THE BULLETIN

of the 
UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION GREEN SECTION
PUBLISHED BY THE GREEN COMMITTEE OF THE U. S. GOLF ASSOCIATION 

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 1927 (SUPPLEMENT)

Index to Volume VI (1926)

Acid lead arsenate as a grub poison, 36
Acidity of soil:

affected by use of water of high lime content, 

206

production of before planting, 207
testing for degree of, 79

Acid phosphate, 239
Algonquin, Golf Club, brown-patch at, 261
Alluvial soil, value and use of, 166 .
American golf courses, most prevalent defect 

in, 259

Ammonium chlorid, 58, 75
Ammonium nitrate, 237
Ammo-Phos (see Ammonium phosphate).
Ammonium phosphate, grades, results from

using, rate of application, 238

Ammonium sulfate:

affected by use of water of high lime con­

tent, 206

applied during growing season, 227
applying in hot weather, 182
composition of, and use of, for topdressing 

turf, 237

compost ingredient, 48, 70, 99, 166, 178, 181, 

246

experiments with, at Purdue University, 163
fairway fertilizer, rate of application, 16
manure decomposed with, 74
mixing in compost before using, 99
mixing in soil before planting, 207
on Bermuda greens, 65, 73, 81
rate of application, mixed with compost, for 

putting greens, 49

source and general description, 237

Animal charcoal, 146
Annual bluegrass (Poa annua), controlling, 17, 

123
Annual meeting:

of Green Section, 40
of U. S. G. A. and Green Section, 251

Annual report of Green Section chairman for

1925, 31
Ants, controlling, 185
Architecture:

artistic bunkers, 2
at C. C. of Atlantic City, 214
Links, The (book on), 260
of tees, 7

plan of hole, 232
slope of greens, 39
use of sand, 10

Arsenate of lead as a grub poison, 35
Atlantic City County Club, reconstruction of, 

214

Baking soil to control brown-patch, 160

kill weed seeds, 5

Baltusrol Golf Club, brown-patch experience,

263
Basic slag, 239
Beach grass, 147
Beetle (see Japanese beetle; Jzine beetle.)
Bent Grass (see also Putting greens and Vege­

tative planting.)

Colonial, 111, 143
creeping:

compared with velvet bent, 166
discing into established turf, 170
fluffy condition, 145
in Virginia and North Carolina, 190
Metropolitan and Washington strains, 145
proliferations in, 267
texture of old turf, 75

effect of lime on, 2
fairways, poorly drained, 167
fescue in, 165
for sandy soil, 207
general description of the bent grasses, 111
German mixed, 50, 111
range of adaptation of the bent grasses, 243
Rhode Island, 111, 143
seaside, for salty soil, 51, 147
velvet, 111, 166

Bermuda grass (see also Putting greens)

fairways, thickening, 118
fertilizing, 64, 73, 80
liming, 64, 80
range of adaptation, 243
seeding rate for fairways, 17, 73
seeding rate for putting greens, 65, 73

Bichlorid of mercury (see corrosive sublimate)
Bird-grass (see Poa trivialis)
Birds of the golf course:

Flicker, 200
Killdeer, 116

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Kingbird, 258
Robin, 162

Blue grass:

Annual (Poa annua), 17, 123
Canada: for rough, 165, 267
general description, 109
seeding with sheep’s fescue, 110

Kentucky: as putting green turf, 18, 99

general description, 108
range of adaptation, 243
seeding rates, 16, 50, 109, 167

rough-stalked (Poa trivialis) : as shade 

grass, 266

general description, 110
in greens, 187
Blue lyme-grass, 267
Bone meal:

experiments with, at Purdue University, 163
on fairways, 48, 165, 239

putting greens, 19

rate of application, 49, 163, 165, 239

Bordeaux mixture, 142, 225
Brown-patch:

controlling with calomel, 221, 265
controlling with corrosive sublimate, 151, 221, 

