CHRISTMAS 1992 GREEN An official publication of the Ontario Golf Superintendents Association IS BEAUTIFUL Muddy Water Runs Thick Design And Build A Christmas Message Proper Pesticide Handling 1992 Upcoming Events Jan. 4-6, 1993 Ontario Turfgrass Symposium Ontario Jan. 23 - 30, 1993 International Golf Course Conference G.C.S.A.A. Golf Feb. 1 - 4, 1993 University of Guelph Superintendents Professional Development Series for Turf Managers Association Feb. 1 - 26,1993 University of Guelph Annual Turfgrass Short Course PUMPING SYSTEMS Golf Pumping Station Manufacturers turf care The Pressure is on... With over 150 Golf pumping stations in Canada, GPM is the leader in golf course irrigation pumping systems In Ontario • Vertical turbine contact: system • Variable speed drive TURF CARE pumping system • Underground centrifugal pumping TURF CARE package PRODUCTS LTD. • Custom built pumping unit 200 Pony Drive Newmarket, Ontario L3V 7B6 Tel: (416) 836-0988 Fax: (416) 836-0995 President's Report By: Rhod Trainor Ontario Golf In past years I would always look for­ ward to the winter season to unwind Superintendents and tie up a few loose ends. This year with winter here I don't find myself in the same mood. It doesn't feel like we Association have had a golf season yet. I can count on one hand, the number of times that BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR 1992 I had my sweater off this past summer. I find myself looking forward to next summer already. I have just returned from Halifax where the CGSA Conference and Trade show was held, we in Ontario could take some lessons from our eastern friends on hospitality. While the conference was not as large as past years, it was most enjoyable. The Lobster Party on the Monday night was without a doubt the best Monday Night Party I have ever attended. The seminars on the Sunday had the best selection and were of the best quality I have seen at the Canadian Show. My congratulations to the CGSA for a successful show. This coming season will see some changes with the OGSA, mainly in our PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT PAST PRESIDENT office operation. At this time we are still RHOD TRAINOR C.G.C.S. DAVE W. GOURLAY C.G.C.S. MARK HAGEN C.G.C.S. 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Fax (416) 561-5536 DOUG SUTER MARK SHNEIDER Credit Valley G.C. Beach Grove Golf & C.C. TREASURER 2500 Old Carriage Road 14134 Riverside Drive Est BRUCE BURGER Mississauga, Ontario StClair Beach, Ontario N8N 1B6 Lakeview Golf Course L5C 1Y7 Bus. (519) 979-8134 1190 Dixie Road Bus. (416) 275-1594 Res. (519) 979-8134 Mississauga, Ontario L5E 2P4 Res. (416) 275-2601 Bus. (416) 278-1971 OFFICE SECRETARY Res. (519) 621-1138 CINDI CHARTERS (416) 233-8388 Cover Photo Freeman Patterson MASTER FILE TORONTO Silt Problem Needs Surface Drainage Mark Leslie Suspended solids at the root of many mysterious greens failures, USGA official discovers oor quality water, containing sus­ course per year. If the gauge doesn't hold immediately check their water. P pended solids perhaps unnoticeable that much, just deal in fractions, he said. to the naked eye, is spelling death After letting the gauge sit for a week , "be to golf course greens, new and old, around the country, according to Jim prepared for a shock," Moore said. One-eighth inch of crud, he said, "is not "This is like taking your temperature," he said. "If it's high, then do something about it." Moore, Mid-Continent Section director 'This is a lot bigger problem than people a pretty sight." for the U.S. Golf Association Green have realized. It's destroyed a lot of Section. "This is a lot bigger problem Multiply that amount by the number of greens. Clubs are facing reconstruction than people have realized," Moore said. years the course has been irrigated, and of greens and tees built even within the "It's destroyed a lot of greens, clubs are you can see why so many courses are last 10 years because of lousy water qual­ facing reconstruction of greens and tees having troubles, Moore said. ity.' -Jim Moore USGA Regional Director built even within the last 10 years Discovering the magnitude of problem, Saying superintendents should "stop the because of lousy water quality." he said, "is almost too easy." problem before it reaches the pumps," Moore stumbled on this problem during he suggested several remedies: a five-hour ride home one day with a Moore said the industry will witness - Install a filtering system. "In most cases gallon of water from an Oklahoma more sediment problems in the future as that's all you need." course sitting next to him. "By the time I water sources diminish and laws man­ got home almost one-eighth inch of silt date that course builders construct small­ - Clean the intake system. "Some people and organic debris had settled to the bot­ er ponds. haven't done this in years." tom of the bag, in a moving car no less," If irrigation ponds are smaller, he rea­ he said. - Lift the intake off the bottom of the soned, a course will pump it out more pond. He featured his discovery in his monthly quickly than sediment can settle to the Mid-Continent News newsletter in bottom. The sediment that doesn't settle - Hire a specialist to install a fence August, and in September said, "Already ends up on the course. around the intake and line it with a spe­ cial fabric to serve as a filter. a bunch of guys are testing their water Meanwhile, he said, builders of old supply." courses paid more attention to surface - Have the irrigation source dredged. This drainage. rids the course of silt and adds depth to Moore suggested superintendents buy a the water storage. very large rain gauge - like two feet high "Today, we have such good subsurface and three or four inches across, making drainage that people think they don't "I wish superintendents would have a sure it is not tapered. They should then have to consider surface drainage, and soil lab test their water and repeat the collect enough water from their course's test every year to see if the values (the that's not true," the USGA official said. supply or a sprinkler to fill the gauge to percentage of silt and clay) are chang­ the number of inches they apply to the Moore recommended superintendents ing," Moore said. The grass of ’92 with a degree in excellence From parks to playgrounds...football fields to golf courses... land reclama­ tion to sod production... home lawns to country estates, you can count on Oseco turfgrass cultivars for top performance. Need a specially blended mixture? Talk to the turfseed specialist from Oseco Oseco Turf Seeds P.O. Box 219, Brampton, Ontario L6V 2L2 Telephone 416-846-5080 • Fax 416-846-6909 The Old Way Might Be The Best Way By Lisa Maki efore the 20th century, few men ment in reference to his Design-Build the need for final drawings is reduced. B practiced golf course architecture. company, "You have to do that [design St. Andrews, Prestwick, and and build] or you don't come up with what you are after." Carnoustie are relics of the natural links. Mother Nature was their creator with lit­ His son Rees concurred, stating that "the - Information is shared about project intentions, needs, materials and labor costs. - The efficiencies gained in the process tle assistance from a designer or a hardest part [in designing a golf course] allow the client to become a major play­ builder. is transferring the idea from the architect er in the design process, and to have Astounding growth in the game, dimin­ to the builder and having it come to the more control over the entire process. ishing ideal terrain, and major techno­ satisfaction of everyone." - The designer and the builder have logical advances led to the first genera­ Pete Dye is another practitioner of cross-purpose goals (not just designer- tion of "golf course architects," practi­ the"Design-Build" approach. He refers to beautiful and contractor-profitable). The tioners trained in disciplines associated himself as a job foreman, overseeing credibility of each side enhances the with golf course design, beyond just both design and construction. He is a other. Their entire reputation is invested playing the game. It was a time when creator of golf courses, cut straight from brilliant men "designed and built" the hip-boots-in-the-muck mold, often in the job from creation through con­ renowned tributes to golf on both sea­ routing and rerouting courses in the struction. side and parkland sites. Golf flourished. field. Dye believes he "develops the best The Design-Build legacy has been pre­ Then came a time when opportunistic possible course, faster, for less money served by a number of the esteemed developers and lenders appeared. They using the Design-Build approach." architects. They are not typical golf preyed upon the game's dramatic set­ As Rees Jones and Dye affirmed, no mat­ course designers, in the fixed role of pro­ tings to attract resort guests and real- ter how talented a golf course architect fessionals who produce designs and estate buyers. Funds were liberally dis­ is, it is impossible to create a flawless supervise their execution. persed, and monuments were built. three-dimensional design when working Instead, they own and operate businesses Architects began to realize they were in a two-dimensional medium of pen that provide both design and construc­ compromising their futures by designing and paper, or even digitizer and monitor. tion services. They are not considered these monuments with vast waste Inevitably, alterations to the design must unprofessional, or undesirable, or sus­ bunkers, radical hazards, geometric fea­ be made on site in response to