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Index \0 VolunieIV (1924)

repens

grass, 272.

(chaff-head),

Acapulco
Acetic acid as earthworm exterminator,
Achyranthes
Acid. phosphate,22.
Acidity of soils, 4,.81, 174, 301. .
Agawam Hunt Club, No.2 hole, 214~
Alkaline- and acid-reacting
fertilizers,
Alysicarpus
Amateur

274.
championship

vaginalis,

golf

of

284.

the United

28th, 199.

.

States,
Ammonia, household,
nation,
116.
Ammonium sulfate
Anderson,
of

(see Fertilizers).
John G., on the work and needs

the Green. Section, 222..

in earthworm extermi-

Andropogon
Annual bluegrass,
Annual meeting

caricosus,
250.

274.

of Green Section,

1924, 26;

Annual

1925, 282...

report of chairman

of green commit-

tee. U. S. Golf Assn., 1923, 2.

Ants, 101, 126, 165, 302.
Approaches,
Architecture

care of, 125, 131.
also

(see

Lan4scapi,lg;

last page each issue).

also

in, need for, 6.

alterations
books on, English,
fairway,
putting

size of, 175.

green. perfect, 16.

150.

Army worm, damage
Arsenic,
Arsenite,
Ashes, wood:

sodium,

'crude,

in insect control,

to turf by, 166.
168.

in weed control,

131, 170.

encouraging weeds, 121.
fertilizer
Association,

value of, 127.
greenkeepers',
282.

New England,

Cleveland,

221;

grass, 34, 251, 300.

Atlanta Bermuda
Atlantic City Country Club:
quick sodding at .. 163.
turf maintenance

at, 28.

Axonopus

eompressus,

fureatus,

and. pur-

. .pusi, 271.

Bahia. grass, 271.

Bait, poison,
Baltimore

in insect

control,

168.

Country Club,

116.

trol, 118..

Banks, plants
for holding,
B~etle .(see Japauese beetle;

174..

Bent

beetle) •..
grass:
. Colonial;
293....
Coloni~l;
creeping:

characteristics,

seeding rate, 293.

crab grass

con-

231.
.
Ju'~e beetle~. May

value, and use,

..

brown-patch;
strains

immunity

of certain

to, 92, 105. 298.

greens:

care of, 13.
patching with stolons, 106..
vegetative

'planting

(see Vege-

tative plallting).

introduced into Bermuda greens, 302.
introduced
other
grasses.

greens

into
105, 152.
(see Vegetative

Planting).

nursery
reporter's weird tale of, 212.
seed,
of getting,
seed-producing

impossibility

stolons

178.
in nursery,

of

165.
stol?ns
strams:

(see Vegetative

planting).

named;

confusion

in identify-

ing, 265.

. named;
selecting
297•.

list of principal, 240.

and

comparing,

.210

,

. winterhardiness

of, 82.

fairway uses and seeding rate, 176.
fertilizers
German 1l1ixed:

for, 81.

.

characteristics.
i n t rod u c i n g into redtop-fescue

value, and use, 293.

greens,
.

seed:

105.

of. 178, 293.
and importation,

constituents
producti?n
yarrow m. 254.
seeding rate, 46, 105.

293 .

INDEX  TO VOL.  IV  (1924) 

construction  and  care  of,  21, 81, 117, 

meeting.  1924,  27. 

mixing  with  Bermuda  turf,  255. 
proliferation  of,  259. 
Rhode  Island: 

characteristics,  value,  and  use,  293. 
sand  hill  use,  255. 
seeding  rate,  46. 

. 
seaside,  characteristics;  and  domestic 

. 

seed  production,  293. 

seeding  on  meadows,  pastures,  and 

other  old  turf. 229,  230. 

seeding  rate,  177,  279. 
soil  acidity,  81. 
soil  requirements.  141,  153,  177. 
southern  range  of,  299. 
stolons  (see  Vegetative  planting). 
tees,  suitability  for,  46  . 
turf, mottled or spotted  condition  of, 259. 
turf,  weeds  in,  207. 
velvet,  characteristics, value, and  use, 293 

Bermuda  grass: 

Atlanta,  characteristics  and  production 

of,  34, 251. 300. 

fertilizing,  278. 
greens: 

251. 

methods  used  at  eight  different 
courses  in planting,  fertilizing, 
watering,  cutting,  top-dress 
ing, and winter  treatment, 285. 
introducing bent  grass  into,  255, 302. 
renovating  and  fertilizing,  21. 
seeding,  300. 
top-dressing,  251.  277,  285,  300. 

lime  applied  to, 278. 
strains  of,  34,  251. 

