THE BULLETIN

of the
UNITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION GREEN SECTION
PUBLISHED BY THE U. S. GOLF ASSOCIATION GREEN SECTION AT ROOM 7209, 
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 1928 (SUPPLEMENT)

Index to Volume VII (1927)

Activated sludge, 168, 188
Africa, South, turf culture in, 166
Agrostis canina (see Velvet bent) 

stolonifera (see Creeping bent)
Alfalfa, eradication of, from rough, 203
Algae, 183
Ammonium phosphate, as a putting green ferti­

lizer, 19, 207
Ammonium sulfate:

and earthworms, 160
as a lawn fertilizer, 22
as a putting green fertilizer, 19
in combination with Semesan, in brown-patch 

control, 246

in controlling weeds, 207

Annual bluegrass (see Poa annua)
Annual meeting:

of Green Section, 17, 232

Annual report of Green Section chairman for 

1926, 32
Ants, controlling, 142
Architecture:

and construction, 110, 133, 156, 173, 194, 217
of tees, 142
planning holes for special shots, 49
water hazards, 9

Area, methods of measuring, 102
Arlington turf garden:

photographs of, 171, 172

Arsenate of lead:

effect on weeds, 27, 167, 208
experiments in poisoning soil for grub con­

trol. 25

rates of application in construction, 26 
rates of application in topdressing, 31, 32, 167 
with mercury compounds, 216

Barium silicofluoride, for grub control, 24 
Beetle (see Japanese beetle and Grubs) 
Bent grass (see also Putting greens and Vege­

tative planting)

Arlington, 179
Columbia, 179
fluffy, improvement of, 83
German mixed, 179

Metropolitan, at Kansas, 179

Marble Hall, 147

velvet, 146, 170, 180, 190
Washington, 179

Bermuda grass (see also Putting greens) 

eradication of, in bunkers, 203 
experiments, 90 
in South Africa, 166
Birds of the golf course:

The chipping sparrow, 50
Waterfowl, 172
Blue couch grass, 90
Bluegrass:

Annual (see Poa annua)
Canada, 59
Kentucky, 59, 162, 179

Bone ash, value of, as a fertilizer, 189
Bone black, value of, as a fertilizer, 189
Bone meal, for fairway use, 19, 163
Bordeaux mixture, 98, 242
Bristles, value of, as a fertilizer, 187
Brown-patch:

applying chemicals for control of, 242
control of, 140, 182, 210, 229, 242
experiments at Arlington in 1927, 210
in Kentucky, 229
observations on, in 1927, 237
relation of bent grass strains to, 130
spread by mowers, 19

Buffalo grass, 180
Bunkers:

construction of, 220
weed extermination in, 143, 203

Calcium cyanide, use of in exterminating 

ground hogs, 103

Calogreen, 213, 240
Calomel (mercurous chloride), 25, 84, 87, 140,

162, 210, 213, 214, 230, 238.
Canada, course conditions in, 115
Canada bluegrass (see Bluegrass)
Carbon disulfid:

emulsion of, as grub control, 24

Cascades golf course, construction of, 42
Centeter fly, 107

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INDEX TO VOL. 7 (1927)

Centipede grass, 90
Charcoal, as an insecticide, 142
Chemicals: (see also names of)

methods of applying in brown-patch control, 

242

testing, new, on greens, 95

Chewings’ fescue:

at Manhattan, Kansas, 179
seed:

characteristics, 103
germination, 58

Chickweed, controlling, 143
Chipping sparrow, 50
Churn mixer, 230
Cocoa by-products, value of, as a fertilizer, 188
Compost:

pea and bean vines in, 183
steaming of, in weed control, 208

Construction:

observations on, 86
of the Cascades golf course, 42

Copper sulfate, in water, 222
Corrosive sublimate (mercuric chloride)

as worm exterminator, 143
percentage of mercury in, 210
use of in brown-patch control, 242

treatment of “snow-mold,” 76, 193
Cottonseed meal, as fairway fertilizer, 19, 163, 

