THE BULLETIN of the UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION GREEN SECTION PUBLISHED BY THE U. S. GOLF ASSOCIATION GREEN SECTION AT ROOM 7207, BLDG. F, 7TH AND B STS. N. W„ WASHINGTON, D. C. Entered as second-class matter April 21,1926, at the post office at Washington, D. C.. under Act of March 3, 1879 Editorial Offices: P. O. Box 313, Pennsylvania Avenue Station, Washington, D. C. WASHINGTON. D. C„ JANUARY. 192!) (SUPPLEMENT) INDEX TO VOLUME VIII (1928) Accounting, standardized, 52, 86, 88, 89, 95, 98, 100, 104 Acid phosphate, chemical action in soil, 70 no free acid in, 127 Acidity of soil, nature and development of, 46 effect of fertilizers on soil acidity, 68, 205, 214 Activated sludge, 18, 112 Adulteration of bent seed on the market, 226 Agrostis species, classification of, 221, 226 Algonquin Golf Club, renovation of fair wavs, Alkaline soils, fairway problems on, 123 /Xllegheny Country Club, care of greens at, 184 Ammonium nitrate, 112 phosphate, 69, 70 sulphate (see Sulphate of ammonia) Ammo-phos, chemical analysis of and rate of application, 112 Anaconda Country Club, dry-land grasses at, 116 146 kinds and ranges of, 164, 221, 227 rate of seeding, 164 seed market, changes in as viewed by the seed analyst, 226 strains of, selecting, 213 vegetative planting of, 166 Bermuda grass, fairway treatment, 127 fairways, supplemented in winter with bur clover, 209 range of, 162 winter seeding with temporary grasses, 224 Bichloride of mercury in earthworm control, 19, 62 in snow-mold control, 192, 200 Birds of the golf course; the horned lark, 232 Bluegrass, annual, 10, 164, 224 bulbous, as a winter grass in the south, 224 Canada, rate of seeding, 164 Kentucky, 162, 164 rough-stalked, rate of seeding, 164 Bone meal, analysis of and rate of application, Annual bluegrass, as a putting turf, 10 112 as winter grass in the South, chemical action of in soil, 70 221 rate of seeding, 164 Annual, greenkeepers’ convention, 61 meeting of Green Section, 16 report of Green Section chairman for 1927, 22 Approaches, fertilizing and maintaining on vari­ ous courses, 116-127 Arid-land grasses, 146 Arlington Turf Garden, 244 Arsenate of lead in grub control, 28, 60, 218, 234 earthworm control, 215, 218 Baltusrol Golf Club, fairway treatment at, 120 Banks, plants for covering, 143 Basic slag, action of in soil, 71 Beetle, Japanese, 28, 60, 218, 231, 234 Bent grass (see also Creeping bent, also Sea­ at, 127 botanical classification of the bent grasses, rate, 164 lune, 30, 218, 234 May, 30 side bent) 221, 227 Cocoos, 60, 226 Bookkeeping, 52, 86, 88, 89, 95, 98, 100, 104 Brae Burn Country Club, care of greens at, 189 Brooks, William F., 66 Brown-patch attacking leaves of grass, 42 at Kittansett Club, 105 new remedies for, 81 treatment for, 181, 185, 189 Budgets, 89 Buffalo grass on Kansas experimental plots, 250 Bulbous bluegrass as a winter grass in the South, 224 Bur clover as an adjunct to Bermuda grass fairways, 209 Calcium sulphate, 35, 71 California, a water system in, 138 bent greens in, 58 Calurea, analysis of and rate of application, 112 Canada bluegrass, seeding rate, 164 Capitol City Country Club, fairwav treatment Carpet grass, characteristics of and seeding Cascades Golf Club, care of greens at, 184 Castlewood Country Club, water system at, 138 2 INDEX TO VOL. 8 (1928? Castor bean pomace, analysis of and rate of Cedarbrook Country Club, care of greens at, application, 112 183 Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, experi­ Changes in the bent seed market as viewed by mental plots at, 250 the seed analyst, 226 Chemical action of fertilizers in soil, 68 Chestnut blight spreading, 233 Chicago Golf Club, fairway treatment at, 123 new experiment station in, 252 Clay soils, treatment of, 7, 183 Clearing land for golf purposes, 56 Clover, bur, as an adjunct to Bermuda grass fairways, 209 control of, 212 encouraged by lime in sand, 205 eradication of, 19, 62 