Bird  grass,  291, 301. 
Bird's-nest  fungus,  301. 
Blaine,  James  G.,  Jr.,  announcing  endow 

ment  fund  campaign,  242. 

Blind  holes,  periscope  for,  187. 
Blister  rust,  white  pine.  144. 
Blue  couch  grass,  273. 
Bluegrass: 
annual 

(Poa  annua),  eradication  and 

Canada,  burning  over  turf  in  fall  and 

Canada,  value,  use,  and  seeding  rate, 

use  of,  250. 

winter,  260. 

49,  291. 
Kentucky: 

description,  value,  and  use  of,  290. 
fertilizing  and  liming,  10,  290. 
greens,  changing-  to  bent,  152;  tem 

porary.  48. 

leaf-spot  disease  of,  172. 
seed,  weight  per  bushel,  purity,  and 

germination.  291. 

seeding  rate,  47,  82,  176,  291. 

rough-stalked,  291,  301. 

Bone  meal,  50,  81, 204. 
Books,  English,  on  golf  course  construction 

and  upkeep,  150. 

Bordeaux: 

as  brown-patch  remedy,  90.  134. 
as  earthworm  exterminator,  116. 
keeping  qualities  of.  106. 

Bouteloua  americana,  274. 

Bran,  poison,  in  insect  control,  168. 
Britain,  golf  turf  in,  219. 
Brome  grass,  value  and  use  of,  178. 
Brown-patch: 

controlling: 

by  early  morning  watering,  159, 

by  Bordeaux  and  general  methods, 

246,  266. 

87,  134,  154. 

by  mechanical  means, 154. 

creeping  bent  strains  resistant  to,  92, 

105,  279, 298. 

fungus,  characteristics  of,  87.  154. 
grasses  susceptible  to,  89. 
investigations,  87. 
reviving  turf  injured  from, 91. 

Buffalo  grass,  227. 
Bunkers,  eradicating  weeds  in  with  salt,  179. 
Bur  clover  for  southern  fairways,  171, 201. 
Burning  over  the  rough,  260. 
Burning  with  ammonium  sulfate,  82. 
Buying,  cooperative,  86,  235. 
Buying  from  "experts,"  37. 
Byers,  J.  Frederick,  address  of  at  annual 

Calcium  chloride  in  weed  eradication,  169. 
Canada  bluegrass,  49,  291. 
Canadian  Green  Section  clubs,  297. 
Canadian  National  Railways,  vegetative 

greens  built  by, 264. 

Canebreak,  eradicating  with  salt,  106. 
Capital  City  Club,  Atlanta;  treatment  of 

Bermuda  greens,  287. 

Carabao  grass,  273. 
Carbon  disulfid: 

in  ant  control,  126,  165,  302. 
in  white  grub  control,  128. 

Carbon  tetrichlorid  in  ant  and  grub  con 

trol,  230. 

Carpet  grass: 

for  southern  fairways,  252,  271. 
giant,  271. 
Panama,  271. 
Carrier,  Lyman: 

appreciation  of  his  services,  121. 
resignation  of,  97. 

Centipede  grass, 273. 
Chaff-head  (Achyranthes  repens),  284. 
Championship,  28th  Women's  Amateur,  197; 

28th  Amateur,  199. 

Charcoal  in  ant  and  worm  control,  51. 
Chemical  weed-killers,  169. 
Chickweed.  eradicating,  104,  107,  121.  125, 

130,  205. 

Cinders,  value  and  use  of,  51,  128,  303. 
Clay  (see  Soil). 
Cleveland  District  Greenkeepers'  Associa 

Cleveland  Golf  Association,  collective  buy 

tion,  221. 

ing  at,  235. 

Clover: 

bur,  for  southern  fairways,  171, 201. 
effect  of  fertilizers  on,  103. 
eradicating,  81,  107.  121,  131,  205. 
Club,  greenkeepers'.  of  New  England,  282. 
Clubs,  Green  Section,  by  states  and  coun 

tries,  297. 

Clubs,  grooved,  slotted,  and  steel 

shaft, 

Economy  in  size  of  putting  green,  63;  fair 

INDEX  TO  VOL. IV  (1924) 

rulings  on,  119. 

Coco  (nut  grass),  eradicating,  300. 
Collective  buying,  86, 235. 
Colonial  bent,  293. 
Colonial  Country  Club,  Memphis;  treatment 

of  Bermuda  greens,  285. 

Colt,  H.  S.,  on  need  for  architectural  altera 

tions.  6. 

