). Building,[or} idleness for males.

11/7 Harvest begins 2 or 3 days after bayram; 15 reaping, 30 days threshing. Women are making ropes of vegetables to dry in the sun; yemlik {animal
food}(wild); beet tops, burak {vetch} - all gardening is being done by women.

k<July rain, men idle, harvest imminent, women making winter feed, gardening>

k<land utilisation>

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