rate of seeding, 164 Cocoos bent, 60, 226 Colonial bent, 221, 226 Compost, analysis of and rate of application, 112 kelp and seaweed for, 107 making, 34, 183, 188 need of in top-dressing, 83 pits, 233 Construction, clearing land for, 56 golf course, 152-175 period in the history of a golf course, 150 Corrosive sublimate as an earthworm killer, 19, 62 in control of snow-mold, 192, 200 Cost accounting, 52, 86, 88, 89, 95, 98, 100, 104 Cottonseed meal, analysis of, 112 in relation to control of clover, 212 rate of application, 112, 235 use of on putting greens, 181 Country Club of Atlantic City; demonstration plots at, 240; water system at, 136; im­ proving turf on sandy soil, 12 of LaFayette, care of greens at, 194 of Virginia, care of greens at, 179; demon­ stration plots at, 243 Creeping bent, botanical classification of, 251, 226 in California, 58 maintenance of, 178-194 rate of seeding, 164 selection of strains, 213 slope it will stand, 19 vegetative planting, 166 Cunningham, George T., resignation of, 16 Demonstration turf gardens on golf courses, 239 Detroit District Golf Association, cost ac­ counting in, 100 Divots, renovating, 63 • Drainage, essentials of, 158 necessity for, 40 of water systems, 235 Dusting machine, 194 Dry-land grasses, 146 at Kansas experiment station, 250 Earthworm control, arsenate of lead, 215, 218 corrosive sublimate and mowrah meal, 19, 62 Equipment for construction work, 155 Essentials of growing turf, 37 Experimental work on turf gardens, 238; at Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 250; in Chicago. 252; at Florida Experi­ ment Station, 246; at Kansas Exeriment Station, 249; at Massachusetts Agricul­ tural College, 248; at Nebraska College of Agriculture, 253; at New Jersey State Station, 251 ; at Rhode Island Ex­ periment Station, 254 Fairways, Bermuda grass supplemented in winter with bur clover, 209 construction of, 169 direction of, 147 fertilizins, maintaining, and renovating at various golf clubs, 110-127, 235 grub control in, 32, 218 liming, 82 renovating at Algonquin Golf Club, 116 southern Florida, 126 watering at Glenview Club, 51 Feeding versus seeding turf, 25 Fertilizers: acid phosphate, 70, 127 activated sludge, 18, 112 Ammo-phos, 112 analyses of the various fertilizers, 112, 113 and the bag, 113 bone meal, 70, 112 Calurea, 112 castor bean pomace, 112 chemical action of in soil, 68 cottonseed meal, 112, 181 212 236 fairways, 110-127, 235 fish scraps, 112 kelp, 107 Lecco, 112 manure, 17, 18, 62, 112 meat meal, 112 Milorganite, 18, 112 mushroom soil, 17, 18, 112 nitrate of ammonia, 112 nitrate of potash, 112 nitrate of soda, 70, 112 nitrogenous, cheaper possible, 145 nitrogenous, synthetic, 145 Nitrophoska, 112 organic, available nitrogen in, 17 phosphate of ammonia, 69, 70 pigeon manure, 62 potash, 71 poultry manure, 112, 208, 235 rates of application, 112 seaweeds, 107 sewage sludge, 18, 112 sheep manure, 112 soy bean meal, 112 INDEX TO VOL. 8 <1928) 3 sulphate of ammonia, 19, 43, 62, 69, 112, seeding rate, 164 116-127, 205, 214 sulphur, 43, 72 superphosphate, 70, 127 tankage, 112 tobacco, 83, 112 urea, 70, 112 Fescue, kinds and range of, 163 rate of seeding, 164 Fish scraps, analysis of and rate of applica­ tion, 112 Fitts, O. B., resignation of, 34 Flag sticks, standardized, 191 Florida, experimental work at Gainesville, 246 fairways in southern, 126 golf course irrigation in, 142 winter grass experiments at Gainesville, 224 Fownes, William C., Jr., retiring as president of United States Golf Association, 27 Garden, Arlington turf, 244 Gardens, demonstration turf on golf courses, 239 turf, and experimental work, 238 German mixed bent, botanical classification of, 221, 227 seed, purity of, 226 seeding rate, 164 Glenview Club, watering fairways at, 51 Grading, 157 Grasses, range of the various, 162 Greenkeepers’ convention, annual, 61, 104, 119 Green Section, annual meeting of, January, 1928, 16 * how it can