Columbia  Country  Club,  No.  8  hole,  160. 
Compost: 

bed,  advantages  of,  300. 
making  and  using,  111, 127,  135,  299. 
Rothamsted  experiments  with,  135. 
screen,  size  of  mesh  for,  130.  , 
shed  at  Yorktown  Country  Club,  164. 
straw,  use  of  in  compost,  135, 255. 
unsuitability  of  as  a  turf  bed,  153. 
weed  seeds  in,  killing,  179.  277. 

, 

Cooperative  purchasing,  86,  235. 
Corrosive 

sublimate  combined  with  am 

monium  sulfate,  130. 

Corrosive  sublimate  in  earthworm  control, 

115. 

Cost  of  maintenance,  87. 
Cottonseed-hull  greens,  17,  77. 
Cottonseed  meal,  rate  of  application,  253. 
Country  Ciub  of  Atlantic  City,  quick  sodding 

Country  Club  of  Atlantic  City,  turf  main 

at,  163. 

tenance  at,  28. 

Cowpeas  as  a  green  manure  crop, 253. 
Crab  grass,  controlling,  118,  126. 
Creeping  bent  (see  Bent  grass). 
Criticism  of  Green  Section  invited,  110. 
Cutting  (see  Putting  greens;  Fairzuavs). 
Cyathus  (bird's-nest  fungus),  301. 
Cynodon  dactylon,  270. 
Dallas  Country  Club,  treatment  of  Bermuda 

greens  at,  286. 

Dallis  grass,  controlJing.  154. 
Dandelions,  eradicating,  106. 
Decisions  on  rules  of  golf  (see Rules  of  golf). 
Dichondra  carolinensis,  274. 
Digitaria  didactyla,  273. 
District  Greenkeepers'  Association,  Cleve 
land,  221;  New  England.  282. 
Dornick  Hills  Country  Club,  treatment  of 

Bermuda  greens  at,  287. 

Drainage: 

cinder  bed  for  tile  303. 
improving,  50, 201. 
inexpensive,  at  Kittansett  Club,  134  . 
poor,  and  yellowing  of  turf,  206,  301. 
sand  and  grass  traps.  184. 
tile: 

depth  of  laying,  303. 
details  of,  66. 

Droughty  conditions,  grasses  for,  179,  227. 
Druid  Hills  Golf  Club,  treatment  of  Ber 

muda  greens  at,  289. 
Dry-land  grasses,  179. 227. 
Earthworm  killers: 

corrosive  sublimate,  mowrah  meal,  and 

miscellaneous,  115. 
mowrah  meal,  47,  128. 

way,  175. 

Employees,  winter  work  for,  211. 
Endowment  fund  for  the  Green  Section,  45, 

239,  243. 

England: 

admirer  of  Green  Section  in,  226. 
golf  turf  in,  219. 
Rothamsted  grass  experiments,  101. 
Equipment,  plea  for  bet'er  care  of,  217. 
Eremochloa  ophiuroides,  273. 
Experience: 

a  costly,  37. 
of  a  green  committee  chairman,  28. 
Experiments,  grass,  at  Rothamsted,  101. 
Experts,  seedsmen  acting  as,  38. 
Fairways: 

bent,  planting  by  machinery,  258. 
fertilizing,  82,  204. 
meadows  and  pastures  changed  to,  229. 
mowers,  getting  service  out  of,  151. 
mowing  seedling  turf  on, 231. 
northern: 

grasses  for,  46, 82,  176, 179, 227, 290. 
renovating,  176. 

sand  hill,  grasses  for,  254. 
size  of,  175. 
soil  preparation  for,  253. 
southern: 

bur  clover  for,  171, 201. 
grasses  for,  81, 252,  270. 
salt  water  grasses,  278. 

spring  fertilizing  of,  82. 
watering,  92,  195. 
western  dry-land,  grasses  for,  179, 227. 

Fairy  rings  at  Minikahda,  123. 
Fall: 

fertilizing,  231. 
top-dressing.  248. 

Fertilizers  (see  also  Compost): 

acid-  and  alkaline-reacting,  174. 
ammonium  sulfate: 
applying: 

method,  17. 
rate,  21, 23, 48,  81, 107,  127, 205. 

burning  from  use_ of,  82. 
compost  made  with,  135. 
continuous  use  of,  effects  of,  130. 
corrosive  sublimate  used  with,  130. 
earthworms,  effect  on, -116. 
making,  131. 
temporary  effects  from,  83, 105. 
weeds  controlled  by,  107,  118,  131, 

205. 
ashes,  121,  127. 
bone  meal,  50,  81, 204. 
chemical  compared  with  organic,  47, 252. 
commercial,  mixed.  22, 213. 
cottonseed  meal. 253. 
experiments  with  at  Rothamsted,  101. 
green  manure  crops  used  as, 253. 
. guano.  226. 
humus,  muck,  and  peat: 

constructing  greens  with,  51. 
danger  from  use  of,  20,  48. 
injury  from,  correcting,  23. 
use  and  value  of,  9,  51, 303. 

