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There were also employed at training farms: — Boginsel, 5: 

 Guba Park, 6. Additions to staft are required, especially for itinerant 

 work, and as assistants to research officers. 



3. Scholarships and Bursaries. — Ten new scholarships for study 

 oversea were awarded during the year. The following figures show 

 the position regarding scholarships to date : — 



Scholarships or grants made 12G 



]l^umher of returned scholars in Government 



employ 47 



Xum])er still engaged in study 43 



Eleven returned scholars were api)ointed to posts in the Depart- 

 ment. The number of assistance bursaries of £50 each, granted to 

 needy students at Schools of Agriculture, was the same as last year 

 (8). The value o'f the oversea scholarship is £200 per annum. 



4. Courses of Instruction. — The attendance generally continued 

 very satisfactory. All institutions were full since the beginning of 

 the year with the exception of Glen School, and steps have been taken 

 whereby special courses will be given there to the full accommoda- 

 tion. The numbers enrolled in the Diploma Course were not quite as 

 large as those shown for last year, but the position in respect of the 

 training of young men has changed but little. There was a strong 

 demand for shorter periods of instruction and for practical training 

 of older men who are anxious to take up farming with as little delay 

 as possible. Many men, just arrived from oversea with the object of 

 farming in the Union, applied and A\ere enrolled. The training 

 farms are at present unable to accept all applicants for this kind of 

 work, and numbers are also being accommodateid at the schools for 

 practical and special courses. The facilities offered by the special 

 sheep and wool course given at Grootfontein were extended to provide 

 for a larger number of entrants, and 27 men were accepted instead of 

 15 the previous year. The interest shown was fully maintained, and 

 the course promises to develoj) into one of the best of its kind given 

 anywhere. It has indeed come to be recognized as an essential por- 

 tion of the training recjuired for all who wish to engage specially in 

 sheep and wool M'^ork. 



The special course in dairying at Glen, designed to equip men 

 for the position of management in factory dairying, is filling a 

 long-felt want. A change in the course will be made to permit 

 students finishing in time to enter factories in October, when the 

 manufacturing season begins. 



There was a large increase in the attendance at winter vacation 

 courses, which prove popular and must be considered as exercising a 

 direct effect on current agricultural work. Development lies in the 

 direction of special subject courses of one w^eek's duration only. 

 This appears to be the form of instruction most suitable to the 

 majority of the public. Winter vacation courses Avere extended to 

 Cedara also during the year. The short course in wine-making given 

 at Elsenburg during the summer vacation was well attended. 



At the training farms, the student is required to devote his 

 energies to practical work, the period of training lasting one year. 

 This affords opportunity for observation on the varying operations 

 of the seasons and is the least time which can be recommended. 

 Instruction in field work, dairying, poultry, and carpentry given 