263, 265

experiments during 1926 in control of, at 

Arlington Turf Garden, 221, 261
mushroom soil in relationship to, 119 
nature and control of, 127-142 
sterilized compost for control of, 166 
treating diseased area only, 264
winter, in South, 34

Buffalo grass, propagation of, 206
Bunkers:

artistic, 2, 10
care of, 234
weed extermination in, 246

Burned lime (see lime)
Buxton, Mr. Cameron B., 230

Calcium:

an essential element, 234
arsenate in mole-cricket control, 197
carbonate (see lime)
cvanide in mole-cricket control, 197
hvdroxid (see lime)
nitrate, 238
oxid (see lime)
sulfate, 242

Calomel for control of brown-patch, 221, 222 
advantages and rate of application, 223, 224, 

265

Canada bluegrass: (see Bluegrass)
Canal Zone, golf courses, 83
Carbon, an essential element, 234
Carbon disulfid:

ant control, 185
grub-proofiing turf, 35
killing crawfish, 115
mole-cricket control, 197

Carolina clover for southern fairways, 171
Carpet grass, range of adaptation, 243
Castor-bean pomace, composition of, 236

Cattle manure, 51
Clianga, control of, 197
Charcoal:

animal, as a fertilizer, 146
as a topdressing, 4

Charlotte Country Club, greens at, 231
Chemicals (see also names of)

in weed control, 98, 165

Che wings fescue, 112
Chickweed, controlling, 98
Chinch bug, controlling, 94
Clay soil:

cinders and sand in lightening, 245
moisture-holding capacity of, 196
topdressing sandy soil with, 49, 207, 245

Clover:

Carolina and Low Hop, for Southern fair­

ways, 171

stimulated by lime, 242
white, for greens, 18, 99, 206

Colonial bent, 111, 143
Colonial Country Club, greens at, 80
Commercial fertilizers, 234
Compost:

compared with mushroom soil, 147
cotton motes in, 231
handling and storing, 4, 47, 185, 186
prepared in open, 185, 186
rate of in topdressing greens, 49
sterilized:

by baking, 5
by steaming, 202
in brown-patch control, 166

texture of, 67
value, making, and use of, 49, 67, 165, 174
weed seeds, destroyed in, 5, 202
with ammonium sulfate, 48, 70, 99, 166 178

181, 246

with fungicides, 224, 225

Construction :

at Country Club of Atlantic City, 214
danger from using muck in, 97
of ditches to prevent overwash, 182
of greens, 50
with sand and cinders on clav, 245

Copper:

accumulation in soil, 225
in brown-patch control, 142

Corona, 221
Corrosive sublimate:

effect of, on soil, by continued use, 146
in brown-patch control, 151, 221, 222
keeping qualities of, in solution, 75
killing earthworms with, 35, 58
rate of application in brown-patch control

154, 221, 265

season’s experience with, 261

Cotton motes in compost, 231
Cottonseed meal:

composition of, and rate of application, 165, 

236, 247

Country Club of Atlantic City, 214
Cow manure, composition and use of, 195
Crab-grass:

checked by poisoned soil, 192

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controlling, 8, 160
seeds of, in manure, 88
silver, controlling, 4
stimulated by lime, 242

Crawfish, 115
Creeping bent (see Bent grass)
Cutting :

greens closely, 145
instructions to force, 233

Cyanamid, 238

Dallis grass, control, 123
Danville Golf Club, thickening fairways at, 118
Discing:

Bermuda fairways, 118
creeping bent into greens, 170

Diseases (see brown-patch)
Dissolved bone (see Superphosphates)
District Green Sections:

growth of, 70
Piedmont, 170
relation of U. S. Golf Assn. Green Section

to, 78, 115
St. Louis, 252
Twin City, 89
Dried blood, 235

phosphatic, 239
vegetable nitrogenous, 236

Fescue:

Chewings (Red fescue, which see)
crowded out by bent grass, 165
kinds and uses of, 112
meadow, as a grass for the rough, 167
range of adaptation, 243 
red (see Red fescue) 
reseeding greens, 74 
sheep’s:

compared with meadow, 167
for rough, 165
seeding rate, 113, 267

undesirability of, on greens, 47, 113, 187

Fish fertilizers, 235
Floats, 239
Floranid (see Urea)
Foreign golf associations, 122
Fownes, William C., Jr., President of U. S. G.

