THE BULLETIN

of the
UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION GREEN SECTION
BLDG., F, CONSTITUTION AVE. AND 7TH ST., 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, 1932 (SUPPLEMENT)

INDEX TO VOLUME 11 (1931)

Activated sludge as fertilizer, 117, 128, 130, 

236. 240

Airplane menace to wild fowl, 118
Aluminum sulphate,.226
Ammoniating superphosphate, 143
Ammonium phosphate, 128, 236
Ammonium sulphate for controlling clover, 

18; as fertilizer, 128, 130, 236, 240

Annual bluegrass, 132, 149, 193, 242
Annual report of Green Section for 1930, 5
Ants, 198
Applying chemicals to turf, 218
Arlington turf garden, report on for 1930, 5 
Arsenate of lead in controlling earthworms 

and white grubs, 16, 183, 186

Artificial manure, 147
z\ssociations, greenkeepers’, 22
Atlanta Green Section, 46

Bay Shore Golf Course, demonstration turf 
garden report, 190; turf maintenance 
at, 199

Beach sand, Bermuda grass on, 199
Beetle control, 16, 183, 186
Bent grass:
Cocoos, 18
colonial: for putting greens, 131, 193, 242; 
for fairways, 133, 245: for the South, 
193; change in scentific name of, 217
creeping: for putting greens, 131, 193, 242; 

for the South, 193

cutting, 210
fertilizing, 210
German mixed bent: for putting greens, 
131, 193, 242; for fairways, 133, 245; 
for the South, 193

matting of, 170
seaside creeping: for putting greens, 18, 
131, 193, 242; for the South, 193

southern use, 193
velvet, as putting green grass, 131, 242

Bermuda grass:

controlling in bent greens, 206; fairway 
use, 181, 182, 184, 194, 199; fertilizing, 
117 197 199. 200; sandv soil, 194. 199: 
treatment of, 176, 184,' 194, 199, 201, 
202, 225

Bichloride of mercury, 70, 218
Blanket grass control, 198
Bluegrass: annual, as a putting green grass, 
132, 149, 193, 242; bulbous, 193, 225; 

cutting and fertilizing, 210; Kentucky, 
as a fairway grass, 133, 193, 245; 
southern use, 193, 200

Boca Raton Club, 6th hole, 119
Bone meal, 17, 128, 130, 236, 240
Brookline Country Club, fertilizing putting 

greens, 115

Brown-patch, 70, 197, 201, 205, 218
Brush, mower, 144
Bulbous bluegrass, 193, 225
Bulletin, Green Section, circulation of, 13
Burning Tree .Club, 11th hole, 151

Calomel in brown-patch control, 70
Carpet grass treatment, 185, 193, 194, 201
Carpet weed control, 198
Centipede grass, 193
Central Ohio District Golf Association Green

Section, 35

Chemicals, applying to turf, 218
Chemistry of fertilizers, 54
Chicago District Golf Association Green 

Committee, 31

Cleveland District Green Section, 50
Clover control, 18, 186, 226
Coastal-plain turf problems, 178
Cocoos bent. 18
Colonial bent grass: for putting greens, 131, 
193, 242; for fairways, 133, 245; for 
the South. 193; change in scientific 
name of, 217

Compost preparation, 110; use, 110, 114. 115
Connecticut State Greenkeepers’ Association, 

Cooperation, how it helps the greenkeeper, 

49

138

Corrosive sublimate in brown-patch control, 

70; applying, 218

Country Club of Buffalo, 16th hole, 227
Country Club of Havana, 11th hole, 187
Country Club of Virginia, 4th hole, James

River Course, 103
Crab grass control, 186, 198
Crabs, land, controlling, 246
Creeping bent grass for putting greens, 131, 
193, 242; for the South, 193; cutting, 
210: fertilizing, 210; matting of, 170; 
seaside, 131, 193, 242

Crowfoot grass control, 186
Cushion under turf, creating, 206
Cutting at different heights, effect of on 

growth of grass, 210

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INDEX TO VOL. 11 (1931)

Demonstration turf gardens: 1930 reports, 9, 
122, 190; 1931 reports, 230; three-year 
summary, 230

Depew, Ganson; becomes chairman of Green 

Section, 3

tion, 42

Detroit District Golf Association Green Sec­

Development of local green sections, 22 
Dictionary of fertilizers and fertilizer terms, 

