Let $I$ be an ideal in a regular local ring $(R,n)$, we will find bounds on the first and the last Betti numbers of $(A,m)=(R/I,n/I)$. if $A$ is an Artinian ring of the embedding codimension $h$, $I$ has the initial degree $t$ and $mu(m^t)=1$, we call $A$ a {it $t-$extended stretched local ring}. This class of local rings is a natural generalization of the class of stretched ...