A„ 30
Foxtail, yellow, 106
Fungicides (see various names)
Fungous disease (see brown-patch)
Furnace dust as a fertilizer, 187
Furze, 14

Earthworms:

benefits of, to soil, 170
controlling by poisoning the turf, 34

with corrosive sublimate, 35, 58, 146

mowrah meal, 19
encouraged by rich soil. 16

Elements essential to plant food, 234
Europe, golf in, 210

Fairways:

bare spots in, 8
coastal, treatment, 186
fertilizing, 16, 48, 165
grasses for (middle latitudes), 17, 187

(northern latitudes), 16, 49, 108, 207, 243
(southern latitudes), 73, 118, 171, 184, 244

improving (northern), 16
introducing new grasses into, 230
liming bluegrass, 73
low spots in, 44
range of adaptation for northern grasses, 243
range of adaptation for southern g-asses, 244
rolling, 59
sandy. 49, 164, 207, 245
thickening Bermuda, 118
topdressing, 46, 207
wet places in (northern), grasses for, 167

Farm manures, 193
Fertilizers: (see various names: also Compost, 

Humus, Mushroom soil)

animal nitrogenous, 235
applied during growing season, 227
commercial, 234
experiments at Purdue Universit}’, 163
miscellaneous, 236
mixed, 184, 240

German mixed bent (see also Bent grass) : 

character and uses of, 111 
seeding rate, 50
Golf in Europe, 210
Golf courses:

In America, ’ most prevalent defect, 259
in South America and Canal Zone, 83

Goose grass, controlling, 4
Gorse, 14
Government recognizes scientific and educa­

tional character of Green Section, 150

Grama grass, propagating, 206
Grasses: (see also various names)
for gravelly or rocky soil, 267
for Piedmont section, 184
for sandy fairways, 207
for semi-arid region, 206
important northern, 108
range of adaptation of, 243
salt resistant and sand binding, 51, 147
winter, on Bermuda greens, 64, 231

Green Committee Chairman, choosing, 254
Green fees, Federal tax on, 66
Greenkeepers Assn, of Philadelphia, 59 
Grecnkccping:

change in routine, 95, 259
contributions to. 155
instructions to force, 233
Greens (see Putting greens)
G'een Section:

consolidation of, with United States Golf 

Association, 250

contributions to, tax on, 66, 150
District, growth of, 70
list of member clubs, 21
meeting, annual, January, 1926, 40
meeting, annual, January, 1927, 251

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INDEX TO VOL. 6 (1926)

definition, 92
humus-producing materials and the making 

seeds, 88

relation of U. S. Green Section to District 

green sections, 78, 115

St. Louis District, 252
scientific and educational character of recog­

nized by the Government, 150

Twin City, report on, 89

Grubs:

June beetle, controlling, 15
poisoning soil in control of, 34, 191
rich soil in encouraging, 16

Guano, use of, as fertilizer, 147, 236
Gypsum (see calcium sulfate)

“Harping on one string,” 117
Harrow, chain, value and use of, 74
“Herbae Prati,” 105
Hermitage Country Club, creeping bent at, 190
Hog manure, composition and use of, 196
Horse manure:

composition and use of, 195
shavings in, 227

Humus:

and use of compost, 174
moisture-holding capacity of, 196
peat or muck, 92, 176
sod, leaves, and mold, 177

Hydrated lime (see lime)
Hydraulics, golf course, for laymen, 126
Hydrogen, an essential element, 234

Insecticides, 34, 94, 197
Insects, (see also various names), leaf-eating, 

controlling, 94

Iron sulfate in weed control, 98, 185
Italian rye-grass:

unsuitable for the rough, 227
uses of, and seeding rate, 114
winter greens seeded to, 64, 226, 231

