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I respect the man who knows distinctly what
HE WISHES. The greater part of all mischief in
the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have
undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more
labor on the foundation than would be necessary
to erect a hut.
Goethe.

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New England, and sent free to its members and their Green's Chairmen, Subscription price ten cents a copy, or a
dollar a year.
GUY C. WEST
Editor

within us, and let those of us who have
been guaranteed the fulfillment of our
hopes by a proper preparation be doubly
thankful. Let us not shame our Pilgrim forebears.
(The Thread of Life).

JAMES McCORMACK . . Business Mgr.

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213 Calvin St., F a l l River, Mass.
19 K e e n e St., S t o n e h a m , Mass.

Vol. 9, No. 11 By F. R. Low, Editor of "Power"
Headed for success into whateverstatus
he was born, in whatever direction
THANKSGIVING
he turns his effort, is the man who
knows how to work.
I do not refer to manual skill or
The first Thanksgiving was celebrated mental ability, to particular cleverness
three hundred years ago, and after in doing a job, but to the faculty of
the Plymouth Pilgrims had been settled buckling down to it and seeing it
in their new homes but a few months. through.
To the comparatively pampered beings
Anyone can work when the thing that
of this twentieth century, it appears is being done or made is something
they had but small excuse for an in which he is particularly interested,
elaborate Thanksgiving celebration.
something the completion of which will
They lived in little more than huts, be a pleasure and a profit to himself.
built of branches and the cracks stuffed
But the ability to overcome lassitude
with mud. They had suffered from di- and inertia, to pull away from the diseases, lost many of their members by version that is calling, to t a c k l e t h e
death, enjoyed no luxuries, and the t h i n g t h a t o u g h t t o b e d o n e a n d t o s t i c k
necessities of life were scanty. The t o it with b u l l d o g t e n a c i t y u n t i l it is
future was problematical, the present a c c o m p l i s h e d , is the quality that makes
difficult, but they had enough wisdom to a man useful and wins him a livelihood
feel the spirit of gratitude that exist- and more.
ence was still theirs, that they had been
Some men will use more ingenuity
able to provide themselves with even a and real effort in getting rid of a job
monotonous, meager sustenance and as than would twice do it. Others are alyet their enterprise had not failed. ways looking for a chance to be useful.
Blood still coursed in their bodies and
Every good thing is the product of
hope swelled in their hearts. They had labor.
you enjoy the good things of
much to complain of and yet sufficient life, youIf have
either got to make them,
to be thankful for.
cook them, or have some good angel to
This is the spirit that wrested a con- feed them to you. And angels are not
tinent from the wilderness, and wrought so plenty. Get the work habit.
a nation which is the envy of the world.
Wei their descendants, should not be
unworthy of our heritage. Let us not
betray the traditions they have left us.
The last outdoor meeting of the
We too have missed some of the season was held on October 25th at
bounties of life. We have lived through the Norfolk Golf Club, Dedham, Mass.
a winter of depression, but we should In the 18-hole medal tournament,
be thankful that we are among those prizes were awarded the following:
who were destined to survive. There
Edward Ohlson—84-16-68
are memories of good things we have
Howard Farrant—87-18-69
enjoyed in the past for which gratitude
Lloyd Stott—94-24-70
should surge up in our soul.
Paul Hayden—88-18-70
Nick Bruno—83-13-70
At the present time, the sun still
A1 Barney—89-18-71
shines on us, and we have comforts
Frank Wilson—95-24-71
that the Pilgrims never dreamed could
be. For the future, hope still flames
Mike O'Grady—83-12-71
November. 1937