Green Section: annual report for 1930, 5;
Bulletin, 13; local, development of 
and reports on, 22; meetings for 1930, 
12; Metropolitan Golf Association, 25 
Greenkeepers’ Association of Minnesota, 47;
of New Jersey, 32; of Southern Cali­
fornia, 43; of Westchester County, 47;
of Western Michigan, 27

Greenkeepers’ Club of New England, 23; of

Western Pennsylvania, 40

Disease control, 70, 197, 201, 205, 218 
Dissolving chemicals, 218
Drought of 1930, figures on and effects of, 

Greens (See Putting greens)
Ground spurge control, 198
Grubs, controlling with arsenate of lead, 16, 

183, 186

75

154

Earthworm control, 16
Elm trees, transplanting, 246
Fairways: Bermuda grass, 181, 182, 184, 194, 
199; carpet grass, 185, 193, 194, 203; 
fertilizers, 130, 182, 192, 195, 199, 240; 
grass ratings at demonstration gar­
dens, 133, 193, 245; sandy soil, 17; 
sprinklers and water system, 163
Fertilizers: activated sludge, 117, 128, 130, 
236, 240; ammonium sulphate, 128, 130, 
236, 240; analysis table, 58, 75; apply­
ing, 218; bone meal, 17, 128, 130, 236, 
240; chemistry of, 54; consumption of, 
68; costs of, 60, 68; dictionary of ferti­
lizers and fertilizer terms, 75; effect 
of when grass is cut at different 
heights, 210; fairway, 130, 182, 192, 
195, 199, 240; lime, 128, 130, 23j, 240; 
manure, 130, 147, 206, 240; mixed, 128, 
130, 236, 240; mixing, 63; mushroom 
soil, 17, 113; nitrate of soda, 128, 236; 
nitrogen basis of, 59; poultry manure, 
128, 236; production, 68; putting green, 
106 to 117, 126, 192, 236; ratings of in 
demonstration gardens, 128, 130, 236, 
240; selecting, 57; sulphate of am­
monia, 128, 130, 236, 240; urea, 128, 
236

Fescue; cutting, 210; fertilizing, 210; results 
with on demonstration gardens, 131, 
242, 245

Field mice control, 113
Forest Hills Country Club; 13th hole, 207; 

turf maintenance at, 194
Fowl, wild, airplane menace to, 118 
Fungicides, applying, 218
Fungous disease control, 70, 197, 201, 205, 

218

Gardens: Arlington turf, report on for 1930, 
5; demonstration, reports on for 1930, 
9, 122, 190; for 1931 and three-year 
summary, 230

German mixed bent grass: for putting 
greens, 131, 193, 242; for fairways, 133, 
245; for the South, 193

Golf Service Bureau of New England, 37; 

of Pittsburgh, 28
Goose grass control, 198
Gopher control, 198
Green Committee, Chicago District Golf As­

sociation, 31

Hydrocotyle control, 198

Indiana Greenkeepers’ Association, 34
Inverness Golf Club, 18th hole, 19
Irrigating system, 163

Japanese beetle killed by Typhia wasp, 181, 

186

Kentucky bluegrass as a fairway grass, 133, 

193, 245; cutting and fertilizing. 210

Land crabs, controlling, 246
Layers, use of in building putting greens, 150 
Lead arsenate for controlling earthworms 

and grubs, 16, 183, 186

Lead shot on turf, 226
Leaf rake, home made, 224
Lime as a fertilizer, 128, 130, 236, 240; burn­

ing with, 170

Live Oak Golf Club, oiled sand greens, 145 
Local green sections and associations, 22 
Long Island Greenkeepers’ Association, 44

Maintenance Section, St. Louis District Golf

Association, 33

Manila grass, 193
Manure as fertilizer, analysis table, 89; 130, 

147, 206, 240; artificial, 147

Marl, 17, 180, 199
Matting of bent turf, 170
Meetings, Green Section, for 1930, 12
Mercuric bichloride (corrosive sublimate), 
70, 218; chloride (calomel), 70
Methods of applying chemicals to turf, 218 
Metropolitan Golf Association Green Sec­

tion, 25

Miami Beach turf garden, 190
Mice, field, controlling, 113
Michigan and Border Cities Greenkeepers’

Association, 43

Mid-Atlantic Association of Greenkeepers,

Mid-West Greenkeepers’ Association, 30
Mill Road Farm Golf Course, 17th hole, 247 
Mixed bent for putting greens, 131, 193, 242;
for fairways, 133, 245; for the South, 
193