Japanese beetle, controlling by poisoning the 

soil, 34

Jekyl Island Golf Club, experiments in mole­

cricket control, 197

June beetle:

controlling by poisoning the turf, 34
controlling with caddies, 15

Kentucky bluegrass: (see Bluegrass)
Kirtland Country Club, bent greens at, 45
Kittansett Club, soil baking at, 5

La Fayette Country Club, brown-patch experi­

ence, 261

Land plaster (see calcium sulfate)
Lead arsenate as a grub poison, 35
Leaf mold, value and use of, 177
Lime:

as a fertilizer, 163, 241
compounds of: benefits and injuries, 241, 242

encouraging moss, 207

in city water, 164, 206
on bent grass, 2
on Bermuda grass, 65
on Bluegrass fairways, 73, 109

Linseed meal, 236

Machinery:

care of, 233
heavy, effect of on soil, 18
weight of rollers, 59

Magnesium, an essential element, 234
Maintenance :

multiple tees, 7
staff, working instructions for, 233

Manure :

artificially made, 178
barnyard, 175, 178
cow, composition and use of, 195
decomposing with ammonium sulfate, 74, 178
farm, composition and use of, 193
hog, composition and use of, 196
horse, composition and use of, 195
new, danger of, in introducing crab grass 

poultry, 48, 163, 196
pulverized, 200
shavings in, 227
sheep, 48, 164, 178, 196
shredded, 51
stable, 48, 50, 51
straw in, 246
use of in layer discouraged in green construc­

tion, 50

Maps showing range of adaptation of most im­

portant turf grasses, 243, 244

Marram grass, 147
Meadow fescue, compared with sheep’s fescue, 

167

Mercuric compounds, 221
Metropolitan strain of creeping bent, charac­

teristics, 145

Miami Valley Golf Club, steam-box at, 202
Moisture-holding capacity of sand, clay, and 

humus, 196

Mole-cricket, Porto Rican, control of, 197
Mosquito menace, 120
Moss:

encouraged by lime, 207
eradicating, 187, 207
peat, for putting greens, 246

Mowing:

greens, closely, 145
instructions to force, 233

Mowrah meal, rate of application, 19
Muck, value and use of, 17, 92, 97, 163, 176
Muriate of potash, 240
Mushroom soil:

compared with compost, 147
nature of, 196
relationship of, to brown-patch, 119
use of, 49, 68, 196

Native trees, shrubs, and flowers, for golf 

courses, 60

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New Orleans Country Club, winter greens at, 

64

Nicotine in insect control, 94
Nitrate of soda, value and application of, 163, 

237

Nitrogen, an essential element, 234
Northern turf grasses, 108
Nursery: (see also Vegetative planting)

of more than one strain, 227
old, use of, 19, 207

Oakley, Dr. R. A., in Europe, 118

Paradichlorbenzine, in ant control, 185
Peat and humus, 92, 97, 176
Peat moss, 92, 246
Perennial rye-grass, 114
Phosphorous, an essential element, 234, 238
Piedmont Green-Committeemen’s Association, 

170

Section of South, seeding golf courses in, 183 
Pine Valley Golf Club, treatment of sandy 

soil, 207
Pipe, capacity of, 126
Piper, Dr. Charles Vancouver, 54
Plantain, control with chemicals, 185
Plant food, essential elements, 234
Poa annua :

controlling, 17, 123

Poa trivialis:

limitations of, 187
uses of and seeding rate, 110, 266

Poisons (see also various names) :

in grub control, 34, 191
in mole cricket control, 197

Porto Rican mole-cricket, control of, 197
Potassium:

an essential element, 234, 240
carbonate, 240
nitrate, 240
sulfate, 240

Poultry manure, 48, 163, 196
Proliferations in turf, 267
Purdue University, fertilizer experiments at, 

163
Putting greens:

comparative value of materials in topdress­

ing, 67

desirable slope of, 39
Northern:

building on clay, 75
converting to creeping bent, 170
fescue, reseeding, 74
fluffy, 145

rolling, 59; and topdressing, 146
sodding, 33, 74
Southern:

at Charlotte C. C., 231
at Colonial C. C., 80
at New Orleans C. C., 64
building, 50
creeping bent in Va. and N. C„ 190
rate of seeding, 73
winter grasses on, 64, 226, 231