4

INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924)

sea weeds used as, 255.

use and value of, 47, 252.

inorganic,
less expensive,
manure:

23.

caused by,. 30t.

fungous growths
green crops as, 253.
liquid, 83.
value of. 22.

mixed, 22, 213.
mowrah meal, 47.
muck (see Ht'mJls,
mushroom soil, 51, 83.
organic
Peat
phosphatic:

and chemical

(see Hmnus,

above).

above).

compared,

acid phosphate.
ground
rock, 230.
use and value of, 50, 213.

22.

potash:

marl, 130.
mixed fertilizers
muriate of, 50, 81.

containing,

213.

130. 279.

poultry manure,
sea weeds, 255.
sodium nitrate; 21, 127.
tankage, 22.
weed control with, 107, 118, 131, 205.

Fescue:

bent greens
Chewings'
meadow,
psychology
red:

converted
(New Zealand),

from, 105, 230.
294, 296.

19, 47, 294.
of, 296.

bent used with, 178.
fairway value of. 176.
seed viability, 295.
use of, 176, 255, 294, 296.
sheep's, use of, 103, 129, 255, 295.
turfing,

19.

Filtering weed seeds from water, 131.
Financial

of Green

interests

CommIttee

.

members

limitation of, 116.

Fungus,

bird's-'nest,

301.

the error of, 158.

Generalizing,
German mixed bent. 292.
Golf, rules of (see Rules of golf).
Grama grass, 227, 274..
Grasses
Grasses,
Gravelly
Green committee:

(see under
northern
soils,

respectIve' grass names).
golf,
treatment

important,
of, 129.

290.

'

and the greenkeeper,
chairman,
experiences
U. S. Golf Association,

memberspip.

116.

234.
of a, 28.

restrictions

Greenkeepers:

40.

234.

and green committee,
appreciating,
association, Cleveland. 221.
club New England,
recognition
nota'hIe,
of, 36.
register
(see Putting

greens).

282.
of, 225.

Greens
Green Section:
admirer
annual meeting,
annual

report

of in England,

226.
1924. 26; 1925, 282.
1923, 2.

of chairman,

the, 214.

boosting
criticism of invited, 110.
endowment
helping

fund' for. 45, 241.
remarks

.golf

George Low,

clubs,
151.
meeting at Overbrook,
member
297.

clubs by states

needs and opportunities
work and needs of, 222, 244.

of, 42.

of. Mr.

Pa .. Sept. 24, ~41.
and countrtes,

252.

Grubs

(see Japanese
bee-He, White grub).

beetle, May beetle, ]tme

.Guano, 226.

Hay:

fever; 222, 225.
litter
seed for
mulch. 229.
Heating
compost
Herbae Prati. 19.
Holes:

fairways,

107.

to kill weed seeds. 277.

blind, periscope for, 187.
instructive
measurement

of. 74.

(see I1tstructive golf holes).

Hollywood Golf Club, No. 15 hole, 138.
Houston

Country Club,

treatment

of Ber-

muda greens

at, 289.

(see Fertilizers).

Humus
Implements,
Important
Inglis,
Injector

care of, 217.

northern

golf grasses, 290.

John M., death of, 36.

nozzle for applying carbon disulfid,

165.

Injuries

to putting greens by careless mow-

ing, 239.

Insects

(see Army

worm,

Japanese

May
beetle, hme
J¥hite pille, Wireworms).

beetle, White

Instructive

golf holes:

beetle,
grub,

VII
No.3,
VIII No.3,
IX
X

Inverness Club, 6.
Pine Valley Golf Oub, 112.
No. 15, Hollywood Golf Club, 138.
No.8,
Club,
160.

Columbia

Country

No.9, Merion Cricket Club, 188.
XI
XII
No.2, Agawam Hunt Club. 214.
XIII No. 17, Merion Cricket Club (West
236.
Kittansett

Club. 260.

Course).

XIV No.3.
Inverness Club, No.3
Iron sulfate:

hole, 6.

on

in dandelion
107.
in mushroom control, 104.
(see Watering).

control,

Irrigation

beetle, 97, 100.

Japanese
J ava grass, 272.
June beetle, 101.

bluegrass

Kelp as a source of humus, 255.
Kentucky
Kittansett Club, No. 3 hole, 260.
160.
Knives,
Knot grass eradication.
Korean

lawn grass, 273.

replacing.

179.

(see Bluegrass).

Labor:

requirements

87.

for upkeep of 9-hole course,

INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924)

5

winter

employment

for men, 211..