215

Course conditions in the northern latitudes, 115
Crank-case oil, use of, in killing poison-ivy, 38
Creeping bent:

greens at Hillcrest Country Club, 10
Kirtland Country Club, 201

Curling on golf courses in winter, 4

Daffodils, 51
Dandelions (see Weeds)
Ditches, temporary, 221
Drainage:

seepage water, 46
tile, 19, 229

compared with dynamiting, 58

Dried meat meal, value of, as fertilizer, 186
Dynamiting, compared with tile drainage, 58

Earthworms, and ammonium sulfate, 160
Equipment:

demonstration of, at Shackamaxon Country

Club, 217
power sprayer, 244

European red fescue, 103
Experiments:

at Gainesville, Florida, 89
in grub-proofing soil at Riverton, N. J., 25

Kansas, 179
South Africa, 166

Fairways:

fertilizing, 19, 163

grasses for (northern latitudes), 59, 161 

(southern latitudes), 183 
sandy soil, 161

improving thin turf on, 82, 162, 231 
wet, grasses for, 59

Fall treatment of turf, 183
Feathers, value of, as a fertilizer, 187
Federal tax, repeal of, on club dues and initia­

tion fees, 232

Felt refuse, value of, as a fertilizer, 187 
Fertilizers: (see various names: also Compost, 

Humus, Mushroom soil) 
combined with fungicides, 162, 246 
commercial mixed, 19 
comparative values of, 58 
experiments with, at Manhattan, Kans., 180
Stoke Poges Golf 

Links, 199 

for putting greens and fairways, 19 
in relation to weed control, 207 
miscellaneous, 186 
nitrogenous, 186 
phosphatic, 189 
potassic, 189

Fescue:

Chewings’; experiments with, at Manhattan, 

Kans., 179 

seed, germination of, 58 

greens, reseeding, 163 
red, compared with Chewings’, 103

Fish scrap, as a fertilizer, 19, 163
Flies:

Centeter, 107
Prosena, 108

Flowers for golf courses:

Daffodils, 51

Foreign golf clubs and associations:

Germany, 5
Hungary, 16

Fownes, William C., Jr., President, U. S. G. A., 
letter by, to member clubs of U. S. G. 
A., 39

Fungicides: (see also various names) 

application of, by power sprayer, at Algonquin 

Golf Club, 244

by power sprayer, at Burning 

Tree, 245

combined with fertilizers, 162, 215, 246 
mercuric, 210, 215, 246

Gainesville, Florida, turf experiments at, 89 
Garbage tankage, value of, as a fertilizer, 188 
German golf clubs and associations interested 

in Green Section work, 5

German mixed bent: (see also Bent grass) 

use of, for wet fairways, 59

Germination of Chewings’ fescue seed, 58 
Golf, municipal, 6, 101
Grasses: (see also various names) 

coarse, elimination of, in putting greens, 113 
for fairways on sandy soil, 161 

tees, 142

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wet fairways, 59
winter in the South, 183
Greenhouse .soil as a topdressing, 123
Greenkeepers Club of New England, 160
Greenkeepers’ Convention in Washington, 129,

170

Greens (see Putting greens)
Green Section:

activities and accomplishments, 10, 99
annual meeting of, 17
meeting in Washington, 170
work of, appreciated, 5

Groundhogs, exterminating, 103
Grubs: (see also Japanese beetle)
Japanese beetle, parasites of, 106
poisoning soil in control of, 23

Hair, value of, as a fertilizer, 187
Hazards, water, 9
Hillcrest Country Club, putting greens at, 10
Hoof meal, value of, as a fertilizer, 187
Hops, spent, value of, as a fertilizer, 189
Horn meal, value of, as a fertilizer, 187
Hot Springs, Virginia:

experience with Columbia strain on Home­

stead course, 131

Humus, 18
Hungary (Magyar Golf Club of Budapest) in­

terested in The Bulletin, 16

Ice injury, 65
Insects:

Centeter fly, 107
Prosena fly, 108
Wasps, parasitic, 108

Tiphia, 109

Japanese beetle:

eradication of, by arsenate of lead, 167
parasites of, 106
poisoning soil in control of, 23