Putting surface (as distinct from turf surface), 

keeping true, 33, 59, 146

Quick lime (see lime)

Raw rock phosphate, 239
Red fescue:

as a sand-binding and salt-resisting grass, 

147

crowded out by bent grass, 165
reseeding, 74
uses of, 47, 112, 147

Redtop:

for winter greens in the South, 226
putting turf from, 18, 99
range of adaptation, 243
seeding, 16, 110, 167
uses of, 110, 167

Rhode Island bent (see Bent grass)
Riverton Country Club, experiments at, in grub­

proofing turf, 34, 191

Rollers, weight of, 18, 59
Rolling, 59, 146
Rough:

grasses for (northern), 109, 113, 165, 167, 

227, 267

improving where play from is too easy, 267
low spots in, 44
reducing vegetation in, 165

Rough-stalked bluegrass, uses of and seeding 

rate, 110

Rough-stalked meadow grass, uses of and seed­

ing rate, 110

Routine work, 95, 233
Rules of golf, decisions on:

Ball:

against pin in hole, 220
dropping from water hazard, 46
in water hazard, 46
lie of, in bunker, 205
lifting, from wheel track, 93
lost, 205
lost, in ground under repair, 220
out of bounds, 107
outside match, playing, 161, 220
playing provisional, 182
removing mud from, 182
striking flag stick, 182
struck accidentally, 93
unplayable, 13, 46

bending fixed and growing object, 14
flag stick, removal of, 205
hole rim, resetting, 161
honor:

on bye hole, 63
won by low net score, 46
loose impediment, lifting, 63
odds in four-ball match, 107
parallel water hazard, 205
postponed match, 107
qualification with marker, 107
stance, restriction in taking, 93
tie in handicap match play, 205
touching line of putt, 63

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St. Louis District:

brown-patch, experience in, 261
Green Section, 252

Salt:

in beach sand, 167
resistant grasses, 147, 186

Salt grass, 186
Salty conditions, grasses for, 51, 147, 186
Sand :

bunkers, artistic, 2
grasses for (northern), 49, 147
moisture-holding capacity of, 196
natural use of in architecture, 10
topdressing with, 68, 167, 231, 245
wastes, 214

Sandy soil:

grasses for (northern), 49, 147, 207
subsoil, fertilizers for and treatment of, 164
treatment of, 49, 207, 245

Scioto Country Club, 102
Scum on soil, 187
Seaside bent:

as a sand-binding, salt-resisting grass, 51, 147
seed of, 111
value of, 111, 147

Seeding :

best time for, 51
early summer, inadvisability of, 51
golf courses in Piedmont section of South,

late fall and winter, 226, 247
of sandy soil for putting green and fairway

183

turf, 49

rate of, for Bermuda greens, 73
Seepage, protecting greens from, 96
Semesan:

compared with other fungicides, 221, 261
rate of application, 153

Service Bureaus, growth of, 70
Sewage disposal as a fertilizer, 18

system for golf course, bulletin on, 8

Shade grass, 266
Shavings in manure, 227
Sheep manure, 48, 163, 178, 196
Sheep’s fescue:

compared with meadow fescue, 167
for rough, 165
seeding rate, 113, 267

Shrubs, native, for golf courses, 60
Silicon, sometimes a necessary element, 234
Silver crab-grass, controlling, 4
Simple and inexpensive outfits for testing soil

acidity, 79
Skunks, controlling, 11
Sod:

as compost ingredient, 177
removing and replacing, 33

Sodium, sometimes a necessary element. 234
Sodium silicofluoride as a grub poison, 36
Soil:

acidifying before planting, 207
acidity, testing of, by simple and inexpensive

outfits, 79

alluvial, value and use of, 166

baking to kill weed seeds in, 5; to control 

brown-patch, 166

clay, in building putting green, 75

not benefited by earthworms, 170

for topdressing, 260
foundation for putting green, 50, 183
grub-proofing, 34, 191
moisture-holding capacity of various soils, 

poisoning in grub control, 34, 191
preparation of, 183
rich, encouraging to earthworms and grubs, 