Lake:

255.

of vegetation,

as top-dressing,
trees
desirable

ridding
sediment
Landscaping,
Leaf-spot
disease of bluegrass,
Leland Country Club, burning
at, 260.
,
Liquid manure, 83.
Lime:

303.
for, 10.
172.
over

rough

Bermuda
turf and, 278.
experiments with at Rothamsted,
moss encouraged
use of, 127.
water as an earthworm killer, 116.

by, 122 .

lOt.

Lippia norliflora, 274.
Long

Island Golf Association's
purchasing

bureau, 86.

cooperative

Low, George, address of at annual meeting,

151.

'

Machinery:

stolons planted by, 258.

bent
care of, 217, 275.
cost, 87.

Maintenance
Manila grass. 273.
Mankato Golf Club boosting

tion, 214.

(see Fertilizers).
tee, and sand container,

Manure
Marker,
Marl, potash.
Marvel,
274.
Maxwell, P. D., address

130.

the Green Sec-

211.

of at annual meet-

ing, 34.

May beetle control, 100.
Meadows,
Measuring:

converting

into fairways,

229.

golf holes. 74.
putting

sward, 50.

Meeting, Green Section:

annual! 1924, 26; 1925, 282.
at Overbrook,
supina

Pa., 241.
and triflora,

274.

Meibomia
Member

clubs of Green Section

by states

and countries,

297.

Men (see Labor).
Merion Cricket Club:

club house
No.9
No. 17 hole, West Course, 236.

hole: 188.

illustration

of, 194.

Mesh for compost
Miami Hialeah Municipal Links,

screen.

size of. 130.

treatment

of Bermuda
Minikahda Club:

at, 288.

25th anniversary

commemoration.

book .

225.

fairy rings at, 123.
watering

fairways

at, 92.

Mixed fertilizers, 22, 213.
Moist
land grasses
Moss control,
Motor

102, 121, 303.
getting

equipment,

and treatment,

301.

efficiency out of,

275..

Mottled
Mowers:

condition of bent

turf, 259.

5-unit with caster wheels, 37.
fairway,
knives,

getting service out of, 151.
replacing.

160.

Mowing (see Fairways
Mowrah meal:

and Putting

greens).
,

as earthworm killer. 115.
as fertilizer,

and rate of application.

47-

Muck (see Hfl11Hts, under Fertilizers).
Muck land grasses
and drainage, 301.
Mulching with straw or hay, 229. 276.
Municipal golf courses,
Mushroom soil as fertilizer,
Mushrooms,

list of, 191.
51, 83.

ridding turf of, 104.

New England greenkeepers'
Nitrate
Northern:

of soda, 21, 127.

club. 282.

fairways
golf grasses,
putting greens

(see Fairways).
important,

290.

(see Pflttiug greens).
carbon
for

applying

di-

Nozzles,

injector,
sulfid. 165.

Nursery
Nut grass control,

(see Vegetative
300.

planting).

and matrelIa,

273.

.control,168.
273.

Opizia stolonifera,
Osterdamia

japonica

272.

Paris green in insect
Paspalum conjugatum,
Paspa1um notatum,
Pastures,
Patching

271.

206.

converting
into fairways,
greens with bent stolons,

229.
106, 176,

hole, 112.

147.

(see Hfl11lUS under Fertilizers)".

125.

control.

Pearlwort
Peat
Periscope
Phosphatic
Pine Valley Golf Club, No.3
.
Pine. white:

fertilizers

(see Fertilizers).

for use with blind holes, 187.

rust control.

blister
diseases
injurious
insects
use of and transplanting,

144.
less serious.

to, 148..

of.

Piper, C. V .• address

42.

142.
of at annual meeting,

experiments

Piper, C. V., foreign trip of, 110.
Plantain
Poa annua,
Poa

trivialis,
seeding rate, 291. 301.

description,

eradication

value,

at Rothamsted.

and use of, '250.

103.

use,

and

Poison:
bait
ivy, 203.
sumac, 203.

in insect

control.

168.

303.
rid of, 255.

getting

(see Fertilizers).

272.
as top-dressing.

Polo field, seeding a, 49. 178.
Poly trias praemorsa,
Pond sediment
. Pond vegetation,
Potash
Poultry manure,
Proliferation
Public
courses,
Pump. portable.
Purchasing,
Purchasing
Putting

cooperative.
from experts, 37.

list of, 191.
for watering

130, 279.

of bent grass. 259.

86. 235.

greens:
constructing.

greens. 9.

soil

foundation

in, 61, 177,

207.

constructing.

soil preparation

153. 202. 207. 253...

in, 20, 51,

covering in winter, 229, 248. 276.

