Published monthly by the New Jersey Golf Course Superintendents Association AUGUST 1953 gamma uoxrgg The August meeting of the New Jersey Golf Course Supt’s Association will be held in conjunction with the Rutgers Turf Field Day, on Tuesday, August 11th. As you know this is an annual affair which gives you an op- portunity to look over the plots and work at Rutgers. This year the program will be split into two sessions. The morning session will be devoted to turf as it pertains to parks, cemeteries and Landscape men. The afternoon session will start at 1:00 RM, and will be devoted to Golf course turf, its maintenance and problems. Everyone is welcome to attend both sessions. There will be no planned dinner after the Field Day this year, however, there will be a meeting of this associ- ation in a building on the campus. The place and room number of this meeting will be announced at the Field Day. We have many important items to discuss, so please make an all out effort to attend. RUTGERS TURF FIELD DAY Rutgers held its first organized Turf Field Day for Qse interested in the growing of fine turf on golf courses the Summer of 1929. The main interest of the groups then was not different than now, namely; the economic production of and maintenance of fine turf to meet specific needs of play. The men in charge of such operation then as now recognized the need for facts and fundamentals as they applied in their specialized profession. Fortunately, they were enthlsiastically supported by the Greens Keep- ers Association of New Jersey (New Jersey Association of Golf Course Superintendents) and the Greens Section of the New Jersey and Metropolitan Golf Associations. This real interest and active support was and has been most helpful in getting the acceptance and utilization of funda- mental facts and principles in the turf maintenance programs in our metropolitan golfing area. After a few years the attendance at the turf field day developed to a point where it included representatives from all recreational groups as well as the business inter— ests supplying their material and equipment needs. Turf field days, with the labeled plots showing dif- ferent grasses, a variety of treatments and various types of maintenances practices, afford the research specialist of the College a real opportunity to acquaint those interest- ed in fine turf culture with the results of his findings and the practical application of fundamental principles. The dinner program held after the review of the turf plots has been most helpful in presenting outstanding leaders and subjects in the turf field to the group. The turf field days also afford those charged with maintenance of fine turf a .1 opportunity to analyze their problems in light of new dings. In the early field days most of the attention was given to the selection of improved species of grasses and funda- mentals as applied to soils, top-dressing, drainage, di- seases, insects, fertilizers and lime as they applied to golf course turf. As a result of research findings and the development of new tools and materials, the emphasis has now been placed on such items as cultivation, aerifying, irrigation and the like. This shows real progress in the application of basic fundamental principles and facts in one of the most specialized field in Agriculture and also is a real tribute to those who had the foresight to initiate and sponsor the turf field day. EDWARD E. EVAUL LITERATURE FOR THE SUPERINTENDENT'S LIBRARY From time to time we are going to list various books, bul- letins, pamphlets and commercial literature that we think every Golf Course Superintendent should read, study and have on hand for ready reference. The following list is a must for the Super- intendent's library. 1. Fungus Diseases of Turf Grasses Bul. No. 308 By F.L. Howard, JlB. Rowell, H.L. Keil R.I. Agricultural Experiment Station, Kingston, R.I. (Free) 2. Handbook On Insect Enemies of Flowers 8; Shrubs U.S.D.A. Misc. Pub. No. 626 By C.A. Weigel & L.G. Baumhofer Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Print- ing Office, Washington 25, D.C. Price 45¢ 3. Important Tree Pests of the Northeast Evans Printing Company, Concord, N.H. Price $2.00 4. Picture Aids to Grass Identification Vol. One By Herbert B. Hartwig Marion S. Hartwig, 109 Worth Street, Ithaca, N.Y. Price $1.00 5. Farm & Grass Seed Manual The J. Chas. McCullough Seed Co., PO. Box 146. Cincinnati, 1, Ohio (Bee) 6. The Role of Lime in Turf Management Bul. No. 1 Better Bent Greens, Fertilization & Management Bul. Na 2 Better Fairways, Theory & Practice Bul. No. 3 Turf Service Bureau, Sewerage Commission, P.O. Box, 2079 Milwaukee 1, Wisconsin. (All Free) 7. United States Department of Agriculture Yearbooks 1948 Grass Yearbook of Agriculture $2.00 1949 Trees " " " $2.00 1952 Insects ” " ’ ’ $2. 50 Superintendent of Documents, Govt. Printing Office, Washington 25, D.C. or free if you write to your Congressman requesting same. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY AND TREASURER Both the secretary and the treasurer report that the dues payments are coming in very slowly. Has your check been sent in ? ? Please check your records, as dues are no longer due, they are overdue . . . OFFICERS President lst Vice President Sherwood A. Moore Hollywood Golf Club Melvin 3. Lucas Homestead Golf Club Secretory Albert Foster Aldecress Country Club Directors William Monahan Charles Storrier Albert Foster, Secretary 25 Wainwright Avenue Closter, New Jersey 2nd Vice President Joseph Flaherty Manasquan River Golf Club Treasurer H. T. Isleib Joseph Stemmle