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 ADDRESS: P. O. BOX 313, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN STATION, WASHINGTON, D. C.

WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER, 1933 (SUPPLEMENT)

INDEX TO VOLUME 13 (1933)

Accounting, books on, 71
/Xccuracy in application of materials to turf, 7 
Acidity of soil: Kentucky bluegrass as affected 
by, 23; peat and fertilizers, effect of, 
103, 196
Activated sludge, 17
Ammonium sulphate (see Sulphate of am­

monia)

Ammonium thiocyanate in weed control, 50, 158
Annual bluegrass, getting rid of, 149
Annual report of Green Section for 1932, 2; 

for 1933, 200
Ants, bulletin on, 71
.Application of materials to turf, 7
Architecture, books on, 67
Areas, measuring, 9
Arnott mechanical putter in determining drift 

and speed of ball, 74

Arsenic compounds in weed control, 51, 158

Ball, putted, speed and drift of on bents, 74
Barrel cart, regulating, 17
Beetle, Japanese, bulletins on, 71
Bent grass: Cocoos (seaside) as compared with 
Washington; lime beneficial to, 85; nur­
sery going to seed, 203; putting tests on 
with mechanical putter, 74; renovating 
turf of, 19; shadt\ effect on, 131; seed­
ing rate, 84

Bermuda grass: controlling in putting greens, 
87, 179; fine-textured, seed or, 82; nur­
sery, 82; utilizing local strains of, 151

Birds, bulletins on, 67
Bluegrass: annual, getting rid of, 149; cutting 
height for, 86; Kentucky, response of to 
fertilizing, cutting, acidity, and tempera­
ture, 23; fairways, fertilizing, 17, 82, 
183; Kentucky and Canada, usefulness 
of as affected by their habits of growth, 
140

Books for greenkeeper’s library, 66
Botany, books on, 67
Brownpatch: relationship between fertilizing 
and drainage in occurrence of, 136; effect 
of temperature and moisture on occur­
rence of, 53; effect of watering nutting 
greens on occurrence of, 62; proprietary 
remedies for, 86; (sec also Disease)

Buffalo grass for fairways, 144
Bulletin, missing numbers of, 16

Cachaza (sugar-mill filter-cake) as fertilizer, 85 
Calcium: chloride and nitrate, effect of on blue­
grass, 23; cyanamid in weed control, 158; 
(see also Lime)

Canada bluegrass, usefulness of compared with 

Kentucky bluegrass, 140
Charcoal injurious to soil, 105
Chart, ready reference for rates of applica­

tions, 13

Chemicals in weed control, 47, 154
Chemistry, books on, 68
Chlorates in weed control, 175
Clay soils, treatment of with organic materials, 

96, 107

Clearing land, bulletins on, 68
Clover: controlling, 18; effect of lime on, 85
Cocoos bent as compared with Washington 

bent, 119

Construction, books on, 69
Cost accounting, books on, 71
Crabgrass control, 18; with chemicals, 47, 154;

with fertilizers, 195

Creeping bent grass (see Bent grass)
Cutting: effect of on growth of tops and roots, 
130; height for fairways, 86; effect on 
weed growth, 18

Cutworms, bulletins on, 71

Developments in turf maintenance, recent tech­

nical, 42

Disease: books on, 68; fertilizing and drainage, 
effect on, 136; fungicides, applying, 7, 17, 
143; proprietary remedies for, 86; slime 
mold fungas, 203; temperature ami mois­
ture effect on, 53; toll from plant di­
seases, 110

Distributing machine, regulating, 14, 17
Drainage: books and bulletins on, 68; effects of 
on turf diseases, 136; peat and other 
organic material for improving, 90
Drift and speed of putted ball on bents as 
measured by mechanical putter, 74

Drought, remedying effects of, 19

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INDEX TO VOLUME 13 (1933)

Earthworms, bulletins on, 71
Engineering, books on, 71
Entomology, books on, 68

Fairways: applying materials to, 7; bluegrass, 
treatment, 23; buffalo grass for, 144; 
cutting height, 86; fertilizing, 17, 82, 
183; measuring areas of, 10; problems 
need more research, 22; weed control, 
18, 82

