Jan. 19: a plan to put down wells & pump water out to Julius. Evaporation results in salt being deposited near x at soil surface, also bad for plant growth. Vegetable growing area in outskirts J town. The big black water buffalo is a key animal in lives of people. It provides milk (and I guess meat) and fuel. The cow pie "patty cake" industry was seen nearly everywhere. The dung is gathered in rounded piles, then patted into flat cakes 8" across x 1" thick at center, spaced out to dry in close formation, stacked in groups of 2 or 3 on edge, leaning together to aid further drying, then loaded on carts & sold as fuel. At one place there were about 50 animals & the cow pies were spread out over an area 30 x 200 yds. Evidently only the women make the pies and it starts early. A baby