Japanese honeysuckle, 55
Japanese lawn grass, 90

Kentucky bluegrass (see Bluegrass)
Kirtland Country Club, creeping bent greens 

at, 201

Lead arsenate, 24, 26, 27, 31, 32, 167, 208
Leather, value of, as a fertilizer, 186
Lime, in sand, soil, or water, 151

test for, 152

Lime carbonate, in sand, 221

Machinery:

a new power greens mower, 114
for applying fungicides, 244

renovating grass, photograph of, 178

Maintenance, observations on, 86

Manhattan, Kans., turf experiments at, 179
Manila grass, 90
Manure:

barnyard, 19, 58, 163
comparative values of, 103
cow, 58, 103
horse, 58, 103
how best to utilize, 202
pig, 83, 222
poultry, 83, 215
sheep, 103
stable, 58

Meat meal, value of, as a fertilizer, 186
Mercuric chloride (see corrosive sublimate)

cyanide, 210
oxide, 210
sulphate, 210
sulphide, 210

Mercurous chloride (see calomel)
nitrate, 210

Mercury compounds with arsenate of lead, 216
Metropolitan bent:
in Kansas, 179

Marble Hall, 147

Milorganite, 168, 188, 215, 246
Mixer, churn, 230
Mowers:

instrumental in spreading brown-patch, 19
power putting green (description and illustra­

tion of), 114

Mowing, 138, 231
Muck, value and use of, 203
Municipal golf, growth of, 6, 101
pamphlet on, 202

New Zealand red fescue, 103
Northern grasses, 64

latitudes, course conditions in, 115

Nu-Green, 162, 216, 241

Old Flatbush Golf Club, 153

Parasites of Japanese beetle, 106
Pea vines as a compost ingredient, 183
Plugging greens with creeping bent sod, 203
Poa annua (annual bluegrass), 128, 164, 184
Poa bulbosa, 78
Poa trivialis, 59
Poison-ivy, identification and eradication of, 36
Program of annual Green Section meeting, 17
Prosena fly, 108
Public golf courses, origin and increase in

United States, 6, 101

Putting greens:

building up of poisoned green, 28
drainage of, by tile, 19
fescue, reseeding, 163
measuring area of, 102
Northern:

creeping bent, at Kirtland Country Club, 

201

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INDEX TO VOL. 7 (1927)

fertilizers for, 19
improving fluffy bent on, 83
snow-mold injury on, 193

plugging with creeping bent sod, 203
Southern:

killing Bermuda grass with, 203
weeds with, 143

Sand, as winter topdressing for putting greens, 

223

S?ndy soil:

Bermuda, care of, 77
winter grasses on, 183

specifications of, 218
testing new chemicals on, 95
topdressing, 59, 123, 150, 198
treatment of, 149

in summer months, to prevent 

brown-patch, 140

Redtop:

bluegrass-redtop greens, conversion of, to bent

greens, 163

experiments with, at Manhattan, Kans., 179
use of, with Kentucky bluegrass, for wet

fairways, 59

Renovating machine, photograph of, 178
Reseeding of fescue greens with fescue or

bent, 163
Rhode Island bent, 179
Rough:

eradication of alfalfa from, 203
grasses for (northern), 59
weeds in, 35, 55

Routine work in summer, 137
Rules of Golf translated into Spanish, 16
Rules of Golf, (Royal and Ancient) decisions

on:

Ball:

driven into heap of hay or cut grass, 57
playing provisional, 57
Ground under repair, 57
Player misinforming opponent as to number 

of strokes taken, 57

Rules of golf (U. S. Golf Association) deci­

sions on:

