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by the resident staff is supplemented with lectures in otlier subjects, 

 such as live stock, veterinary science, and horticulture. 



5. Courses and jNTumbers in Attendance, 1921-22. 



Numbers enrolled at Training Farms. — Beginsel (Standerton), 

 35; Guba Park (Indwe), 25. 



The total number of persons who attended these courses during 

 the year was 951; in 1920-21 there were 811, showing a considerable 

 advance. 



The diplomas and certificates awarded were as follows: — 



Elsenhuvg : 23 diplomas, 2 certificates in agriculture. 



Glen : 22 diplomas, 2 certificates in agriculture, 10 certificates 

 in dairying. 



Grootfontein : 16 diplomas, 14 certificates in sheep and wool 

 course. Milk and cream testing certificates Avere issued to 7 persons. 



Pofchefsfronm : 26 diplomas. 



At Cedara the diploma course was reopened in January, 1921. 



The students' inter-school judging competition was again held 

 at the Bloemfontein Show. All five schools competed, with five men 

 ill each team. The classes judged were Friesland cattle, draught 

 horses, and pigs. The team from Potchefstroom won first phice, and 

 the Glen team was second. 



6. Extensioyi Work. — Information is conveyed to farmers on many 

 agricultural questions, chiefly by means of correspondence, through 

 organized lectures, and by personal visits. The demand for assistance 

 of this kind has grown, as the advice of itinerant officers has come to 

 be more appreciated. Much can be done with the aid of correspon- 

 dence, but the average man requires his difficulties to be investigated 

 on the spot. This means the development of an extension service 

 on a liberal scale. The figures for the past j^ear sliow^ more work 

 accomplished, principally in connection with sheep and poultry. 

 In household science, too, more persons were reached. Three demon- 

 strators were employed in this subject throughout the year. The 

 strengthening o'f the Grootfontein and Glen staff's for sheep and wool, 

 and arrangements for closer co-operation with the Sheep Division, 

 made it possible greatly to increase the extension work in this subject. 