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Mixed fertilizers for putting greens, 128, 236;
for fairways, 130, 240; making, 63

Mixing chemicals, 218; fertilizers, 63
Moisture requirements of grass, with rain­

fall figures, 154
Mole cricket control, 186, 201
Moss, peat, use of on putting greens, 117
Mower brush, 144
Muck, 17, 117, 150, 180, 199
Mushroom soil, 17, 113

National Association of Greenkeepers of 

America, 46

New Jersey State Golf Association Green 

Section, 48
Nitrate of soda, 128, 236

Oakley, Russell A., 175
Oakmont Country Club, fertilizing putting 

greens, 114
Oiled sand greens, 145
Old Elm Club, 8th hole, 135
Ontario Greenkeepers’ Association, 39
Organizations, green section, local, 22
Ownership, statement of, 206

Peat, 150; moss, 117
Pennywort control, 198
Philadelphia Association of Golf Course 
Superintendents, 41; Green Section and 
Service Bureau, 44

Pinehurst, N. C., turf maintenance at, 182
Pipe, size to use, 163
Plainfield Country Club, fertilizing putting 

greens, 112

Plantain seed in bent seed, 226
Poa annua (annual bluegrass), 132, 149, 193. 
242; bulbosa (bulbous bluegrass). 193, 
225

Pocket gopher control, 198
Poultry manure, 128. 236
Precipitation 1925 to 1930. figures on,~154
Problems of southern golf courses, 176
Punta Gorda Country Club, turf maintenance 

at. 201

Putting greens: building, 150, 176 to 206; fer­
tilizers for, 126, 192, 236: fertilizing 
anjl maintaining, 106 to 117; grass rat­
ings at demonstration gardens, 131, 
134, 193, 242; sand greens, 145, 182; 
southern, 176 to 206; top-dressing, 109 
to 117, 134; winter top-dressing, 134

Rainfall 1925 to 1930, figures on, 154
Rake, home-made leaf, 224
Ramsay, Herbert H., becomes president of 
United States Golf Association, 2
Ratings of fertilizers and grasses at demon­
stration gardens, 122, 190; three-year, 
230

Redtop as a fairway grass, 133, 193, 245
Report. Green Section, annual for 1930, 5: 
demonstration turf garden for 1930, 9, 
122, 190; for 1931 and three-year sum­
mary, 230 

Rhode Island Greenkeepers Association, 49 
Rules of golf, 1931 edition, 133, 148

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Rye grass as a southern winter turf, 185, 193, 

197

Sand greens, 145, 182
Sandy soil, preparation of, 17, 194, 199
Seaside creeping bent grass for putting 
greens, 18, 131, 193, 242; for the South, 
193

Seeds, kinds and quantities of purchased by 
golf courses, 222; plantain in bent 
seed, 226
Service bureaus, 22
Shackamaxon Country Club, 5th hole, 171
Shot, lead, on turf, 226
Sludge, activated, 117, 128, 130, 236, 240
Snow, hastening the melting of on turf, 217
Soil, sandy, preparation of for fairw’ays, 17 
Soot, Scotch, use of on putting green, 116 
Southern turf problems, 176 to 206; demon­
stration turf garden, 190; grass ratings, 
!93

Sprinklers, installation and tests, 163
Spurge, control of, 198
St. Lucie Bermuda grass, 193
Sulphate, of aluminum, 226; of ammonia, 18, 

128, 130, 236, 240

Superphosphate, ammoniating, 143

Tampa, Fla., all year turf at, 194
Top-dressing, 109, 110, 112, 114, 115, 117;

winter, 134; in Texas, 206

Transplanting elm trees, 246
Turf garden reports, 122, 190, 230

Urea, 128, 236

Vanderpool, Wynant D., resigns as chair­

man of the Green Section, 4

Velvet bent grass, 131, 242

Wappoo Links, turf maintenance at, 184
Water requirements of grass, 154; system 

installation, 163

Weeds: annual bluegrass, 149; Bermuda 
grass, 206; blanket grass, 198; carpet 
weed, 198; clover, 18, 186, 229; crab 
grass, 186. 198; crowfoot grass. 186; 
goose grass, 198; ground spurge, 198; 
hydrocotyle, 198; pennywort, 198; 
plantain seed in bent seed, 226; yard 
grass, 198

Western New York District Greenkeepers’ 

Association, 38

Westwood Country Club, 17th hole. 51 
White grub control, 16, 183, 186 
Wild fowl, airplane menace to, 118 
Wilshire Country Club, fertilizing putting 

greens, 110

Winter-course problems. 176 to 201; winter 
greens in the South. 182 to 201; win­
ter top-dressing, 134

Wisconsin Greenkeepers’ Association, 45 
Women’s National Golf and Tennis Club, 

7th hole, 71
Woodward, Frank L., 4

Yard grass control, 198

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INDEX TO VOL. 11 (1931)

Arnott, Robert F.
Baker, O. Sproule 
Bingham, C. L. 
Brandon, A. L.
Bretzlaff, Carl A. 
Burnham, R. B.