Ball:

driven out of bounds, 152
dropping from ground under repair, 16
first to be played in match play, 177
improving visibility of lie, 153
in casual water, 15
knocked from tee in practice swing, 177
lost, 177

assistance in finding, 178
near water hazard, 209
(supposed) found after provisional is

played, 209

Caddie, in trap with player, 178
Penalty for moving fixed or growing ob­

jects, 152

Player defaulting in touranment play, 15

Rye, use of for improving sandy soil for fair­

ways, 82

St. Lucie grass, 90
Salt:

cleansing beach soil of, 59

fairway grasses for, 161
treatment of, 19, 82

Scum on turf, 183
Seaweed, value of, as a fertilizer, 190
Seepage, a menace to good turf, 46
Semesan, 98, 210, 214, 241, 246
Shackamaxon Country Club, demonstration of 

equipment at, 217

Shoddy, value of, as a fertilizer, 187
Skating on golf courses in winter, 3
Skiing on golf courses in winter, 4
Sludge:

activated, 168, 188
sewage, 188

Snowshoeing on golf courses in winter, 4
Snow-mold:

control of injury, 75
injury to turf, 68
prevention, 193

Sodium arsenite, as a weed killer, 203
Soil:

depth of top soil necessary for greens, 19
greenhouse, as a topdressing, 123
poisoning in grub control, 24, 167
salty, treatment of, 59
sandy, fairway grasses for, 161

improving, 82

Soot, value of, as a fertilizer, 188
South Africa, turf culture in, 166
Southern grasses:

for winter greens, 183
freezing injuries to, 63

Soybean meal, 187, 215
Spanish translation of rules of golf, 16
Sparrow, chipping, 50
Specifications for golf course, 217
Sprayer, power, for applying fungicides (illus

tration of), 244
Spring topdressing, 59
Stoke Poges Golf Links, fertilizer experi­

ments at, 199
Sulfate of ammonia:

and earthworms, 160
as a lawn fertilizer, 22
as a putting green fertilizer, 19
in combination with Semesan, in brown-patch 

control, 246

with sulfate of iron in weed control, 226
Sulfate of iron, in combination with sulfate of

ammonia in weed control, 226

Sulfuric acid, in eradication of dandelions, 142
Summer work on golf courses, 137

Tankage, as a fertilizer, 19, 163, 189
Tax, Federal, on green fees, 17

Tea leaves, spent, value of, as a fertilizer, 189

repeal of, 232

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Water hazards, 9
Watering:

in summer months, 138, 182

weed control, 207

Water seepage, a menace to good turf main­

Tees, grasses for, 142
Tile drainage, 19, 58, 229
Tiphia wasp, 108
Tobacco dust, 142

waste, 189

Topdressing:

early in spring, 59
in ■ Kentucky, 230
summer, 139
winter, 223

proper method of, 198
treatment for weed control, 208
with greenhouse soil, 123
poisoned soil, 31

Turf:

experiments at Gainesville, Fla., 89

Manhattan, Kansas, 179
South Africa, 166

fall treatment of, 183
fertilization in fall, 183
grub-proofing of, 23
thin, improvement of, on fairways, 162
winter injury of, 62
Turfcalomel, 213, 240

Urea, 246
Uspulun, 98, 162, 210, 214, 241

Vegetative planting of putting greens at Hill­

crest Country Club, 10
Velvet bent, 146, 170, 180, 190
Vines, of peas and beans, in compost, 183

Wasps:

parasitic, 109
Tiphia, 108
Waterfowl, 172

tenance, 46

system, 220

Weeding, 120, 139, 143, 206
Weeds:

alfalfa, in rough, 203
Bermuda, in sand bunkers, 203
chickweed, 143
coarse grass in putting greens, 113
controlled by a mixture of sulfate of iron and

sulfate of ammonia, 226 
certain fertilizers, 207 
lead arsenate, 27, 167

dandelions, 142
growth of, in poisoned soil, 27
in bent greens, 143

bunkers, killed by salt, 143

Japanese honeysuckle, 55
killed by sodium arsenite, 203
poison-ivy, 36
suggestions for control, 206
troublesome, in rough, 35, 55
wild grass, in sand bunkers, 203

Whitney, Howard F., 126
Wild grass, prevention of, in sand bunkers, 203
Winter injury:

from ice sheets, 65
to northern grasses from freezing, 63 
southern grasses from freezing, 65

Winter kill (see snow-mold)
Winter sports for golf courses, 2
Wool waste, value of, as a fertilizer, 187
Worm eradicator:

corrosive sublimate, 143
lead arsenate, 167

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INDEX TO VOL. 7 (1927)

Boggs, Arthur

Burton, A. D.