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INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924)

from, 239.

benefits

from. 120.

to bent, 105, 230.

cutting, 239.

fertilizers, 47.
humus, correcting,

23.

cutting:

InJunes

careless,
continuous,
seedling turf, 231.
spring, 83.
top-dressing,
279.

248.

fall
fertilizing,
fescue, converting
to:
injuries
careless
commercial
commercial
50.

measuring,
northern:
bent
bent

introduced
introduced

by seeding, 177.
by ve get

a t i v e

method, 105, 106, 152. 176, 206;

bluegrass

greens

converted

into

bent, 152.
fescue-redtop

greens

converted

into

lOS, 230.
for, 46, 80, 279, 290.

bent,
grasses
seeding, 279.
summer
temporary,
winter
winter play, 229.. 278.

care of, 122.
grasses

care of, 229, 248. 276.

for, 48.

patching with bent stolons, 106, 176, 206.
perfect, what
constitutes
planting (see COllstruction.
below, and Vegetative

a, 16.
above, seeding,

planting).

23, 106, 176, 177,206.. 207, 230.

20, 51, 61, 153, 177, 202,

renovating,
rub of the, 125.
seeding. 202, 279..
soit preparation,
207, 253.

southern:

Bermuda

greens:

in

clubs

top-dressing,

care of, methods used by ei~ht
planting,
cut-
and winter

different
fertilizing,
ting, watering,
285.
treatment,
and care of, 117.
construction
renovating,
fertilizing
285.

and

21,

top-dressing.

251, 285.

cottonseed
grasses
salt water
winter grasses

hull, 17, 77.

for, 34, 81, 252, 27Q, 285.

grasses

for, 278.

for, 21, 203, 228, 231,

care of. 122.
grasses

for, 21, 48, 203, 228,

111, 248, 251, 285.
planting

(see

Vegetative

285.

summer
temporary,
231,'285.
top-dressing,
vegetative

Planting).

watering
winter:

(see Watering).

care of, 248.
covering, 229, 248, 276.
play on, 229, 278.

Quack grass for a polo field, 178.

Rake sand-trap, made from mowing machine

• knife. 18.

Read, H. K., address of at annual meeting,

28.

Recognition
Redtop:

of a notable greenkeeper,

225.

into bent, 105.

use, and value of, 292.

redtop greens

characteristics,
converting
seed, weight of per bushel, 292.
seeding rate~ for fairways, 47, 292.
temporary
wet
wintergreens
winter

greens
land use of. 301.

seeding, 300.

of, 231, 288.

from. 48.

greenkeepers',

Register,
Report,
Reporter's weird tale of creeping bent, 212.
Roads, weeds in, controlling with chemicals,

annual, of Chairman,

for 1923, 2.

36.

169.

Rockefeller, Wm. J., recognition
Rollers,
spiked. useless
Rothamsted
135.
Rothamsted
Rough:

turf experiments,

compost-making

101.

of, 225.

in weed control. 178.

experiments,

in fall and winter, 260.

burning over
grasses
improving
Rough-stalked
Rules of golf, decisions on:

the, 129.
bluegrass,

for, 46, 129, 290.

291, 301.

ball:

.

dropping back without penalty, 138.
hitting, 298..
in hazard or ditch, 138.
137.
interchanging,
lifting, 241, 269. 298.
lost. 76.
near water pipe, 138.
provisional, 41.
replacing, 137.
striking and knocking into hole, 200.
striking
topped in tee shots, 173.
touching, 241, 269, 298.
unplayable,

caddie, 224.

76.

caddie struck by ball, 224, 299.
club, grounding,

120.

kind of to use,
rulings on grooved,

restrictions'

on, 200.
slotted, and steel

shaft. 119.
soleing, 241.

41, 269, 299.

flag-staff,
striking,
handicap ending in tie, 41, 76.
handicaps,
holes, playing all consecutively,
laborer on course, amateur

scoring, 200, 299.

120.

standing

of,

224.

match play:

halved. 200.

handicaps
playing before, 41.
withdrawal

of players

in, 173.
240.

and reentry of, 173.

shots, 75, 224, 269.

players absenting themselves,
players, withdrawal
practice
prize alloting,
173.
reteeing,
topped, 173.
tee shots
tournament,
tombstone
120.
and reentry of players, 173.
withdrawal
crop, 253.

240.

Rye as a green manure

INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924)

7

Rye grass:

Italian, value, use, seed weight, and seed

sources. 295.

perennial,
controlling,
perennial,. value, use.
seed sources, 295.

value of, 47.

154.
seed weight,

and

professional

for eradic.!lting weeds, 51, 106, 169, 179.