196

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salty, grasses for (northern), 51, 186
sandy, grasses for (northern), 49, 207, 245

treatment of, 49, 207

steaming to kill weed seeds in, 202

Soot as a fertilizer, 187
South American golf courses, 83
Soybean meal, composition of, 236
Speedwell, thyme-leafed, controlling, 82
Spring planting, disadvantage of, 147
Stable manure, 48, 50, 51
Standard practice, variation from, 259
Steam-box for sterilizing soil, 202
Stink-grass, as a putting green weed, 181
Stolons of old growth, use of, 93, 207 (see also 

vegetative planting)
Strains of creeping bent:

Metropolitan, should not produce fluffy turf. 

145

Washington, should not produce fluffy turf, 

145

Straw, in manure, and composting with soil, 

178, 246

Stumps

mounds made from, 163
removing, 75

Sulfate of ammonia (see Ammonium sulfate)
Sulfate of potash, 240
Sulfur, an essential element, 234
Sulfuric acid in weed control, 185
Summer:

early, seeding, inadvisability of, 51
planting, disadvantage of, 147

Superphosphates:

acid phosphate, 239
dissolved bone, 239

Swamp muck, its value and use, 97
Swamp soil, value and use of, 17, 97, 176
Swampy land, grasses for (northern), 167
Sw^eninus, street, 178

Tankage, 235
Tax, Federal, on green fees, 66

Green Section contributions, 150

Tees, a-chitecture and maintenance of, 7
Thyme-leafed speedwell, controlling, 82
Tile, laying in filled land, 72
Topdressing :

beach sand used as, 167
continued effect of, 145
fairways, 46

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materials used for, 67, 166, 174
methods of, 67
rate of application, 181
sand used as, 245
soil for, 260
variation from usual rate, 259
with charcoal, 4

Tractor mower operators, 234
Tractors, heavy, effect of on soil, 18
Traps (see Bunkers)
Trees:

coniferous, 204
native, 60

Turf:

experiments at Purdue University, 163
fertilizing of, through October, 227
good putting, not made by use of fescue, 47
grub-proofing, 34
injury to, from chinch bug and other in­

sects, 94

low spots in, lifting, 44
plots, experimental, near Washington, 58
thin, improving, 51, 96
winter-killed, improving, 48
Twin City Green Section, 89

United States Golf Association, 250
Unslaked lime (see lime)
Urea, 238
Uspulun:

compared with other fungicides, 221, 261
rate of application, 153

Vanderpool, Wynant D., ex-President of U. S.

G. A., 30

Vegetative planting:

clippings used in place of stolons, 45
disadvantage of spring and summer, 147
in winter, 247
nursery, 19, 227, 246
stolons:

not produced by R. I. bent, 74
of old growth, use of, 93, 207

Velvet bent:

compared with creeping bent, 166
uses of, 111

Velvet grass, controlling, 8
Village planning, 242

Washington strain of creeping bent, charac­

teristics, 145

Water supply, bulletin on, 2

systems, 126, 187

Weed killer, chemical, 98, 185
Weeds :

chickweed, 98
crab-grass, 4, 8, 88, 160
Dallis grass, 123
extermination of, in traps and bunkers, 246
foxtail, 106
goose-grass, 4
mesquite, 8
plantain, 185
Poa annua, 17, 123
silver crab-grass, 4
stimulated by lime, 242
stink-grass, 181
thyme-leafed speedwell, 82
velvet grass, 8
wire grass, 4
yard-grass, 4
yarrow, 44
yellow foxtail, 106

Weed seeds:

avoidance of, in washing onto greens, 182
baking soil to kill, 5
creek water containing, 19
manure containing, 88
steaming soil to kill, 202

