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., JANUARY, 1933 (SUPPLEMENT)

INDEX TO VOLUME 12 (1932)

Acid phosphate (superphosphate), 212, 229
Acid soil: and lime for bent turf, 190; bent 
grass response to, 196; correcting with 
agricultural slag, 81
Activated sludge, 220, 221
Agricultural slag for soil acidity, 81
- Alkaline soil: bent grass response to, 190, 196;

treatment of, 229
Aluminum sulphate, 229
Ammonium phosphate, 220

sulphate: acidifying effects of, 190, 198;
clover and crabgrass control, 229, 
230; demonstration turf garden re­
ports on, 220, 221; value and use 
of, 212

Annual bluegrass: control, 82; rating as put­

ting turf, 222

report of Green Section for 1931, 2

Anthracnose, 156
Ants, 186
Arlington turf garden, air view of, 187
Army worms, 185
Arsenate of lead in webworm control, 16
Astoria bent as a “creeping bent,” 37

Beetles, 185, 223
Bent grass: Astoria as a "creeping bent,” 37; 
creeping, definition of, 37; disease resist­
ance and susceptibility of, 103; putting 
tests of, 224; ratings in demonstration 
turf gardens, 222, 223; selecting for put­
ting green, 213; soil reaction on, 190, 196 
Bichloride of mercury (corrosive sublimate), 

116, 118, 121, 130, 228

Black scum, 157
Bluegrass:

annual: control of, 82; rating in demon­

stration turf gardens, 222

Kentucky: rating in demonstration turf 
gardens, 223; leafspot of, 146

Bone meal: rating in demonstration turf gar­

dens, 220, 221; value and use of, 212

Bordeaux mixture, 115, 116, 119
Brownpatch disease and its control, 18, 81, 134, 

228

Bruising of turf, 179
Bulletin to be published in six numbers, 42
Buttercup control, 230

Calomel, 118, 121, 130
Caustic potash, effect of on bent grass, 201
Chemical deficiencies in soil, 168; injuries to 

turf, 172

Chinch bugs, 186
Chlorinated water, acidity produced by, 198
Clay, role of as soil constituent, 32
Clover control, 230
Colonial bent: disease resistance and suscepti­
bility of, 103; putting tests of, 224; rat­
ings in demonstration turf gardens, 222, 
223; soil-reaction effects on, 200, 204

Columbia creeping bent: disease resistance and 
susceptibility of, 103; putting tests of, 
224; rating in demonstration turf gar­
dens, 222

Construction, faulty, in relation to disease con­

trol, 107; soil preparation, 29

Cooperative use of equipment, 8
Copper stearate, 116

sulphate, 116, 119

Corona, 116
Corrosive sublimate, 116, 118, 121, 130, 228
Crabgrass control, 229, 230
Creeping bent: definition and use of name, 37: 
disease resistance and susceptibility of, 
103; football-field use, 214; putting tests 
on, 224; ratings in demonstration turf 
gardens, 222; soil-reaction effects on, 
199, 201
Crown gall, 90
Cut, height of in relation to disease control, 113
Cutworms: distance traveled at night, 80; in­

juring turf. 185

Dam construction, 12
Damping-off of seedling turf, 144
Demonstration turf garden reports for 1932, 218
Dichondra control, 82
Diseases, turf, and their control, 87; brown­
patch, 18, 81, 134, 137, 228; snowmold, 
140, 214
Disking fairways, 213
Dollarspot, 137
Drainage in relation to disease control, 106, 161

Earthworms, distance traveled at night, 80
Equipment, cooperative use of, 8

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INDEX TO VOL. 12 (1932)

Ergot, 156
Erosion, gully, checking, 9
Evergreens, 43
Eyespot disease, 147, 156

Fairwaysdisking and spiking, 213; fertilizers, 

212, 221; landscaping, 47

Fairy rings, 150
Fertilizers: ammonium sulphate, 190, 198, 212, 
220, 221, 229, 230; disease-control rela­
tion, 110; fairway, 212, 221; mixed, 220, 
221, 229; putting green, 219, 229; ratings 
of in demonstration turf gardens, 219; 
soil reaction as affected by, 190, 196