Salesmen,
Salt
Salty soils, southern grasses
San Angelo Country Club, cottonseed-hull

for, 278.

services

of, 38.

greens at, 17.

Sand:

clay soils helped by. 9.
container
hills, grasses
soils,
Sand-trap
Sand-trap

and tee marker
for, 254.

of, 211.
184.

treatment
drainage,
rake made from mowing machine

combined, 21.

-

knife, 18.
Savannah Golf Club,
greens at, 288.

treatment

of Bermuda

size of mesh for, 130.

compost,

Screen,
Sea weeds as source of humus, 255.
Sediment,
Seed:

lake-bottom,

as top-dressing,

303.

bent,

impossibility

of getting,

creeping
178.
houses.

by, 38.

professional

services

rendered

weed,
weight per bushel: Kentucky

in compost, killing, 179.

bluegrass,

291; redtop, 292; rye grass, 295.

Seeding:

depth of, 83, 202.
northern
rate of
soil preparation

putting greens, 279.
respective

(see under

for, 20, 51, 153, 202,

grasses).

207, 253.

Seedling turf, cutting, 231.
Country Club,
Shannopin

sand-trap

rake

used at, 18.

Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club, periscope

used at, 187.

fescue, 103, 129. 255, 295.

Sheep's
Size of fairway, 175.
Size of putting green, 50.
Sod cutters, kinds of available, 155.
Sodding, quick, at Country Club of Atlantic

City, 163.

Sodium:

Soggy

Soil:

301.

arsenite
cyanide
nitrate,

in weed control, 131, 170.
in white grub control,
21, 127.
land, grasses.

for and treatment

128.

of,

compost
263.
converting

turf on, 177, 207.
of as turf bed, 153.
of putting green, 61, 177, 207.

acid. 4, 81, 174, 301.
clay producing bent
compost, unsuitability
foundation
gravelly,
improving with green manure crops, 253.
improving with straw, 255.
preparation
sandy,
treatment
sour, 4, 81, 174, 301.

of for greens, 20, 141,207,253.

treatment

of, 129.

of, 21.

at

103.

.Rothamsted,

Sorrel experiments
Sour soils, 4, 81, 174, 301.
Soybeans as green manure crop, 253.
Spiked rollers useless in weed control, 178.
Spiking turf, 27S~
Spotted condition of bent
Spring cutting of putting greens, 83.
Spring fertilizing, 82.
Stagnant water,
131.

filtering weed seeds

turf, 259.

from,

(see Vegetative

273.
planting).

St. Augustine
grass, 273.
Stenotaphrum secundatum,
Stolons
Straw. compost made from, 135, 255.
Straw. mulchink with, 229, 276.
Subirrigation
Subtropical
Sulfate of ammonia

of putting greens, 303.
golf course grasses, 270.

(see Ammonium

sulfate

'

under FerliliEers).

Sulfate of iron,
Sulfate of iron,
Sulfuric
Summer
Swamp muck, use of, 48.
Sweet vernal grass,

acid,
care of putting

in dandelion

in dandelion control, 107.
in mushroom control, 104.

control,
greens, 122.

107.

range and habits of, 102.

22.

Tankage,
Tee box. a new patented, 15.
Tee box combined with sand container, 211.
for, 46.
Tees. grasses
Tennis
courts, creeping bent
Tennis courts, weeds in, controlling
Tile,
Tobacco dust
Tools, care of, 217.
Top-dressing:
Bermuda
turf, 251, 285.
creeping bent greens with compost,

in insect control, 51, 302.

laying, 66, 303.

for, 131.

169.

111

.

'

135••

fall and winter, 248, 300.
frequency
of. 176.
lake-bottom sediment as, 303.

getting efficiency out of, 275.

Tractors,
Traps, drainage of, 184.
Trees
golf course grasses, 270.
Tropical
Tuxedo Golf Club, portable pump used at, 9.

for golf courses, 10, 142.

ridding a pond of, 255.

Vegetation,
¥ egetative planting:
beginners,
brown-patch
Canadian National Railways' accomplish-

resistance of. 279.

suggestions

for, 182.

ments,264.

for, at Moorestown Field Club,

to bent grass:

other

turf
grass. 302.
152.

Bermuda
bluegrass,
fescue, redtop, or bluegrassL 105, 206.
at Moores-

greens

cost of maintaining

town Field Club, 263.

creeping bent

strains:

named; confusion in identifying, 265.
list of principal, 240.
named;
selecting and comparing, 210, 297.

failure of plants
fairways planted with machinery, 258.

to develop, 206.

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INDEX  TO  VOL. 