be helped by clubs, green com­ mittee chairmen, and greenkeepers, 74 service rendered by it to the golfers of America, 72 Growth of turf, essentials of, 37 Grub control, 28, 60, 218, 234 Gypsum, action of in soil, 71 questionable value of for grasses, 35 Hawthorne Valley Golf Club, cost account­ ing at, 100 Hippopotamus on African golf course, 33 Humus in soil stores water, 204 Improving turf, 12, 63, 233 Interlachen Country Club, demonstration gar­ den at, 242 fairway treatment at, 126 Inverness bent in California, 58 Italian rye grass, as winter grass in the South, 224 seeding rate, 164 Japanese beetle control, 28, 60, 218, 231, 234 June beetle control, 30, 218, 234 Kansas experiment station, turf plots at, 2n9 Kelp as compost ingredient, 107 Kentucky bluegrass, range of, 162 Kittansett Club, accounting at, 89 Brown-patch at, 105 Lark, horned, 232 Lasker, A. D., experimental work at private course of, 252 Lead arsenate, in grub control, 28, 60, 218, 234 in earthworm control, 215, 218 Lecco, analysis of and rate of application, 112 Lime, action of in soil, 71 in some typical sands and its effect on soil acidity, 205 on fairways, 82 193 Los Angeles Country Club, power spraver at, Machine and tool house, 214 Manure, analysis of and rate of application, 112 nitrogen in, 17 pigeon, 62 poultry, 112, 208, 235 sheep, 112 stable, 18 Massachusetts Agricultural College, turf ex- perments at, 248 May beetle, control of, 30, 234 Mayfair Golf and Country Club, fairway treat­ ment at, 118 Meadowbrook Country Club, cost sheet at, 98 Meat meal, analysis of and rate of application, 112 Merion Cricket Club, fertilizing fairways at, 122 Metropolitan bent in California, 59 Mill Road Farm Golf Course, experimental work at, 252 Milo-ganite, 18. 112 Mission Hills Country Club, cost grouping at, 95 Mower, power, for putting green, 55 Mowrah meal in earthworm control, 19, 62 Muck, value and use of, 235 Mushroom soil, analysis of and rate of appli­ cation, 112 nitrogen in, 17, 18 Nebraska College of /Xgrictilture, turf experi­ ments at, 253 New England Service Bureau, standardized ac­ counting at, 92 New Jersey State station, turf experiments at, 251 Nitrate, of ammonia, analysis of and rate of application, 112 of potash, analysis of and rate of applica­ of soda, analysis of and rate of application, Nitrogen in manure, mushroom soil, and Milor- tion, 112 112 ganite, 17 Nitrophoska, analysts of and rate of applica­ tion, 112 4 INDEX TO VOL. 8 (1928J Olvmpia Fields Country Club, care of greens Ottawa, turf experimental work in, 250 Ox Ridge Hunt Club, fertilizing polo field of, at, 190 125 Pfeil, Charles O., a tribute to, 2 Philadelphia Country Club, water system at, 141 Phosphate of ammonia, action of in soil, 69, 70 Physical soil factors affecting turf growth, 6 Pigeon manure, 62 Pine Valiev Golf Course, turf maintenance at, Pipe, water, sizes of necessary, 133 25 draining, 235 Pits, sand, in clay soil, 4 Pittsburgh Field Club, water supply at, 144 Poa, annua, 10, 164, 224 bulbosa, 224 trivialis, seeding rate, 164 Poison ivy, killing, 215 Polo field, fertilizing, 125 Potash fertilizers, action of in soil, 71 Potassium nitrate, analysis of and rate of ap­ plication, 112 Poultrj' manure, analysis of, 112, 208 rate of application, 112, 235 tankage, 208 value of, 208 Pump houses, 136 Putting greens: annual bluegrass, 10 bent, in California, 58 clover control in, 19 construction of, 170 earthworm control in, 19, 62, 215, 218 grub control in, 28, 30, 31, 218, 234 maintaining, 178-194 size of, 100 slope of, 19 winter protection, 18 Redtop, botanical classification of, 221, 226 bent seed adulterant, 226 seeding rate, 164 winter grass in the South, 224 Renovating turf, 63, 233 Reseeding bare spots, 235 Rhode Island Experiment Station, turf plots at, 254 Roller, weight of, 144 Rolling after seeding, 205 Rough, construction problems of, 169 Rough-stalked bluegrass, seeding rate, 164 Rye grasses, seeding rate, 