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title: Menjiang dengan tangan lambat dan sukar (Weeding by hand is slow and difficult) (Indonesian poster distributed in Indonesia)
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/menjiang-dengan-tangan-indonesian-1952/
description: An agricultural-extension poster. A giant fist holds a clump of weeds with roots above a rice field where three women bend to weed by hand.
section: Collection
---

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# Menjiang dengan tangan lambat dan sukar (Weeding by hand is slow and difficult) (Indonesian poster distributed in Indonesia)

An agricultural-extension poster. A giant fist holds a clump of weeds with roots above a rice field where three women bend to weed by hand, with a volcano behind. The caption says weeding by hand is slow and difficult. It is the companion to the landak-tool sheet (NAID 5729977). The tell is card-stacking: only the drawbacks of the old method are shown, with the advantage side carried by the companion poster.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Plain folks](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/plain-folks/) [Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (Indonesian) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
MENJIANG DENGAN TANGAN
LAMBAT dan SUKAR

DARI
KEMENTERIAN PERTANIAN
DAN ECA MISSIE CHUSUSTEKNIK DAN EKONOMIE
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
WEEDING BY HAND
IS SLOW AND DIFFICULT

FROM
THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
AND THE ECA SPECIAL TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC MISSION
```

[← Menjiang dengan landak untuk tanaman larikan lebih mudah dan tjepat (Weeding with the landak for row crops is easier and faster) (Indonesian poster distributed in Indonesia)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/menjiang-dengan-landak-indonesian-1952/) [China Mainland Today (今日大陸) (Chinese-language cartoon poster distributed in Asia) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/china-mainland-today-chinese-1952/)

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