AUGUST MEETING

The August meeting of the New Jersey Golf Course Superintendents Associa-
tion will be held in conjunction with the Turf Field Day at Rutgers University on

Tuesday, August 3.

Dr. Ralph Engel, Turf Research Specialist, who is in charge of the turf
plots at the College of Agriculture has set up the following schedule for the day:

10:00 - 12:00 Noon

Turf grasses

Red Fesoues cut to 3/h, 1%, and 2% inches

Warm season grasses

Kentucky bluegrass strains

Combination turf of merion bluegrass and Pbyer Zoysia

1:h5 - h:30 P.M.

Rates and ratios of fertilizing 3/h inch bentgrass turf
Time of fertilizing 3/h inch bentgrass turf
Cultivation of 3/h inch bentgrass turf

Cultivation of l/h inch bentgrass turf

Fertilization of bentgrass turf

Disease control treatments

Bentgrass strains cut to l/h inch

Bentgrass strains cut to 1/2 and 3/b inch

Our Association is in charge of the evening affair which will be a dinner
meeting at the Roger Smith Hotel in New Brunswick. Dinner is scheduled for 6:00 P.M.

sharp.

For our after dinner entertainment we have secured Toney mascaro, former-
ly of West Point Lawn Products, who will give us an illustrated talk on his recent
trip through Europe. You can be sure that it will be interesting as there is not
much Toney missed on his travels through Great Britain, France, Switzerland and
Italy.

Let's turn out in force and support our own Turf Field Day. It should
prove to be a very educational day and evening -- one you cannot afford to miss.
Will see you on August 3.

 

CRABGRASS CONTROL
Ralph E. Engel

cury acetates can
control crabgrass
bentgrass greens.

be used to selectively
on lawns or the finest
The secret to their
successful use is proper adjustment of
the time interval between applications

The very dry Spring and early summer
has kept crabgrass to a minimum. Yet

this may be setting the stage for a
severe crabgrass infestation later in the
season. The dry weather has thinned the
turf cover to the extent that crabgrass
will find little trouble in invading many
turf areas as soon as some rains occur.
Fortunately, we have some good tools
for combating crabgrass. The phenyl mer-

 

and the rate of application to keep in-
jury at a minimum and still obtain a sat-
isfactory kill. Phenyl mercury acetate
preparations are poisonous and they can
irritate the skin on contact.

Potassium cyanate preparations give
their best results on Kbntucky bluegrass
type of turf. The best time of applica—

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President

Sherwood A. Moore
Hollywood Golf Club

Secretary

Albert Foster
Aldecress Country Club

Frank Svehla
Colonia C. C.

Ist Vice President

Melvin B. Lucas
Homestead Golf Club

 

 

Albert Foster, Secretary
25 Wainwright Avenue
Closter, New Jersey

OFFICERS

Treasurer

H. T. lsleib
Ft. Monmouth Golf Club

Directors

Ben Dziedic Bill Monahan
Crestmont C. C.

Rock Spring Club

Mr. Sherwood A. Moore,
P.O. Box #33,

Deal,

New Jersey.

2nd Vice President

Joseph Stemmle
Springdale Golf Club

 

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