UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION GREEN SECTION

Issued By The

ROOM 307. SOUTH BUILDING 
PLANT INDUSTRY STATION 
BELTSVILLE, MD.

SOUND RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON RESEARCH DATA CORRECTLY INTERPRETED

GREEN SECTION PROGRAM: At the end of World War II the supply of men trained in turf 
work was critical. Research had fallen behind and many turf gardens had been abandoned. 
To train men and to gather data simultaneously and to bring members a better type of 
service, the Green Section set out to sponsor a decentralized cooperative national program 
of research and education in key centers over the country. Funds for this purpose were 
low because of enforced inactivity in USGA functions. In 1946 the USGA Executive Com­
mittee approved a plan for Green Section Subscriptions to create an Educational Fund which 
would be .used to establish research grants and research fellowships in turf at selected 
experiment stations. By November 30, 1947, the Education Fund amounted to $5,605.18, and 
it is still growing. The sum of $2,600 from the Education Fund has been expended to date. 
Research grants have been established in Florida and Texas. Research fellowships are in 
effect at Pennsylvania, Purdue, and Michigan, and they are being planned for Georgia and 
Oklahoma. Other allocations will be made as favorable circumstances are demonstrated and 
as funds are available.

The Green Section budget has been drawn upon to the amount of $2,150 for 1946 

and 1947 to initiate and to support certain phases of turf work at Rhode Island, New 
Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.

Voluntary contributions in the amount of $10,759.68, most of which is earmarked 

for use in specific areas, are available to the Green Section program, effectively sup­
plementing the Education Fund. Some of the figures represent the first of five annual 
instalments. Contributors and funds received to November 30, 1947, are

Augusta Women's Golf Association
Atlanta Athletic Club
Detroit District Golf Association'
Florida State Golf Association
Georgia State Golf Association
Indiana Golf Association
Indianapolis District Golf Association
Kenwood Golf and Country Club (Maryland)
Massachusetts Golf Association
Pinehurst, Inc.
Public Golf Association of Minnesota
Southern Golf Association (1946 and 1947)
Tulsa Golfers' Fund for War Wounded, Inc.

$ 

10.00
1,000.00
750.00
150.00
100.00
250.00
250.00
25.00
250.00
100.00
600.00
800.00
6,474.68

$10,759.68

A Research Grant is a sum of money granted to an institution for developing a 

program and to accomplish certain work. The money usually is used for labor and 
.equipment. Data from the work done are made available to the Green Section which are 
then published for the benefit of all members and subscribers. Green Section research 
grants vary from $200 to $500 and are renewable annually.

A Turf Research Fellowship is a position created at an experiment station by 
a grant of money sufficient to finance the post-graduate work of a student interested 
in turf. The work of the student must be guided by qualified station personnel. The 
problem is selected jointly and, upon publication, the results of the work are made 

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available to members and subscribers. Green Section fellowships have been set up on the 
basis of SI,500 a year for 3 years. Upon the completion of the fellowship, the student 
is granted a degree and then he may enter the work of his choice.

Problems being studied under the Green Section program include

Fairway management
Disease control
Weed control
Better tee grasses
Control of Bermuda grass

Better strains of Bermuda grass 
Better grasses for roughs 
Better grasses for fairways 
Aeration of soils under turf 
Seed mixtures

Development of supplies
Development of supplies

of centipede grass seed 
of Zoysia grass seed.

Results of this expanded program are just beginning to become evident. Prog­

ress may seem slow but time is required to develop sound data. The decentralized co­
operative program in progress will continue to yield data for years to come which will 
be of inestimable value to all who seek ways and means of producing Better Turf.

GREEN SECTION SUBSCRIBERS

Associations ($30)

Cemeteries ($15)

Commercial Firms ($30)

Cleveland District of the Greenkeeping Superintendents 

Assn., Cleveland, Ohio

Greenkeeping Superintendents Assn. (The), St. Charles, Ill.

Cave Hill Cemetery Co., Inc., Louisville, Ky.
Rosehill Cemetery Co., Chicago, Ill.
Vine Street Hill Cemetery Assn. (The), Cincinnati, Ohio

Adikes, J. and L., Inc., Jamaica, N. Y.
American Agricultural Chemical Co., New York, N. Y.
American Chemical Paint Co., Ambler, Pa.
American Soil Sponge Selling Corp. (The), New York, N. Y.
Apothecaries Hall Co., Waterbury, Conn.
Armiger, C. F., Inc., Silver Spring, Md.
Associates Seed Growers, Inc., New Haven, Conn.
Bartlett, F. A., Tree Expert Co. (The), Stanford, Conn.
Bean, John, Mfg. Co., Lansing, Mich.
Bell, D. B., & Son, Inc., Kansas City, Mo.
Belt Seed Co., Inc. (The), Baltimore, Md.
Bolgiano, F. W., & Co., Washington, D. C.
Brevard Country Club Nurseries, Brevard, N. C.
Brucker, Charles? & Sons, Inc., Englewood, N. J.
Buckner Mfg. Co., Chicago, Ill.
Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corp., Fine Chemicals Div.,

New York, N. Y.