Fescue: rating in demonstration turf gardens, 

222, 223; turfing, 195

Football turf, 214
Footrot, 156
Formaldehyde, 124
Formalin, 116
Frost injury, 181
Fungi, role of in plant diseases, 89
Fungicides: development and use of, 114; eco­
nomy in the use of, 228; mercury com­
pounds, comparative efficacy of, 18; 
proprietary, 228; rates and methods of 
application, 124

Gardens, demonstration turf, reports on, 218
German mixed bent: putting tests on, 224; rat­
ing of in demonstration turf gardens, 223

Germisan, 116
Green scum, 157
Green Section: annual report for 1931, 2;

meetings in 1931, 5

Grubs, 184, 223, 227
Gulf Stream Golf Club, 18th hole, 39
Gullies, checking, 9
Gypsum, 229

Hairy root, 90
Herbae-Mira fraud, 195
Hydrochloric acid, effect of on bent turf, 201

Insects: cutworms, 185; grubs, 184, 223, 227; 
injurv to turf, 184; Japanese beetle, 223; 
locusts, Old World, 223; mole cricket, 
185; parasitic control of, 223, 227; sod 
webworm, 14

Japanese beetle control, 223

Kentucky bluegrass rating in demonstration 

turf gardens, 223; diseases, 146
Kerosene emulsion in webworm control, 17

Landscape plants for northern golf courses, 43
Large brownpatch, 134
Lead arsenate in webworm control, 16
Leaf spot on bluegrass, 146

Lightning injury to turf, 184
Lime: bent turf response to, 190, 196; brown­
patch control, 81; manner and rate of 
application, 194; fertilizer rating in 
demonstration turf gardens, 221

Loams, composition of, 32
Locusts, Old World, 223

Magnesium oxide, effect of on bent turf, 200;

in limestone, 213

Manure rating in demonstration turf gardens, 

221
Matted turf, 177
Meetings, Green Section, in 1931, 5
Mercury as a fungicide, comparative efficacy 
of forms of, 18, 116, 118, 119, 121, 123, 
130, 228

Metropolitan creeping bent: disease resistance 
and susceptibility of, 103; putting tests 
on, 224; rating in demonstration turf 
gardens, 222

Mildew, 155
Mixed bent: putting tests on, 224; rating in 

demonstration turf gardens, 223
Moisture deficiency in disease incidence, 164
Mole crickets, 185
Muck: composition of, 33; value and use of, 81
Muriate of potash: acidity produced by, 198; 

value and use of, 212

Muriatic acid, effect of on bent turf, 201

Nematodes, 156
Netblotch, 156
Nitrate of soda, rating in demonstration turf 

gardens, 220

Nitrogen, effects of soil reaction on, 209

Organic matter for improving soil, 23, 34

Parasitic turf diseases, 89
Peat, composition of, 33; value and use of, 81 
Philadelphia Country Club, Spring Mill Course, 

7th hole, 19

Phosphates: ammonium, rating in demonstra­
tion turf gardens, 220; effect of soil re­
action on, 207

Plantings for golf course, 43
Poa annua control, 82; rating as putting turf, 

222

Potash, caustic, effect of on bent turf, 201
Potassium chloride, acidity produced by, 198; 
permanganate as a fungicide, 124
Poultry manure rating in demonstration turf 

gardens, 220

Proportioning machines, 132
Putting greens: bent grass for, selecting, 213; 
fertilizer ratings, 219; fertilizing soil be­
fore planting, 229; grasses, putting tests 
on, 224; grasses, rating of. 221; soggy 
and soft, 24, 25, 27; soil and turf for 
pitch shots, 22, 25, 27; soil structure 
requisites, 22, 29; topdressing, 31 ; water­
ing, 22, 25, 27

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Pyrethrum, use of, 16
Pythium disease, 139

Redtop rating in demonstration gardens, 223
Reports: annual of Green Section for 1931, 2; 
demonstration turf garden for 1932, 218

