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The role of microbiology in soil carbon and nutrient cycling under cotton systems has been the focus of our recent work; however, reporting is no longer just an exercise in journal publication and reporting to funders. Extension now has to incorporate funders, farmers, students, teachers and the general public. This results in one message being told many times in different ways, but raises questions regarding the best means of delivery, the preferred method of reception and the gathering and interpretation of audience feedback. This paper reviews our efforts to date across three main extension formats: printed material, digital material (including social media) and direct connections. Analyses indicate that no single method satisfies every potential audience and that some audiences want variety in their extension material formats.To meet this requirement, teams need to be familiar with several extension platforms, identify the key people that audiences look to for information so that the message is heard and assistance asked for from extension professionals when needed. K E Y W O R D SBlog, cotton, extension, Gossypium hirsutum, social media 142 | KNOX et al.

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The consultation rate in general practice is closely related to age. Lees and Cooper (1963) Clearly the consultation pattern in this practice merited further study to determine the effect of men's work on the demand for general practitioner services. This paper examines the consultation patterns of men who retired normally at the age of 65 years for the one-year period immediately preceding retirement and the one year immediately following retirement. The consultation patterns of their wives over the same two years are also examined. METHODThe records of all men born in 1900, 1901, and 1902 were extracted from the practice files. The records of men working past the age of 65 and of men retiring early were put aside. The remainder, retiring at 65 years in 1965, 1966, and 1967 respectively, were examined and data were collected of all surgery consultations for one year before retirement and one year after retirement. The records of the wives of these men were also extracted and similar data were recorded for one year before and one year after the husbands' retirement. FINDINGs THM MENThe sample contained 134 men, 79 miners and 55 non-miners. The occupations of the non-miners are shown in Table I. Table II shows the surgery workload produced by these men for the year immediately preceding and the year immediately following their retirement. More of the miners consulted at the surgery in the year before retirement than the year after. Those who did consult the doctor did so for more episodes of illness, and for each episode of illness they consulted more often. These differences between

Summary and conclusions During a four-year study period 43 985 patients were seen in the treatment room and 61 806 coded procedures carried out. Thirty per cent of these procedures were not part of usual nursing curricula and required initial supervision and assessment or training (or both). Nearly 15% of the patients seen were making a first visit and did not require referral to a doctor. A further 17% were also making a first visit but were referred to a doctor.