Conroy, William

Dahl, Arnold. S. 
Depew, Ganson 
Dolson, Terry 
Dunt, William E. 
Dustin, John F.
Farnham, M. E. 
Farrant, Howard D. 
Fletcher, C. C.
Greenfield, Robert S.
Hane, J. Keitt, Jr. 
Harrison, C. M.
Hartgering, J. McRae 
Hinman, Thomas P. 
Hoerger, Fred

Isleib, H. T.
Loeffler, Emil 
Lyon, James A.

McClure, George M.
Maples, Frank 
Miller, Lois 
Milnes, G. W.

Mitchell, Robert A.. 
Monteith, John, Jr.

AUTHORS’ INDEX

New Jersey State Golf Association Green Section, 48
Fertilizing Bermuda greens for winter play, 117
Wisconsin Greenkeepers’ Association, 45
Mid-West Greenkeepers’ Association, 30
Indiana Greenkeepers’ Association, 34
Connecticut State Greenkeepers’ Association, 49

Greenkeepers’ Association of Westchester County, 47
Methods of applying chemicals to turf, 218
How cooperation helps the greenkeeper, 138
A winter course on a limited budget, 201
Mid-Atlantic Association of Greenkeepers, 36
Greenkeepers’ Association of Western Michigan, 27
Philadelphia Association of Golf Course Superintendents, 41
Fertilizing putting greens at Brookline, 115
Preparing mixed fertilizers on the golf course, 63

Fertilizing putting greens at Wilshire, 110
Turf maintenance at Wappoo Links, Charleston, S. C., 184
Effects of cutting and fertilizing on the growth of grass, 210
Detroit District Golf Association Green Section, 42
Atlanta Green Section, 46
Bermuda turf on beach sand, 199

Greenkeepers’ Association of New Jersey, 32
Fertilizing putting greens at Oakmont Country Club, 114
Greenkeepers’ Association of Southern California, 43

Central Ohio District Golf Association Green Section, 35
Bermuda turf and sand greens at Pinehurst, N. C., 182
Golf Service Bureau of Pittsburgh, 28 
Green Section and Supply Section of Metropolitan Golf Associa­

’,

Greenkeepers’ Club of New England, 23
Demonstration turf garden reports (summary from 14 gardens for

tion, 25

1930), 122

Demonstration turf garden results: a three-year summary, 230
Experimental results at Miami Beach, Fla., 190

Nicktrson, Evelyn C. 
Nieddrlander, D. R.

Golf Service Bureau of New England, 37
Maintenance Section, St. Louis District Golf Association, 33

Pahl, Erich W.
Peckham, R. N.
Peters, Guy M.
Power, Robert E.

Quaill, John

Greenkeepers* Association of Minnesota, 47
Rhode Island Greenkeepers’ Association 49
Green Committee, Chicago District Golf Association, 31
Cleveland District Green Section, 50
Greenkeepers’ Club of Western Pennsylvania, 40
National Association of Greenkeepers of America, 46

Read, H. Kendall 
Roth, F. J.

Philadelphia Green Section and Service Bureau, 44
Experience with fertilizers at Plainfield Country Club, 112

Sansom, W. J, 
Smith, William 
Staebner, F. E.
Stephen, Arthur

Taylor, Wright D.
Tower, Ray

Walker, Charles
Welton, Kenneth

Ontario Greenkeepers’ Association, 39
Michigan and Border Cities Greenkeepers’ Association, 43 »
Suggestions on installation and use of fairway sprinklers, 163
Western New York District Greenkeepers’ Association, 38
How we built our oiled sand greens, 145
All-year turf at Tampa, Fla., 194

Long Island Greenkeepers’ Association, 44 
Demonstration turf garden reports (summary from 14 gardens for

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1930), 122 . 

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Demonstration turf garden results: a three-year summary, 230