164 winter grasses in the South, 224 Saint Augustine Links, water system at, 142 Salt grass, 14, 146 Sand, lime in typical, and its effect on soil acidity, 205 for traps, 61 in relation to growth of turf, 8 pits in clay soil, 4 treatment of for turf purposes, 12 Sandy soil, improving turf on, 12 Seaside bent, botanical classification of, 221, 226 in California greens, 60 in Georgia, 82 Seaweeds as compost ingredient, 107 Seed, adulteration of bent, 226 bed, preparing, 160 market, changes in as viewed by the six., analyst, 226 Seeding method, 165 rates, 164 rolling after, 205 Sewage sludge, 18, 112, 235 Shade grasses, 146 Sheep manure, analysis of and rate of applica­ tion, 112 Slope, average, for creeping bent, 19 Sludge, 18, 112, 235 Snow-mold, cause of, 198 control of, 192, 200 injury from, 42 Sodding, 167 Sodium nitrate, 70, 112 Soil, acidity of, 46, 68, 205, 214 alkaline, treatment of, 123 chemical action of fertilizers in, 68 clay, treatment of, 7, 183 conditions influencing growth of turf, 37 factors affecting turf growth, 6 lime in, and its effect on soil acidity, 205 preparation of, 156, 160, 171 sandy, improving turf on, 12 Soy bean meal, analysis of and rate of appli­ cation, 112 Sprayer operated with a truck motor, 193 Spring Lake Country Club, bur clover in fair­ ways of, 209 Sprinkling, 133 at Castlewood Country Club, 140 Stolon planting, 166 Sulphate of ammonia, analysis of, 112 chemical action of in soil, 69 clover eradicated with, 19, 62 effect of lime in sand on, 205 injuring turf, 43 rate of application, 112, 214 use of, .including methods of application, on various courses, 116-127 weed control with, 122 Sulphur in soil, 43, 72 Sunset Hill Country Club, cost accounting at, 100 Superphosphate, 70, 127 Tankage^ analysis of and rate of application, poultry manure-tankage, 208 Tees, control of grubs on, 28, 30, 31 construction problems of, 174 fertilization and maintenance of on various courses, 116-127 Thin turf, treatment for, 63, 233 Tile, laying, 159 INDEX TO VOL. 8 (1928) 5 Time sheets, 89, 101 Tobacco, analysis of and rate of application, 112 as fertilizer and worm-killer, 83 Tool house, 214 Traps, sand, 61, 174 Traylor, Melvin A., new president of United States Golf Association, 27 Trees, removal of, 56 Turf, conditions which influence the growth of, 37 37 Urea, analysis of and rate of application, 112 fertilizing value of, 70 Vegetative planting, 166 Velvet bent, botanical classification of, 221, 226 golf course without a water system, 146 problem of, 130 system, essentials of, 133 system at Country Club of Atlantic City, 136; system at Pittsburgh Field Club, 144; system in California, 138; system of Philadelphia Country Club, 141; system in Florida, 142 system, drainage of, 235 Weeds, control of with sulphate of ammonia, 122 White clover, eradicating, 19, 62 Winter grass, experiments at Gainesville, Florida, 224 killing, 42 protection, 18 rules, 211 turf for Bermuda fairways, 209 Worm control, 19, 62, 218 Wykagyl Country Club, care of greens at, 182 phvsical soil factors affecting growth of, 6, eradicating clover, 19, 62 Water, kinds of soil water, 153 holding capacity of soils, 9, 204 Watering, fairways at Glenview Club, 51 Youngstown Country Club, care of greens at, 188 6 INDEX TO VOL. 8 (1928J AUTHORS’ INDEX Anheuser, Eberhard Aston, William H. Cost accounting at Sunset Hill Country Club, 100 Green cost sheet in use at Meadowbrook Country Club, 98 Beckett, Howard Brown, B. E. Burke, James Francis Burr, Henry Maintaining and fertilizing Bermuda grass fairways, 127 Pulverized poultry manure and poultry manure-tankage, 208 A tribute to Charles O. Pfeil, 2 Cost grouping at Mission Hills Country Club, 95 Capron, W. C. Cavanaugh, Charles M. Chapman, A. G. Cunningham, George T. A golf course without a water system, 146 Operating a power sprayer with a motor truck, 193 First aid to the beginner, 48 Experience with creeping bent in Virginia, 179 