actual pected of adjusting their rates of service tures, forced carries and treacherous conditions. A Design-Build company can and costs of materials. greens. implement these changes quickly and Unfortunately, Design-Build is not the economically, virtually eliminating the Many architects returned to their roots, norm in the profession. Designers prac­ dreaded Change Order, as this approach to design more traditional courses. This ticing it are often looked upon as black allows for flexibility within a fixed bud­ resurgence has caused many golf course sheep. Why shouldn't the more budget­ get. architects to diminish the distance conscious developer have access to the between office and site, to interact What other benefits are there for the same scope of services as the affluent directly with the land as the pioneers of Design-Build client? developer? Today's tight markets necessi­ their profession did, to practice Design- - There is single contract for a fixed price. tate cost-effective alternatives. Perhaps, Build. - Solid budgets enable job costs to be developers should consider a historic Robert Trent Jones, dean of modern determined from start to finish. approach to designing and building architecture, practices as his forefathers - There is efficiency in dealing with one courses, as a novel solution to providing did. He believes it is necessary to control firm (no overlap of budgets or schedules an on-time, on-budget, quality product. not only the design, but also the build­ and changes can be implemented faster). Lisa Maki is president of Golf Design Services of Round ing of a project. Thus, the family owns - Clients' needs are transmitted to one Hill, Va. She was a golf course designer/project manager and operates "Design-Build" companies, person responsible for the project. with Links Design, Inc. of Lakeland, Fla., from 1984- Robert Sr. once made the following state­ - Communications are good, therefore 1989. SPECIALISTS IN TURFGRASS NUTRITION CANADIAN IRRIGATION ALMACK CONSULTANTS JACK AUSTIN Corrie Almack, P.Ag. R.R. #1, Gormley, Ontario L0H 1G0 Almack & Associates Tel: (416) 841-7866 Fax: (416) 841-7867 Box 256, Carlisle, Ontario L0R 1H0 416-689-6174 Muddy Water Brings Trouble By Mark Leslie Times river rechanneled 30 years before The situation worsened further when have A was a source of clay build-up at Brook Hollow GC. Little did members of Brook Hollow Golf clay from nearby freeway construction in the late 1950's went into the riverbed. Consequently, future waterings con­ tained undesirable large quantities of silt changed. Club know in the late 1950's that when the city of Dallas rechanneled Trinity and clay to the point of sealing the origi­ nal sandy surfaces. How about you? River, it would cost them more than $2.5 Slow release nitrogen sources have million in course reconstruction 30 years After two years selling the idea of renova­ changed and improved — thanks to later. tions to Brook Hollow Golf Club com­ technological advances and a better mittees and one year selling it to the understanding of turfgrass needs. But that is the case, says Director of Grounds Bill Shrum. membership, Shrum is looking forward Now you can apply turf fertilizers When Shrum arrived at Brook Hollow to having a healthy course. containing nitrogen blends that release the Course reconstruction, from tee to green, right amount at the right time. That’s from Denver Country Club in 1989, he better for your turf, better for your budget, found 2-1/2 inches of silt clay at the sur­ was scheduled to begin Nov. 2. and better for the environment. face of his greens - only five years after With the reconstruction, which will shut the course down for 10 months, he is If you have been relying on a traditional all the greens had been rebuilt. That slow release nitrogen, take the time to paled to the three to nine inches he connecting the facility to a new five-acre compare sources. Times have changed! found on the fairways of the A.W. lake contractors built as the clean water Tillinghast-designed track. source. Slow Release Nitrogen And all this on a piece of property rare in A new pump station was equipped with Release Resoonse in Weeks the Dallas area. It is blessed with sandy both a floating intake and particle filters soil. for additional protection. Yet that sandy soil is now far below a The club had brought in architects Bill layer of silt clay that spells death to turf. Moore and Ben Crenshaw and contractor "The problems were evident the second Ed Connor of Golforms. Coore and month I was here," Shrum said. Crenshaw will design the shape of "Nothing was right. The rooting wasn't bunkers and greens, while Connor will proper. I did two years worth of test and strip the sod, contour the fairways, and research and looked underground. I used laser-shoot the greens