Fertilizers: acidity of, 23, 103; activated sludge, 
17; applying, 7, 17; books and bulletins 
on, 68; concentration variations, effect 
of, 122; for fairways, 183; height of cut 
as related to, 23; manure, 17, 93; organic 
and inorganic compared, 197; sugar-mill 
filter-cake, 85; turf diseases as affected 
by, 136

Fertilizing better than reseeding, 6, 183
Fescue, seeding rate, 84
Filter-cake, sugar-mill, as fertilizer, 85
Flowering plants, books and bulletins on, 70
Fungicides: applying, 7, 17, 143; proprietary, 

value of, 86

Grasses, books and bulletins on, 69
Greenhouse, growing turf in, 119
Green-manure crops, 46
Green Section, annual report for 1932, 2; for 

1933, 200

Greens (see Putting greens')
Grubs, bulletins on, 71

Illumination, variations in as affecting growth, 

131

Insecticides, apply, 7
Insects, books on, 68
Iron sulphate in weed control, 51, 168
Ivy and sumac, poison, bulletins on, 71

Japanese beetle, bulletins on, 71

Kentucky bluegrass (see Bluegrass)

Landscaping, books and bulletins on, 70
Lawns, books and bulletins on, 70
Layers, injurious soil, resulting from faulty 

topdressing, 118

Lead arsenate in weed control, 51
Library, greenkeeper’s, books and pamphlets 

for, 66

Light, conditions of as affecting growth, 131
Lime: concentration, variations in as affecting 
growth, 128; effect on bent greens con­
taining clover, 85; effect on bluegrass, 23

Locust, migratory, 110

Magnesium concentration, variations in as af­

fecting growth, 129

Maintenance of turf, recent technical develop­

ments in, 42

Manure: green, soy beans for, 46; stable, 17; 

weeds seeds in, 93

Mathematics, books on, 71
Measuring areas, 9
Mechanical putter, measuring drift and speed 

of ball on bents with, 74

Meetings, Green Section summer, in 1932, 5; in 

1933, 201
Moles, bulletins on, 71
Muck: classification of mucks, 111; definition 
of, 91; formation of, 111; use of, 90
Municipal golf courses, publications on, 69

Nitrate of soda as reducing soil acidity, 103
Nitrogen concentrations, variations in as affect­

ing growth, 122

Nursery, bent, going to seed, 203

Organic materials, use of, 90; organic content 
of soil as affected by inorganic and or­
ganic fertilizers, 197

Peat: classification of peats, 111; definition of, 

91; formation of, 111; use of, 111, 149

Phosphorus concentrations, variations in as af­
fecting growth, 123; increase and pene­
tration of in soil, 196

Physics, books on, 71
Planting putting greens, cost of use of stolons 

and seed compared, 86
Plantings, books and bulletins on, 70
Poison, ivy and sumac, bulletins on, 71
Potassium concentrations, variations in as af­
fecting growth, 123; chlorate in weed 
control, 175

Putted ball, drift and speed of on bent grasses. 

74

Putter, mechanical as used in measuring drift 

and speed of ball, 74

Putting greens: applying materials to, 7; Ber­
muda grass control, 87; lime as beneficial 
to, 85; measuring areas of, 9; renovating, 
19, 87; reseeding, 87, 150; preparing for 
spring planting. 118; seeding rate, 8-1: 
stolon and seed, comparative costs of, 
86: watering, 150

Rain-making devices, 182
Report, Green Section, annual for 1932, 2; for 

1933, 200

Reseeding putting greens, 87, 150
Rodents, destruction from, 182
Rose bushes, fertilizing, 150

Salt concentration prevented by use of peat, 100
Sandy soil, preparation of, 149
Scientific developments in turf maintenance, 42 
Seaside creeping bent: compared with Wash­
ington bent, 119; drift and speed of ball 
on, 74; seeding rate, 84; (see also Bent 
grass)

Seed: Bermuda grass, 82; guarantees, 119: 
identification of by use of violet rays, 135
Seeded and stolon-planted putting greens: drift 
and speed of ball on, 74; costs of com­
pared, 86