Dalh, Arnold S. Dickinson, Lawrence Doty, E. W. Duty, Spencer M. Enlow, Charles R. Evans, Lewis M. Farnham, M. E. Garner, E. S. George, Victor Goetz, A. L. Grau, Fred V. Harvey, T. S., Jr. Haupt, Ed. Henry, Helen H. Hood, Frederic C. Snow-mold, 198 The control of snow-mold, 200 S. Turf experiments at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 248 Country club bookkeeping, 88 The factor of unfairness in comparing maintenance costs, 104 Turf studies at the Florida experiment station, 246 Winter grass experiments at Gainesville, Florida, 224 Putting greens on heavy clay soil, 183 Water systems of the Philadelphia Country Club, 141 Turf experiments at Rhode Island experiment station, 254 Creeping bent greens at the Country Club of La Fayette, 194 Renovating the fairways of the Algonquin Golf Club, 116 Turf experiments at Nebraska College of Agriculture, 253 Applying sulphate of ammonia with a water cart, 125 How Glen View waters fairways, 51 Changes in the bent seed market as viewed by the seed analyst, 226 Budgets and standardized accounting for golf course maintenance, 89 Ingalls, Fay Creeping bent greens at Hot Springs, Va., 184 Jones, R. Avery Fairway treatment at Baltusrol, 120 Kruger, Fred Leach, B. R. The putting greens at Olympia Fields Country Club, 190 Further experiments in the control of Japanese beetle grubs, 28 Controlling grubs with arsenate of lead, 218 McAloon, Joseph P. McAtee, W. L. McClenahan, Y. K. McKnight, William C. McNamara, John McRostie, G. P. Macbeth, Norman MacGregor, John Mackall, H. C. .Manges, Willis F. Mattice, Norman L. Monteith, John, Jr. Montgomery, R. H. Morley, John Golf course irrigation in Florida, 142 Birds of the golf course: the horned lark, 232 Standardized flag sticks, 191 Fairway treatment at Mayfair Golf and Country Club, 118 The service rendered by the United States Golf Association Green Section to the golfers of America, 72 Water supply at Pittsburgh Field Chib, 144 Turf studies at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, 250 Bent putting greens in California, 58 The fairway problem on an alkaline soil, 123 William F. Brooks, 66 Sand pits in deep clay soil, 4 I''ceding versus seeding turf, 25 Control of snow-mold, 200 The Arlington turf garden, 244 Demonstration turf gardens on golf courses, 239 Fall treatment for snow-mold, 192 Cost accounting in the Detroit District Golf Association, 100 Care of seeded greens at Youngstown, Ohio, 188 Noer, O. J. Pahl, Erich W. Porter, A. B. Prcssler, John Read, H. Kendall Rockefeller, William J Schreiner, Oswald Shanahan, John Sherman, Sherrill Smith, Henry P. Sprague, Howard B. Swanson, Frank Tregillus, C. A. Valentine, Joseph Van Gorder, E. W. Welten, Kenneth Westover, H. L. White, Robert £ahnley, J. W. INDEX TO VOL. 8 fl928) 7 Effects of individual fertilizers on soil reaction, 68 Lime in some typical sands and its effect on soil acidity, 205 Nature of soil acidity and how it develops, 46 Physical factors affecting turf growth, 6 Organic fertilizers on fairways, 126 Brown-patch experiments and notations made at Kittansett Club, 1927, 105 Seeded greens at the Allegheny Country Club, 184 Improving turf on sandy soil, 12 Water system at the Country Club of Atlantic City, 136 Standardized accounting, 52 The fertilizer and the bag, 113 Seeded bent greens at Brae Burn Country Club, 189 How the Green Section can be helped by clubs, green committee chair­ men, and greenkeepers, 74 Bur clover as an adjunct to Bermuda grass fairways, 209 Turf experiments at the New Jersey State station, 251 Southern Florida fairways, 126 Conditions which influence the growth of turf, 37 Controlling fairway weeds with sulphate of ammonia, 122 A water system in California, 138 Clearing land for golf purposes, 56 Golf course construction, 152 Golf course water supply, 133 Hints on making compost, 34 Salt grass, 14 Putting green maintenance at Wykagyl, 182 Experiments with turf grasses in Kansas, 249