IV  (1924) 

fertilizing,  255. 
greens  newly  planted,  mowing,  153, 205. 
greens  newly  planted,  general  treatment 

of,  49  182, 205. 

letter  about,  at  Moorestown  Field  Club, 

262. 

machinery  for  planting,  258. 
Moorestown  Field  Club's  accomplish 

ments,  262. 

nursery: 

impossibility  of  establishing 

from 

seed.  23, 227. 

old  compared  with  fresh,  163, 206. 
planting  a,  56,  298. 
seed  production 

in,  treatment 

for, 

treatment  of,  105.  182,  228. 

165. 

patching,  106 
planting: 

method  of,  detailed  outline,  54,  182. 
soil  preparation,  141,  182. 
spring  vs.  fall,  46. 

seeding  as  an  adjunct  to  stolon  planting, 

254. 

soil  preparation,  141, 182. 
stolons: 

patching  greens  with,  176,  206. 
planting,  46,  57,  155,  182. 
two-year  old  compared  with  one-

year  old,  163.  206. 
suggestions  for  beginners,  182. 

Velvet  grass,  use  for  and  response  of  to  fer 

tilizers,  103. 

Vinegar  as  an  earthworm  killer,  116. 
Walla  Walla  fairway  sprinkler,  195. 
Water,  killing  vegetation  in,  255. 
Water,  stagnant,  filtering  weed  seeds  from, 

early  morning,  in  brown-patch  control, 

131. 
Watering: 

159. 

fairways,  92,  195. 
putting  greens: 

frequency  of,  83. 
methods  of,  126, 245. 266, 283. 
portable  pump  for,  9. 
subirrigation,  303. 
time  of  day  for,  126. 245, 266, 283. 
stagnant  water  containing  weed  seeds, 

when  impossible,  grasses  which  may  be 

131. 

used,  179. 

Weeds: 

Achyranthes  repens,  284. 
acid-reacting  fertilizers,  use  of  in  con 

trolling,  121. 

annual  bluegrass,  250. 
calcium  chloride,  use  of  in  controlling, 

169. 

canebreak,  106. 
chaff-head.  284. 
chemical  weed-killers.  169. 
chickweed,  104,  107,  121,  125,  130. 205. 
clover,  81,  107,  121,  131, 205. 

coco,  300. 
compost  made  from,  136. 
compost,  weed  seeds 

179.  277. 

in,  killing,  136, 

crab  grass,  118,  126. 
Dallis  grass,  154. 
dandelions,  106. 
fertilizers,  use  of  in  controlling,  121. 
hole  cutter,  use  of  in  controlling,  178. 
humus  made  from,  255. 
knot  grass,  179. 
moss,  102,  121, 303. 
nut  grass,  300. 
pearlwort,  125. 
petrolium  derivatives,  use  of  in  controll 

ing,  169. 
plantain,  103. 
Poa  annua,  250. 
poison  ivy.  171,  203. 
poison  sumac,  203. 
pond  weeds,  255. 
rye  grass,  perennial,  154. 
salt,  use  of  in  controlling,  51,  106,  169, 

179. 

sea  weeds  as  source  of  humus,  255. 
seeds  in  compost,  killing,  136,  179,  277. 
seeds,  filtering  from  stagnant  water,  131. 
sodium  arsenite,  use  of  in  controlling, 

131,  169. 
sorrel,  103. 
white  clover,  81,  107,  121,  131, 205. 
yarrow,  129, 254. 

Wenatchee  Golf  &  Country  Club,  fairway 

sprinkler  at,  195. 

Western  dry  land,  grasses  for,  227. 
Wet  land,  grasses  for  and  treatment  of,  301. 
White  clover,  control  of.  81,  107,  121,  131, 

205. 

White  grubs,  control  of,  128. 
White  pine  (see  Pine). 
Wilson,  Alan  D.,  report  of  as  chairman  of 
committee  on  Green  Section,  27. 

Winter: 

employment  for  men, 211. 
greens  in  South  (see  Putting  greens). 
mulching  turf  with  straw  or  hay,  229, 

248,  276. 

play  on  putting  greens,  229,  278. 
seeding  of  redtop,  300. 
top-dressing,  248,  300. 

Wireworms  in  turf,  effect  of,  155. 
Women's  Amateur  Golf  Championship  of 

the  U.  S.  197. 

Wood  ashes,  use  of,  121, 127. 
Work  and  needs  of  the  Green  Section,  222. 
Worms: 
Yarrow,  controlling,  129, 254. 
Yellowing  of  turf  from  poor  drainage,  206. 
Yorktown  Country  Club,  compost  shed  at. 

army,  166. 
earth,  47,  115, 128. 
164. 
wire,  155.