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GREENKEEPERS' FALL BULLETIN
Service Section Committee
M. G. A.
The past season has been one of the
most disastrous for the growing of fine
turf in recent years. Greenkeepers
have been confronted by unprecedented
attacks of insects and diseases. Abnormal temperatures together with high
humidity and lack of rain made ideal
conditions for these diseases and insects to work.
A cold wet spring was conducive to
the growth of the largest amount of
Poa Annua (annual blue grass) in
years. The extreme heat of July and
August made it impossible to hold the
Poa Annua, which is shallow rooted,
and most of it died. This required reseeding or resodding of the dead areas
at a time that was not ideal for this
kind of work.
In July, one of the smaller of the
manure beetles (Ataenius Cognatus)
attacked the turf of tees, greens, and
fairways in varying degrees of severity,
in some cases doing a tremendous
amount of damage. Injury to the turf
is caused by the grubs which live in the
soil and eat the roots of the grass. In
the most seriously infested spots, the
turf can be rolled back in large sections.
There is no guarantee that this insect
will not be as severe or more so next
year and greenkeepers should be on
the lookout for it.
The sod web worm, a small worm
which resembles the cutworm but never
attains as large a size, has been particularly injurious this past season, there
being three broods instead of the customary two. This insect lives through
the winter in the grub stage. The butterflies drop their eggs in flight, the
eggs hatch and the grub burrows into
the soil building a cotton lined nest
from which they emerge at night to
feed on the grass at the base of the
leaf.
July and August, two months of continuous excessive heat and high humidity brought on a continuous attack of
various fungus diseases. Rain in the
middle of August which did not lower
the temperature encouraged further
fungus attacks on the already weakened turf. Some of these diseases were
large and small brown patch, pythium,
pink spot, zonate eye spot and scald,
fairy ring and a new disease, the iden-

tity of which is not certain. For
pythium, pink spot and zonate eye spot,
there is no known control.
The fall growth of greens and tees,
in most cases, has been below normal.
This may be due to .the use of excessive
amounts of chemicals in the control of
diseases and insects.
The above resume of the past season
indicates the urgent need for research
work relative to the culture of fine turf.
The Massachusetts Greenkeepers'
Association is again introducing a bill
in the next Legislature asking for an
appropriation of $15000.00 for this
purpose. This bill deserves the support
of every golfer.
Now that the growing season is
nearly over, it is time to prepare the
course for winter.
1. Temporary greens should be prepared.
2. The soil tested so that necessary
corrections can be made.
3. An adequate amount of compost
screened, stored and tested.
4. The water system should be
drained.
5. Mercural treatment for snow
mold should be applied.
6. Prepartion of next year's budget.
7. Storing and overhauling of all
equipment.
8. Professional improvement, college winter courses, attendance
at the educational meetings of
the greenkeepers, and keeping up
to date by reading the various
golf publications on course maintenance.
The Annual Frolic and Ladies' Nite
was held at the Weston Golf Club on
November 6th. Following a fine steak
dinner, entertainment was furnished by
Pietro Modelia and daughter. Bowling
and dancing were enjoyed. Over a
hundred members and guests attended
and enjoyed themselves until the wee
small hours.
The Committee on Legislation is
again introducing the bill on turf research this session. We believe that
with the experience gained from last
year's attempt our committee, with the
help of all of us, can put this bill thru
this year. Committee chairman Frank
Wilson asks that all of you who have
petitions to get them signed and returned to him as soon as possible.

KENT'S COMMENTS
By Clinton K. Bradley,
Our New Jersey Correspondent
"A m a n ' s g r e a t e s t ^compliment to a w o m a n
is w h e n he s u g g e s t s t h a t t h e y s h a r e their
lives."—Grasshopper Philosophy.

support of the Connecticut and Rhode
Island organizations. In the same spirit
the "National" solicits your affiliation.
In a back issue of a Newsletter, this
year, reference was made to the "dumb
acquiescence" of members at meetings.
Rumor, which is always subject to correction, has it that meetings Down East
are degenerating into the type of ladies
quilting parties. . . . "refreshments were
served, business was discussed, and a
good time was held by all." Is THAT
all YOU are organized to do?
The proposition puts one in mind of
an ardent and worthy suitor asking a
lady's hand. Why, I ask, be an "old
maid"? If the "National" affiliation
resolution and platform does not meet
with your approval, perhaps you can
draw up one that will mutually agree.
(This subject matter has been discussed so much that it may no longer interest our members; we include
it to notify our members that the
National Association still exists, but
will be known after this year as the
American Greenkeeping Society. We
venture to inform scribe Bradley
that the doings of the last named
organization are little known in New
England, that in spite of rumor, the
Greenkeepers Club of New England
is a thriving, enterprising organization, and that we have other correspondents in New Jersey that differ
from him in some particulars!—
Editor.)