and tees. several labs and brought in Jim Moore Connor will strip off the top inches, [U.S. Golf Association Green Sections chisel plow 12 inches deep, and regrade Mid-Continent director], [Drs.] Joe Duich for positive drainage physics. The club and Milt Engelke and others, who all will then have a new irrigation system confirmed my findings." installed. The culprit, all agreed, was the water "We'll get the course working for us," source. When the city rechanneled the Shrum said. Specific solutions for specific needs. "Here's a guy," said the USGA's Moore, That’s the promise behind every river in the late 1950's the section of the Nutrite product. river at the course was turned into a "whose alertness has saved his club's drainage sump. course and a lot more money." For the up-to-date professional fertilizers story, and how you can benefit, contact your Nutrite representative. Merry Christmas & Best Wishes For The New Year To NUTRITE A change for the better. All Our Members Ontario: Québec: 1-519-669-5401 1-514-462-2555 Maritimes: 1-418-689-4759 Christmas By Olya Katherine Harding Peace, Unity, Strength ... and Love mong a thousand other things, A Most of us will become even believe in an “A” for effort, however suc­ Christmas reminds us that we all more introspective. We move beyond the cessful or unsuccessful the candidate. believe in God. Oh, we may claim trite commercialisation of Christmas in our Trying, we were taught as children, is what atheism, agnosticism or other “isms”, but retrospectives. Usually, we start by com­ counts. That is still true. we are then believing in not believing - so plaining about that very over-commerciali­ Childhood recaptured and frozen it seems that even then, we still believe. It sation. Then we call old friends, or think in time. Most of us froze those moments is belief itself which is the key. about those we don’t call or have lost with the help of Kodak. Many of us pull out For aeons, belief has formed our strength touch with; we travel great distances in those old family albums and relive and our purpose. The expression and inclement weather to go home; we remem­ Christmases gone by: Where did we live? materialisation on earth of what we know ber those who feel sorrow instead of joy, Who were our friends? When did Santa to be above originated in belief. “As above, for want of friends to call, family to visit, or eat all those cookies we left him? What so below” may be a trendy expression homes to celebrate; we smile a lot; we time will he come? Can we stay up and these days, 'as it challenges us to human donate to charities; we sing carols. wait for him? Then we recall our own chil­ achievement in its many forms from dieting 1992, more than any year recently dren asking us those same questions. to corporate climbing, but it may have orig­ passed, requires deep retrospectives, For too many of us, childhood inated with the Ancient Greeks and their sharing and unity. Crises are suddenly was, and is, a nightmare; Christmas just pantheon of gods. becoming unmanageable; the pace of doesn’t happen. This simple, heart-break­ Metaphysically, it means that ing fact is one we usually sidestep. We what is in your head (above) you will expe­ don’t want to feel pain at Christmas. Small rience in your body (below). In physics, it wonder. But what of those who do? Will means that what is contained in the they one day have the chance to collect macrocosm, the universe, is duplicated in photo albums of their own? the microcosm, us. We know through sci­ Year in and year out, Christmas ence that matter, that which we are made gives us a release - we overextend our of and that which the planet we share bank balances and rack up credit card bal­ every day is made of, has a direct and ances that we can’t even begin to pay off equivalent existence in anti-matter. “Beam until August, because we’re paying off our me up, Scottie” is real - it’s just going to tax debt until then. We’re in denial about take some more time. Technology is rush­ the economy every Christmas, too. ing us headlong into unknown interpreta­ Amnesia sets in and we forget what Free tions of the human potential maxim that Trade has done to Canada, and we direct whatever the mind of man can conceive, it changes taking place in our world is accel­ our hope for tomorrow to the guys who can achieve. erating so fast, we lose sight of the prob­ stuck it to us yesterday. In spiritual, or religious terms, we lems. Overspecialisation leaves us unin­ Most of us don’t know how close and our mother earth are but material formed about the people and events that we are to closing down Canada, lock, expressions of Creation and our Creators. are shaping our tomorrow, and the futures stock, and barrel, and we sure don’t want of our babies. to think about it at Christmas time! But if It