Resistant grasses, 102
Ringspot disease, 150
Rust disease, 154

Salt: concentration in soil, 170; water, treat­
ment of turf subject to injury from, 214
Sand as soil particles, 32; river, use of on 

putting greens, 18

Scald, 160
Scalping, 181
Sea Island Golf Club, 13th hole, 231
Seaside creeping bent, disease susceptibility and 
resistance, 103; putting tests on, 224; 
rating in demonstration turf gardens, 222

Sedgefield Country Club, 18th hole, 83
Seeding, late fall, 214
Semesan, 116, 118
Shading injury to turf, 176
Shrubs for golf course, 43
Silt, definition of, 32
Slag, agricultural, for correcting soil acidity, 81
Slime mold, 159
Sludge, activated, rating in demonstration turf 

gardens, 220, 221

Small browpatch, 137
Smut, 152
Snowmold, 140, 214
Sod webworms, 14
Soil: acidity and lime for bent turf, 174, 190, 
196; classification of, 32; cohesion of, 
35: drainage in relation to disease con­
trol, 106, 161; erosion checks, 9; kinds 
and classifications, 32; particles, classi­
fication 61, 32; preparation in relation 
to disease control, 105; reaction, effects 
of on growth of bent, 196; sterilizing, 
113; structure for putting greens, 29; 
testing for plasticity and cohesion, 35; 
texture defects, 167

Spiking fairways, 213
Spotblight disease, 139
Spotblotch disease, 156
Sprayers, use of, 131
Sterilizing soil and topdressing for disease con­

trol, 113

Sulphate of aluminum, 229

ammonia in clover control, 229, 230; 
acidifying soil, 190, 198; rating in 
demonstration turf gardens, 220, 221;
value and use of, 212

Sulphur, 116, 124, 192
Sulphuric acid, effect of on bent turf, 201
Superphosphate, value and use of, 212, 229'

Takeall disease, 156
Topdressing putting greens, 31; in relation to 

disease control, 111; sterilizing, 113

Trees for golf course, 43
Turf diseases and their control, 85

Urea, reaction of in soil, 220, 221; rating in 

demonstration turf gardens, 220

Uspulun, 116, 118

Velvet bent: disease resistance and susceptibil­
ity, 104; effects of acids on, 203; effects 
of lime on, 200; putting tests on, 224;
rating in demonstration turf gardens, 222

Vines for golf course, 51
Virginia creeping bent: disease resistance and 
susceptibility, 104; putting tests on, 224;
rating in demonstration turf gardens. 222

Washes, gully, checking, 9
Washington creeping bent, disease resistance 
and susceptibility, 103; putting tests on, 
224; rating in demonstration turf gar­
dens, 222

Water, chlorinated, acidity produced by, 198
Watering, excessive, injury from, 22, 27; in 
relation to disease control, 108; in rela­
tion to pitch shots, 22, 25, 27

Webworm control, 14
Weed control: buttercup, 230; clover, 230; 
crabgrass, 229, 230; dichondra, 82
White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., 10th hole, 

No. 3 course, 215

Winterkill, 161

Yellow tufts, 183

Zinc compounds as fungicides, 124
Zonate eyespot disease, 147

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INDEX TO VOL. 12 (1932)

AUTHORS’ INDEX

Curtis, Ralph W.

Landscape plants for northern golf courses, 43

Dahl, Arnold S.

Turf diseases and their control, 85

Depew, Ganson

Annual report of Green Section for 1931, 2

Jones, Robert T., Jr.

Why keep putting greens soft? 25

Monteith, John, Jr.

Demonstration turf garden reports for 1932, 218
Putting rests upon bent grasses, 224
Soil acidity and lime for bent turf, 190
Turf diseases and their control, 85

Noble, W. B.

Sod webworms and their control, 14

Pirie, Alex

The soggy putting green, 27

Reid, Mary E.

The effects of soil reaction upon the growth of several types of bent 

grasses, 196

Uhland, R. E.

Checking gully erosion on golf courses, 9

Welton, Kenneth

Demonstration turf garden reports for 1932, 218
Putting tests upon bent grasses, 224
Structural requisites of putting green soil, 29