At Bonnet Shores Country Club in
Narragansett in 1929, a group of men
met to form the Rhode Island Greenkeepers' Club. The writer was hostgreenkeeper, and, after the organization formalities, he urged the first step
to take was to affiliate with the New
England Greenkeepers' Club.
Off the record, the advisability of
this was questioned by one who also
mentioned the factor of representation.
It was decided that each who was also
a member of the New England Greenkeepers' Club and the Rhode Island
Association could represent the latter
group. Having the honor of being admitted to both Clubs when in that district, your correspondent is still interested in the welfare of that region.
It is very evident that golf course
superintendents in the New England
States are among the best in the nation.
Credit for this is due the calibre of the
association members, and the efforts
and cooperation of the Massachusetts
and Rhode Island State Colleges.
The American Greenkeeping Society
renders great compliment to the New
England Organizations in soliciting
their affiliation. Your support is valued,
and in order to assure success and reF A T H E R C O M E D HOME
cognition of our profession on a national basis, your associations should individually resolve to affiliate.
the stranger, mother dear?
Carlton Treat, John Anderson, Arie "Who's
knows us, ain't it queer?
Look,
he
Hendenberg and your scribe, all formHush,
my
own, don't talk so wild,
erly in New England, are now members
He's
your
father, dearest child.
of the New Jersey Golf Course Supts.
He's
my
father,
no such thing,
Assn. While all of our members are not
Father
passed
away
last Spring.
on the "National" roster, we have, since
Father didn't die, you dub,
affiliating with the American GreenFather joined a golfing club;
keeping Society (formerly the N. A.
But they closed the club, so he
G. A.) experienced in our local, new
Has no place to go, you see,
interest, confidence, activity and recogNo place left for him to warm,
nition. Our membership has also made
That is why he's coming home.
a substantial increase.
Kiss him, he won't bite you, child,
We in New Jersey have no feeling of
All them golfing guys look wild."
rivalry or competition with other sec—Anon.
tions. Our desire is to keep up to date,
and make steps ahead. In turn the
Our Congratulations to the Joe John"National" has been strengthened by
stons of Lexington upon the arrival
our affiliation.
Considering things progressively and October 17th of Joan Margaret, their
unbiased, the N. E. G. C. welcomed the first-born!

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REVIEW 1937 SEASON
By C. K. Bradley
Public Relations Agent
The N. J. Golf Course Superintendents' Assn. and representatives of the
Philadelphia District Golf Course
Superintendents met at Trenton C. C.
on October 18th. Greens Committee
Chairmen and players interested in the
welfare of their respective courses were
invited to meet, and participate in
matches for prizes put up by the N. J.
Assn.
Following the business meeting, an
excellent turkey dinner was served.
Seated at the head table were Mr. Hunt,
of Board of Directors, and Mr. Mattice,
Manager of Canoebrook C. C., Dr. Fred
V. Grau of Penn. State College, Dr.
H. B. Sprague of N. J. Agricultural
Experiment Station, Dr. E. E. Evaul
of U. S. D. A. Soil Conservation Dept.,
Dr. Husted, Greens Chairman, and John
Cameron, Supt. of Yountakah C. C.,
Sheriff Bradley, President, Ken. Wolcott, Greens Chairman of Trenton C. C.,
and M. E. Farnum, President of Phila.
Golf Supts. Assn.