Chapman, A. G.
Cunningham, George
Fitts, O. B.

Flynn, William S.

Fownes, William C., Jr.
Gallagher, DeWitt
Griffiths, David 
Hinman, Thomas P.
Jones, R. Avery
Kephart, L. W., and M. W.

Talbot
King, J. L.
Leach, B. R.
Leach, B. R., and J. W. Lipp 
McAtee, W. L.

McCarthy, Maurice J.
Mattice, Norman L.
Metcalf, Maynard M.

Monteith, John Jr.

Murray, C. M.
Noer, O. J.

Oakley, R. A. and O. B. Fitts
Patterson, R. H.

Piper, C. V., and R. A.

Oakley
Pirie, Alex
Poor, Edward J.
Read, H. Kendall

Shanahan, John
Sherman, Sherrill

Standish, James D., Jr.
Toomey, H. C.
Tregillus, C. A.
Westover, H. L.

Westover, H. L., and 0. B.

Fitts

Wilson, Alan D.
Zahnley, J. W.

Experience of the Kirtland Country Club with Creeping Bent 

Greens, 201

Velvet Bent at the Mountain Ridge Country Club, West Orange,

N. J., 190

Experimenting in Kentucky, 228
The Putting Surface, 149
Activities and Accomplishments of the Green Section, 10
Seepage Water, a Menace to Good Turf Maintenance, 46
Golf Course Architecture and Construction:

The First Step, 110
Selecting the Property, 133
Designing the Course, Part I, 156

Analysis of “Layout,” 194
Specifications, 217

Part II, 173

Letter to United States Golf Association Member Clubs, 39
Elimination of Coarse Grass at the Kanawha Country Club, 113
Daffodils for Golf Courses, 51
Care of Bermuda Putting Greens, 77
Velvet Bent (Agrostis canina), 146
Troublesome Weeds of the Rough, 35, 55

The Parasites of the Japanese Beetle, 106
The Weed Problem with Suggestions for Control, 206
Additional Experiments in Grub-Proofing Turf, 23
Birds of the Golf Course:

The Chipping Sparrow, 50

Golf Clubs Owning Lakes Can Aid Water fowl, 172
The Old Flatbush Golf Club, 153
Arsenate of Lead as a Beetle, Worm and Weed Eradicator, 167
Water Hazards, 9
Planning Holes to Necessitate Special Kinds of Shots, 49
Winter Injury of Turf, 62
Testing New Chemicals on Greens, 95
Preventing Snow-Mold Injury on Greens, 193
1927 Experiments on Brown-Patch Control, 210
Observations on Brown-Patch Control in 1927, 237
Chemical Weed Eradication, 226
The A B C of Turf Culture. Lime in Sand, Soil or Watei
Often Overcomes Acidic Properties of Sulfate of Ammonia, 151

The Most Important Summer Work on the Golf Course. 137
Construction of the Cascades Golf Course, 42
Brown-Patch Immunity? 130
Annual Bluegrass (Poa annua), 128

Why the Green Section? 99
The Green Section Appreciated, 5
Some Observations on Construction and Maintenance Problems 86
Topdressing, 198 
The Greenkeepers’ Club of New England, 160
The Use of the Grounds for Winter Snorts 2
Weeding, 120 
Address at the Atlanta Athletic Club, 6
Metropolitan Bent at Marble Hall, 147
Course Conditions in the Northern Latitudes, 115
Observations on Turf Experiments at Gainesville 89
Milorganite—An Activated Sludge, 168 
Miscellaneous Fertilizers, 186
Poa Bulbosa, 78

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Ammonium Sulfate as a Help for Poor Lawns, 22
Turf Grass Experiments in Kansas, 179