Report to the ... Zionist Congress and to the Council of the Jewish Agency in ... · 1935-08-01 · 8.1935 · p. Seite 338

of German Jews and the Labour Department, buildingoperations on a larger scale have actually begun. During the period under review, six apartment buildings have been constructed, containing 144 flats, and eight more buildings containing 192 flats are in process of construction. This is only a beginning, and it is expected that many more such apartment buildings will be built. As to temporary accommodation for new immigrants, the Department is considering the extension of the Immigrants' Hostel in Haifa. Its present capacity is 100 beds, and measures are being taken to make room for another 300 beds there. For Tel-Aviv plans are in preparation for the erection of an Immigrants' Hostel in the north of the town with a capacity of 500 beds. Apart from building operations in which the Department is engaged, advice has been given to individuals and institutions. The Department serves as an advisory body to the Education Department of the Vaad Leumi, the " Wizo," and two building companies in the colonies which were established last year with the financial assistance of the Jewish Agency. Many people who settled on the land without financial assistance of our National Institutions, also apply to the Department for advice with regard to their farm buildings, which the Department gladly provides. Extension Service. Directed by Mr. T. Volcani, Director of the Agricultural Experimental Station. 1. Plantations Section. Director—Dr. Weinstein. Assistant Director—Dr. Zamusch. Plantation Instructor in Judea—Dr. A. Nairn. Plantation Instructor in Samaria—Mr. S. Almon. Plantation Instructor in Emek—Mr. A. Hershkowitz. 2. Cattle Breeding Section. Instructor—Mr. J. Kwashna. Assistant—Dr. Czernoworitz. 3. Poultry Section. Instructor—Mr. T. Uri. 4. Vegetable Growing Section. Instructor—Mr. J. Ettinger. 5. Falka and Fodder Section. Instructor—Mr. M. Wilkanski. 6. Machinery Section. Instructor—Mr. A. Shiltz (under the supervision of Mr. S. Kaplansky, Director of the Technical Institute). 7. For udder diseases in cows. Dr. Lerman (under the supervision of Professors Kliegler and Adler of the Hebrew University). 8. For Poultry diseases. Dr. Komarow (under the supervision of Professors Kliegler and/' Adler of the Hebrew University). i During the period under review, the Extension Service, which had been originally an independent Department, was incorporated into the Agricultural Experimental Station, in order to further 538