is God happening every day on earth. How then, can there be only solutions, not we don’t think about it at the time of uni­ This is true whether we claim to believe in problems, to paraphrase the parlance of versal Christ Mass, when will we start? God or not. Maybe New Year’s Day, with a new spate In other words, what is at the top mani­ sales hype gurus? What are the ques­ of resolutions that may last two or three fests its own image at the bottom. It’s tions? Where can we look for answers? days? How long after visiting the confes­ much like having a child. Don’t our babies Each Christmas, year after year, sional do we commit that same old sin look like us, and pass on our ancestral we all ask: “Why can’t it be Christmas again? Usually, it’s not long at all. strengths and weaknesses? The joys of (without the presents, of course) all year It is precisely these questions that being human include creation and procre­ round? Why are we nice to each other only we should be thinking about every ation. Our joy at receiving a new little one at Christmas time?” Where have we taken Christmas, and every day, if we are of our own blood is but a minute reflection a wrong turn? Christians. Christ did. He taught that we of the joy felt at the First Christ Mass when Each and every one of us will should too. He himself was very much God appeared in the flesh. have our own answers on a personal, indi­ concerned with both church and state. No less than a baby is the gift of vidual level. Many, if not most, of us are Christ was, after all, a king - the direct its parents to the earth and her family of already tackling these agonising personal descendant of the House of David. He nations, was Jesus God’s gift to us all. growth issues. Too many of us are in cared that Rome and Empire oppressed Each Christmas, we pause to reflect on recovery from the effects of one sort of His people, and all people. the importance of that gift, often when we abuse or another. Some of us make it; He was as political as He was select a special gift for one whom we cher­ some don’t. spiritual. He cared about human rights, ish. This Christmas, remember to law, and God, and the respect for them all. He was an ascetic, yes - but He image. Each and every one of us - to cele­ Birth, the creation of life, whether human acted on His beliefs, and He taught us to brate His own existence. To make an idea or otherwise, gives us a focus and direc­ act on ours. into substance. tion as we begin our search. Look at a Christ left us a world that was not yet so Our genes, therefore, carry the baby. Look at your heart. Though we may diseased that it could not sustain life idea and essence of God. First, His energy find that our search will take us far afield, organically. Ecological battles were as yet transformed into Light. Then positive and we’ll have our answers when our hearts unheard of. But they are not so different in negative collided in space to form matter. explode with love. That’s the beginning. essence from the battles against Empire Out of that Genesis (Material God or There’s a long road ahead. Feeling, like that He fought, with their dearth of spirit, Mother Earth) came humankind. Yet God’s energy, must be made manifest in corruption of power and privilege, and loss another manifestation of God - a vehicle actions and attitudes. This path is difficult; of human dignity and life. for God; a means for energy (anti-matter) but it leads back to God. Christmas is a Christ taught us that church and state may to experience Self in substance eternally. good time to shore lip our collective be separate in form, as indeed organisa­ God’s self-creation would perpetuate to strength. tions with specific mandates to accomplish the end of time because of procreation. must be, but there is an underlying unity. As we prepare to sit down to An idea, a thought, a hope, belief, con­ Christmas dinner with our families, Christ did not teach that the spirit of God cept, whatever we want to call it, was should be left out of either, or both, but whomever they may be, this Christmas made real. God gave “Himself” form. that in Him we find All. Day, let us all, as a family of humankind, At a time of profound historical join hands together in a powerful prayer to In fact, we learn from the brilliant change, danger, and pain, Christ arrived send a message from below to our scholarship of the Dead Sea Scrolls that with a message: the king and the priest Christ taught us that Church and State are Creators above. Let us tell our God, what­ are one, and are united in me. united in a single being - Himself. This ever name we call Him or Her, that we still Compassion as well as order and defence. means that, according to Christ, we can be care, that we still have hope, and love. both political and spiritual directly and indi­ His message was believed, and has car­ That we will act accordingly. Let’s believe vidually. In Him, church and state met and ried on, in one way or another, for 2000 again. were united for the first time. From Him, years. May our collective New Year’s the New Way emanated. As we approach the year 2000, with the hi-tech revolution uncontrollably Resolution truly be a proactive Peace on His way included all people Earth and Goodwill Toward All. Let’s open everywhere. No exclusions. As brothers propelling us into the orbit of the New World Order (as opposed to the New Age our minds, and open our hearts. We must and sisters in Christ and of Christ, we can or New Way) and the entrenchment of move beyond listening into hearing. Hear rejoice this Christmas knowing that He is economic, political, and spiritual heresies, each other. Then do something. No matter of us and we are of Him; just as He was of God and of Man. As brothers and sisters we must take time this Christ Mass to plan how small or large. Do it. Care. of Christ, logically and in faith, we also for tomorrow. What did God want on the May this Christmas Day be like carry the essence of God. As He said, we First Christ Mass? What does God want the First, for it is truly the first day of the are God’s children. God made us. In His now? What do we, God’s children, want? rest of our lives. LOOKING FORA FRESH APPROACH? Glen Abbey Golf Club 17th Green Site & Approach Turf Drain Inc. TURF 22 Spring Street DRAIN INC. 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Gourlay CGCS, Director of Golf Course Operations, Eagle Creek Golf Courses statement A given by Dr. very inadequate understanding the number of accidental deaths of the ground water or adjacent Meg Sears of the Wetlands of pesticides. Much of the public of swimming, bicycles, home waterway. In fact, the golf course Preservation Group at the perception is generated by the appliances, commercial aviation, is acting as a filtration plant by September 21, Ottawa court hear­ media either through television, bee stings and skiing. Of the acci­ filtering out contaminants from ing, revealed the process against radio or in print. We must realise dental deaths by pesticides the Constance Creek by way of the the Eagle Creek Golf Course in that a certain degree of sensa­ data pinpoints the major causes water being pumped through the Dunrobin has cost the taxpayers tionalism is commonly exercised as child poisoning. It appears irrigation system and being fil­ "hundreds of thousands of dol­ to make a story more interesting that home owners are storing tered by the turfgrass organic lars." An Ottawa court has ruled and arousing. This is the nature pesticides including moth balls, matter, and sandy profile. By that Eagle Creek is within its of the media business. Therefore insecticides, herbicides and utilising an integrated pest man­ rights to operate and maintain the public is bombarded with rodenticides in child accessible agement programme the applica­ the facility as a world class cham­ environmental issues pertaining places around the home. tion of pesticides has been an pionship golf course. to the perception of widespread Is it any wonder that concerned insignificant treatment factor in The group was formed in opposi­ hazards associated with pre­ citizens band together to protest, the control of pests. tion to the construction of the sumed long term accumulations petition and object to the officers In addition to the purifying fac­ golf course since 1989 and has of pesticides in people, other of the planning authorities when tor the golf course is providing to since taken the developer and organisms or in the environ­ a golf course is concerned. The Constance Creek, the property is golf course to the Ontario ment. The result of this intense Eagle Creek Golf Course has providing wildlife with a sanctu­ Municipal Board and misinformed exposure to pesti­ come under the same misin­ ary. As no hunting or trapping is Environmental Assessment hear­ cide use is clearly documented in formed perceptions regarding the permitted on the golf course the ing to state their case. In both a U.S. study conducted in 1987. suitability of a golf course in an native wildlife including deer, instances the court viewed the These groups of people were environmentally sensitive wet­ fox, beavers, porcupines, blue golf course as a permitted and polled which included college land area. The OMB ruling in herons, birds and other small safe use according to the current students, League of Women 1991 required the continued animals are able to live in a pro­ zoning bylaws. The September Voters and business people, con­ monitoring of the adjacent tected and safe environment. trial, privately laid charges by Dr. cerning the actual risk of acci­ Constance Creek stream of all