Clapper Co. (The), West Newton, Mass.
Coke Oven Ammonia Research Bureau, Columbus, Ohio
Colby, Eli, Co., Hanlontown, Iowa
Connolly, J. S., Bethesda, Md.
Cooperative Seed & Farm Supply Service, Inc., Richmond, Va.
Crenshaw McMichael Seed Co., Tampa, Fla.
Davis, George A., Inc., Chicago, Ill.
Ditman, J. A., Laurel, Md.
Dreer, Henry A., Inc., Philadelphia, Pa.
Drumcliff Co. (The), Towson, Md.
Dryfoos, Sidney L., Cleveland, Ohio

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Commercial Firms (Continued)

Du Pont Semesan Co., Wilmington, Del.
Engbretson Seed Co., Astoria, Oreg.
Gallowhur Chemical Corp., Puratized Div., New York, N. Y.
Gandrud, E. S., Co., Owatonna, Minn.
Geary Bros., Klamath Falls, Oreg.
Germain Seed & Plant Co., Los Angeles, Calif.
Godwin, Hiram F., Detroit, Mich.
Golf & Lawn Supply Corp., White Plains, N. Y.
Greiner, Clarence E., Co., Indianapolis, Ind.
Griffith, E. H., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Hart & Vick, Inc., Rochester, N. Y.
Hastings, H. G., & Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Hector Supply Co., Miami, Fla.
Henderson, Peter, & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y.
Hoffman, A. H., Inc., Landisville, Pa.
Hyper-Humus Co., Newton, N. J.
Island Landscape Co., Palm Beach, Fla.
Kylander Co. (The), Hartford, Conn.
Landreth, D., Seed Co., Bristol, Pa.
Lapp, Walter S., Lansdale, Pa.
Lawn & Golf Supply Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Lilly, Charles H., Co. (The), Seattle, Wash.
Linck, 0. E., Co., Inc., Clifton, N. J.
Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, St. Louis, Mo.
Mangelsdorf, Ed. F., & Bro., Inc., St. Louis, Mo.
McCormick & Co., Baltimore, Md.
McCullough, J. Chas., Seed Co. (The), Cincinnati, Ohio 
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N. J.
Minnesota Milorganite Co., Long Lake, Minn.
Naco Fertilizer Co., Jacksonville, Fla.
National Sprayer & Duster Assn., Chicago, Ill.
Niagara Sprayer & Chemical Division, Middleport, N. Y.
♦Northrup, King & Co., Berkeley, Calif.

Ohio Toro Co., Cleveland, Ohio
Old Orchard Turf Nurseries, Madison, Wis.
Pacific Toro Co., Inc., Los Angeles, Calif.
Parmenter & Andre, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Peppard Seed Co., Kansas City, Mo.
Peterson, Arthur D., Co., Inc., New York, N. Y.
Pfizer, Chas., & Co., Inc., New York, N. Y.
Philadelphia Seed Co., Inc. (The), Philadelphia, Pa.
Philadelphia Toro Co., Philadelphia, Pa.
Plant Products Corp., Blue Point, N. Y.
Pontiac Mills, Inc., Pontiac, Mich.
Quality Lime Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rain Bird Sprinkler Mfg. Corp., Glendora, Calif.
Scarlett, Wm. G., & Co., Baltimore, Md.
Scott, 0. M., & Sons Co., Marysville, Ohio
Sewerage Commission, City of Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wis.
Skinner Irrigation Co. (The), Troy, Ohio
Spalding, A. G., & Bros., Inc., New York, N. Y.
Standard Agricultural Chemicals, Inc., Hoboken, N. J.
Stuart, C. W., & Co., Newark, N. Y. .

* Placed two $30 Subscriptions for its branches.

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Commercial Firms (Continued)

Stumpp & Walter Co., New York, N. Y.
Sutton & Sons, Ltd., Reading, England
Swift & Co., Baltimore, Md.
Terminal Sales Corp., Dearborn, Mich.
Thompson, S. W., Belleville, N. J.
Van Hoven Co., Inc., St. Paul, Minn.
Volkman, C. M., & Co., San Francisco, Calif.
Wagner, H. L., & Sons, Imbler, Oreg.
West Coast Fertilizer Co., Tampa, Fla.
West Point Lawn Products, West Point, Pa.
Whitney Seed Co., Inc., Buffalo, N. Y.
Wood, T. W., & Sons, Richmond, Va.
♦Woodruff, F. H., & Sons, Inc., Milford, Conn.
Woodside Bent Grass Nurseries, Des Moines, Iowa 
Worthington Ball Co. (The), Elyria, Ohio

Golf Clubs Not Eligible for USGA Membership ($30)

Glenbard Golf Club, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
Iridian Hills Golf Club, Omaha, Nebr.
Inn at Steele Hill (The), Laconia, N. H.
Marlborough Golf & Country Club, Ltd., Cartierville, P.Q.
Sunningdale Golf Club, London, Ont., Canada 
Tam O’Shanter Golf Course, Canton, Ohio

(Canada

Golf Course Architects ($30)

Diddel, William H., Carmel, Ind.
Gordon, William F., Co., Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
Harris, Robert Bruce, Chicago, Ill. 
Jones, Robert Trent, New York, N. Y. 
Lawrence, Robert F., Boca Raton, Fla. 
Maxwell, Perry, Tulsa, Okla.
McGovern, J. B., Wynnewood, Pa.

Ladd, Greeley, Minneapolis, Minn.

Des Moines, City of, Des Moines, Iowa 
Hartford, City of, Hartford, Conn. 
Minneapolis, City of, Minneapolis, Minn.

Du Pont, H. F., Winterthur, Del.

Individuals ($10)

Park Departments ($30)

Private Estates ($15)

Schools ($15)

Friends School, Baltimore, Md.
Georgetown Preparatory School, Inc., Garrett Park, Md.

♦ Placed four $30 Subscriptions for its branches.

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