Westover, Mr. H. L., appointment of, 233
Whin, 14
White clover:

as a fairway turf for sandy soil, 207
as a putting turf, 18, 99, 206
range of adaptation, 243

Whitinsville Golf Club, brown-patch experi­

ence, 263

Whitney, Mr. Howard F., 260
Winter brown-patch in the South, 34

greens in the South, 64, 226
killed turf, improving, 48
planting of bent stolons, 247
sowing grass seed in, 226

Wire grass, controlling, 4
Wood ashes, 240

Yard grass, controlling, 4
Yarrow, uses for, and control of, 44
Yellow foxtail, 106

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INDEX-TO VOL. 6 (1926)

Behr, Max H.
Birchett, Frederick W., Jr.
Boggs, Arthur

Boude, D. M.
Burgess, J. L.
Clapper, J. S.

Cunningham, G. T.
Fitts, O. B.

Holland, C. G.
Hood, Frederic C.
Humphrey, H. S.
Knuth, C. H. L.
La Malta, T. L.
Le Prince, J. A.
Leach, B. R., and
Lipp, J. W.
McAtee, W. L.

Metcalf, Maynard M.

Monteith, John, Jr.

Oakley, R. A.

Oakley, R. A., and H. L. 

Westover
Pfeffer, W. L.
Pieters. A. J.

Read, H. Kendall

Ricker, P. L.

Sargent, George
Sherman, Sherrill
Thomas, W. A.

Thomas, W. G.
Todd, J. N.
Trcgillus, C. A.
Westover, H. L.

The Natural Use of Sand, 10
Calendar Chart of Winter Grasses on Bermuda Greens, 64
How We Managed Our Creeping Bent Greens at Kirtland Coun­

try Club, 45

A Steam Box for Killing Weed Seeds in Compost, 202
Seeding Golf Courses in the Piedmont Section of the South, 183
A Condensed Report on the Twin City Green Section Since It

Was Organized and How It Has Functioned to Date, 89

Routine Work, 95
Comparative Values of Materials and Methods Commonly Used 

in Topdressing Putting Greens, 67

Thickening Bermuda Fairways, 118
Killing Weed Seeds in Loam by Baking, 5
Removing and Replacing Sod, 33
Working Instructions for the Maintenance Staff, 233
Care of Bermuda Greens, 80
The Mosquito Menace, 120
A Method of Grub-Proofing Turf, 34
The Experiment in Grub-Proofing Turf at Riverton, N. J., 191
Birds of the Golf Course:

The Killdeer, 116
The Robin, 162
The Flicker, 200
The Kingbird, 258

Golf Courses in South America and the Canal Zone, 83
The Most Prevalent Defect in American Golf Courses, 259
The Relation of Mushroom Soil to Brown-Patch, 119
The Brown-Patch Disease of Turf: Its Nature and Control, 127
Corrosive Sublimate as a Control for Brown-Patch, 151
1926 Experiments on Brown-Patch Control, 221
Observations on Brown-Patch Control in 1926, 261
Annual Meeting of the Green Section, Chicago, January 8-9, 40
Important Northern Golf Grasses, 108
Contributions to Greenkeeping by the Trained Investigator, 155
Some Observations on Golf, Golf Courses and Golf Turf Abroad
(France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Holland), 210
Humus-Producing Materials and the Making and Use of Com­

post, 174

The St. Louis District Green Section, 252
Carolina Clover and the Low Hop Clovers as Southern Fairway

Plants, 171

The Growth of the Service Bureaus, 70
The Reconstruction of an Old Course, 214
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers for Golf Courses. Part II,

Spring Planting, 60
Scioto Country Club, 102
Choosing a Green Committee Chairman, 254
The Control of the Porto Rican Mole-Cricket, or Changa, on

Golf Courses, 197

All-The-Year-Around Greens, 231
Golf Course Hvdraulics for Laymen, 126
Rhode Island Bent as a Putting Green Turf, 143
Simple and Inexpensive Outfits for Testing Soil Acidity, 79
Farm Manures, 193
Commercial Fertilizers, 234