Unfortunately, these misin­ Sears, produced the same not dental death for various causes. pesticides and fertilizer usage in formed perceptions that golf guilty verdict as the previous two Thirty causes were listed includ­ conjunction with the operation courses are not a compatible land charges. It is an outrage that the ing such items as motor vehicle of the golf course. Although the use in our environment is not local taxpayers have had to pay accidents, swimming, skiing, data is still preliminary in nature limited to just the Ottawa area the associated costs of these home appliances and pesticides certain observations can be made but across Canada and the unnecessary hearings as a result deaths. Astonishingly, the college pertaining to the impact the golf United States. If these so called of the misinformed public per­ students group ranked pesticides course is having with Constance protectors of the environment ception of golf courses. as the fourth leading cause of Creek. As with the U.S. study were given a choice of a dump Unfortunately the general public, accidental death. conducted in Cape Cod, site or a golf course as a land most of who are not engaged in The fact is that pesticides ranked Massachusetts in 1989, pesticides choice, I would be be hesitant to the field of agriculture, have a number twenty eight far behind have not influenced the quality speculate their preferences. Economical Pole Frame Buildings For All Your Needs.... Building BRAEMAR Systems Ltd. RURAL & COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS Call collect to Jack or Rick Brenzil for a Free Estimate... (416) 772-3551 (416) 388-6865 Over 30 Years Experience! AQUAMASTER ONE STOP SHOP FOR GOLF IRRIGATION Hunter IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT ad office LONDON BRANCH Guardsman Road 3392 Wonderland Road. S. 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The bystanders had no measurable exposure for 96 hours after the In the 1990s we have heard a lot about pesticide application; and of the persons who walked exposure and how to minimize the risk to employees on the turf, the only ones who had a mea­ and others who may come in contact with the pesti­ surable response were those in bare cides. A recent study at the University of Guelph in feet and shorts who sat on the turf Ontario, Canada, looked at the entire spectrum of within an hour of the applica­ exposure to pesticides and reported some very inter­ tion. Even so, the excrement was below any World esting results. In a nutshell,every Health Association accept­ thing we have always believed as true able daily intake levels. The was verified, but let's look a little clos­ good news here is that if peo- er at some of the information we now ple are wearing shoes (and have. most of our players do!) The study looked at 2, 4-D exposure by professional then their potential applicators. The total exposure was measured, that is, exposure is exceedingly how much 2, 4-D these people handled and then how low, if not nil. much 2, 4-D was excreted from their bodies over a The bottom line from this period of time. Since 2, 4-D and other pheonoxy her­ study is that proper training does bicides are such a hot topic with so many people make a difference. Any time spent today, this presents some good information with teaching our applicators and other which you should become familiar. employees about the proper use of The results found no correlation between how much pesticides and waiting until the appli­ 2, 4-D was handled and how much was excreted. In cations dry before coming in contact fact, the person who was the loader/mixer at the firm with the turfgrass, will pay big divi­ actually had a lower excrement level than some of the dends in employee health and safety. applicators. The applicators themselves had all differ­ One word of warning. Don't assume ent levels of excrements when they were exposed to that your long-term employees don't virtually the same amount of 2, 4-D. need the reminders! The M5U study So what makes the difference? Very simply, it came indicated that it was the more expe­ down to the care taken by the person handling the rienced applicators who were a bit pesticide. The mixer/loader understood, apparently, more careless and had higher levels that he was handling a more concentrated material of exposure. All employees need and therefore was more cautious. The applicators had constant encouragement to work varying levels of exposure. Rolling up hoses with bare safely and to use the proper safety hands, not using boots or long pants, all increased the equipment. As the superintendent, amount of 2, 4-D excreted by the applicator. This it is your job to be sure they follow information backs up a study done at Michigan State directions. 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