UNITED  STATES  GOLF  ASSOCIATION 
GREEN  SECTION  EASTERN  REGION 
NORTHEASTERN  DISTRICT 
MID-ATLANTIC  DISTRICT 

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EASTERN 

TURFLETTER 

A L E X A N D ER   M.  R A D KO 
E A S T E RN  D I R E C T OR 

R A Y M O ND  E.  HARM  AN 
N O R T H E A S T E RN   A G R O N O M I ST 

No. 6 

JAMES  R.  K O L L E TT 
NORTHEASTER^  AGRONOMIST 

Nov- - Dec. 1961 

ANNOUNCEMENT 

The United States Golf Association Green Section's 
Eastern Region Office is now located at 
8l8 Raritan Avenue 
Highland Park, N. J. 
Tel-:  CHarter 9-0225 

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We are very grateful indeed to Rutgers University for 
its generous cooperation during the past seven years, 
and particularly for housing the Eastern Office and 
for allowing us the use of the University facilities. 
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I D E AS  . . . G A D G E TS  ...and  T H I N GS 

Define the Target Zone with FLOUR. 

,fHole in One" contests are popular events with golfers on a one day 
outing...the usual procedure for this event is to mark off a target area... 
a lime lined circle within a 5 foot radius of the cup on a par 3 hole.  Super-
intendents have experienced difficulty in selecting a material vhich is bright 
white and non-injurious to the turf.  Mr. Bob Mucciaroni, Supt. at the Dedham 
Polo and Country Club in Massachusetts, however has solved the problem at his 
course...he uses FLOUR to define the circle and he reports that it is far 
better than anything previously tried. 

Roller Cleaner for Fairway Units 

Mr. William M. Dest, Supt. of the Wethersfield Country Club, Wethers-
field, Conn., devised a simple and inexpensive roller cleaner for his fairway 
units (see sketch below).  This device overcomes the annoying problem of grass 
clippings building up and clinging to the roller.  When clippings build up on 
rollers the heigjit of cut is altered and sometimes causes for an uneven cut. 
Additionally clods of clippings bunch up and fall off rollers and tend to make 
fairways untidy...this ingenious gadget helps scatter clippings, and so eases 
the problem of messy mowing. 

The roller cleaner consists of a discarded bedknife attached to the 
roller brackets with angle iron and bo3-ts.  The old bedknife is held almost 
against the roller with just a minimum of clearance. 

PIE oe  OF  FLAT 

&OLLE/Z 

Sluice Gate de-silts Irrigation Reservoir 

The Blind Brook Club of Port Chester recently constructed a dam to con-

tain their reservoir for irrigation purposes for their fairways...and solved 
the problems of silting over and flood-control as follows: 

"A k foot by k foot screened pump well and a 30 inch round sluice gate 
was installed at the stream bed level as a part of the dam structure.  A 500 
GFM outdoor-type well pump was installed over this pump well, enclosed within 
a cantilevered pumping platform of the dam. 

The dam as designed senses the dual purpose of water storage as veil 
as flood control, since the sluice gate is left open during rainy winter season. 
This procedure, incidentally, desilts the reservoir on an annual basis thus 
maintaining original full reservoir capacity indefinitely.'' 

GROW GRASS Under TRASH CANS 

There are numerous trash containers used on tees at country clubs... 
some are attached to benches, some to ball washers, and sane are set directly 
on the turf...the last mentioned normally is not too desirable because the can 
shades and kills the turf beneath. 

At the Irem Temple Country Club in Dallas, Pa., Mr. Ray Gettle uses a 
larger type container and he sets it on the turf, but this does not kill the 
grass...if you are puzzled as to why, Ray constructs legs using a steel rod and 
affixes them to the bottom of the can.  This elevates the trash barrel about a 
foot off the turf, and the grass beneath thrives. 

A Rule of Thuiiib with Pesticide Emulsions 

We are indebted to Dr  John C * Schread, Entomologist at the Connecticut 
Agricultural Experiment Station for the following...useful because oft-times the 
label does not provide the information. 

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,:A 25$ DDT emulsion contains 2 lbs. of actual DDT per gallon; a 50$ 
chlordane emulsion contains 5 lbs. of actual chlordane per gallon.; and a 72$ 
chlordane or DDT emulsion contains 8 lbs. actual toxicant per gallon.?t 

Dr. Schread informs us that this is a good rule of thumb with most pest-

icide emulsions...a 25$ material would contain 2 lbs. actual toxicant, a 50$ 
material would contain 5 lbs. actual toxicant, a 72$ material would contain 8 lbs. 
actual toxicant. 

C O N F E R E N C ES 

Mid-Atlantic Conference 
GCSA International Conference 
Penn State University Conference 
University of Mass. Conference 

January 8 - 9, 1962 
Jan. 28 - Feb. 2, 1962 
Feb. 19 - 22, 1962 (noon to noon) 
Mar. 8 

9y 19 >2 

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