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Seeding: bent and fescue rate, 84; putting 

Surveying: books on, 71; measuring areas, 9

greens, 87, 150

Shade, effect of on velvet bent and Metropoli­

tan creeping bent, 131
Shelter, storm, revolving, 52
Shrubs, books and bulletins on, 70
Slime mold fungus, 203
Sludge, activated, 17
Sodium arsenate, arsenite and chlorate, in weed 

control, 50, 154

Soils: acidity of as affected by peat and ferti­
lizers, 103; books and bulletins on, 72; 
sandy, preparation of, 149; steam sterili­
zation of, 150; improving structure of, 
99, 103, 107; organic content of as af­
fected by fertilizers, 197
Soy beans as green-manure crops, 46
Speed and drift of putted ball on bents as 
measured by mechanical putter, 74

Sprayers, regulating, 14, 17
Steam sterilization of soil, 150
Stolon-planted bents: cost of compared with 
seeded bents, 86; drift and speed of ball 
on, 74

Storm shelter, revolving, 52
Sugar-mill filter-cake as fertilizer, 85
Sulphate of ammonia: acidifying effect of, 103; 
bluegrass as affected by, 23; weed con­
trol with sulphate of ammonia and sul­
phate of iron, 51, 168

Sulphur concentrations, variations in as af­
fecting growth, 130; water for irriga­
tion purposes, 203

Technical developments in turf maintenance, 

recent, 42

Tees: grade for, 19; grass for, 19, 151
Topdressing: applying, 7; layers formed from, 

118; peat and muck, 108

Trees, books and bulletins on, 70

Urea, acdifying effect of, 103

Velvet bent (see Bent grass)

Washington creeping bept (see Bent grass)
Water supply, bulletins on, 73; sulphur water 

for irrigation, 203

Watering: as affecting occurrence of brown­
patch, 62; as affecting weed growth, 18; 
putting greens, 150; sulphur water, 203
Weeds: annual bluegrass, 149; Bermuda grass, 
87, 179; books and bulletins on, 73; 
chemical control of, 47, 154; crabgrass, 
195; cutting turf, effect of on, 18; fair­
way, 82, 195; poison ivy, bulletins on, 
71; seeds of in manure, 93; watering, 
effect of on, 18; (see also Clover, also 
Crabgrass)

Winter yellowing of turf, 83

Yellowing of turf in winter, 83

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INDEX TO VOLUME 13 (1933)

AUTHORS’ INDEX

Conover, Thornton Weeding Bermuda grass out of creeping bent turf, 179

Dahl, Arnold S.

Effect of temperature and moisture on occurrence of brownpatch, 53
Effect of watering putting greens on occurrence of brownpatch, 62 
Relationship between fertilizing and drainage in the occurrence of brown­

patch, 136

Depew, Ganson

Annual report of the Green Section for 1932, 2
Annual report of the Green Section for 1933, 200

Evans, Morgan W., 
and Ely, John C.

Usefulness of Kentucky bluegrass and Canada bluegrass in turfs as 

affected by their habits of growth, 140

Grau, Fred V.

Control of crabgrass and other turf weeds with chemicals, 47
Drift and speed of putted ball on bents as determined by mechanical 

putter, 74

Obtaining accuracy in the application of materials to turf, 7
Use of sodium chlorate and other chemicals in controlling turf weeds, 154

Harrison, C. M.

Greenhouse studies on growth of Kentucky bluegrass, 23

Monteith, John, Jr. Recent technical developments in turf maintenance, 42

Use of peat and other organic materials on golf courses, 90

Reid, Mary E.

Effect of shade on the growth of velvet bent and Metropolitan creeping 

bent, 131

Effect of variations in concentration of mineral nutrients upon the 

growth of several types of turf grasses, 122

Savage, David A.

Buffalo grass for fairways in the Plains States, 144

Welton, Kenneth

Books and pamphlets for the greenkeeper’s library, 66
Use of peat and other organic materials on golf courses, 90
Fertilization of fairways: some experimental results, 183