Primary purpose of this gathering
was to discuss various factors and
weather influence on turf, as met this
year. Some golfers have the mistaken
idea that golf course superintendents
can perform miracles under every condition. Not finding conditions the same
all season, they blame the man in
charge, as being negligent, and demand
that he be replaced. Inasmuch as years
of combined practical and technical
knowledge are required to produce today's high golf standards, the folly of
such thought is apparent to those behind the scenes.
Sheriff Bradley considers the N. J.
Golf Course Superintendents' Assn. the
most vital in the state pertaining to
golf. All the members are interested
in the players' and course welfare, and
the job of maintenance is the most
difficult part of . golf. Superintendents
are even "supposed" to be able to control the weather and the elements along
with turf disease and insect ravages.
At Trenton Country Club, they have
found it best policy to have a long-term
greens committee, and the Superintend e n t judgment final. President Bradley advised all other golf clubs to do
likewise.

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M. E. Farnum of the Philadelphia
Country Club reported more insect injury by sod web-worm and chinch bugs
this year than in the past. He found as
many as 40 web-worms per square foot
of putting green. In his district, trouble
started around the middle of August,
due to heavy rains and hot weather.
Chinch bugs raised havoc early in September, and the cost of treating fairways to control these insects was prohibitive. In the fall turf usually recovers, but this season was too cool and
dry in comparison, to let turf get a
root-hold to carry over the winter.
Dr. Sprague said that the value of
regular attendance to these meetings
was not apparent, due to the gradual
acquisition of knowledge. Those who
do not belong to the Association miss
a great deal of information of benefit
to their clubs. The business of greenskeeping and the knowledge obtained is
absorbed faster than that of commercial
farming. While means of turf upkeep
are improving rapidly, the pace, perhaps is not fast enough to suit player
demand. Since pressure on developments of turf care is very great, it is
imperative to keep up with the times.
Greenskeeping progresses as a result
of keen observation and straight
thought. Research cannot solve the problems, only show what to look for and
think about. Course maintenance is
comparable to automobile manufacturing. Engineers can design parts, but it
requires trained mechanics to make and
assemble them into a workable, streamlined car. It is up to the superintendents to reduce technicalities to terms
of practice. Dr. Sprague inferred that
new findings were too complicated to
grasp by those who stayed at home. He
felt that clubs should encourage their
representation at meetings, and underwrite their "greenkeepers" expenses to
insure their getting around and seeing
what is being done elsewhere.
Dr. Evaul, formerly of the N. J. Turf
Advisory Service, told a few humorous
stories in regards to uninformed player
kicks. He recalled an incident that illustrated the difficulty of explaining
things, "—Like talking horse sense to
a jack-ass."
Evaul claimed that while serious conditions occurred this year, things were
not as bad as they might have been ten
years ago when we did not have the
experience and training of men in
charge to-day.

Dr. Grau, who has been abroad
studying golf courses, observed that our
American golfers should be more tolerant of their golf facilities, which in
many ways are better in spite of our
different climate. Golf superintendents
should stress the importance of basic
principles of turf care. He advocates
the raising of mowers so as not to cut
too close even at the risk of player
complaint. While grass should not be
cut too close at any time, in the spring
when it starts to grow, it should be . left
longer to compete with crab-grass and
other weeds.
Dr. Husted illustrated the advantages
of golf swimming pools, their construction, and operation. He cited a club
that lost some 60 members who died
from advancing age. A swimming pool
attracts new and younger members to
the club, which helps keeping up golf
interest, and income of dining room,
bar and other facilities.
While attendance was not as great
as expected, it was of sufficient amount
to encourage the N. J. Golf Course
Superintendents' Assn. to make this an
annual event.
TALKS ON TREES
By E. Porter Pelt
Director and Chief Entomologist
Stamford, Conn.
October is the month of gorgeous
colors and of browning foliage. Most
people see the former and a few note
the latter. Both are important.
Hillsides and mountains are gayly .
decked with the yellows and reds of the
sugar maples. Many of these trees
have tips of branches or even large
limbs, occasionally an entire side,
bright red in marked contrast to the
remainder of the tree. The red maples
are brilliant in color with here and
there a tree with most of the leaves
irregularly bordered with red. The
Norway maples are georgeous in their
yellows. The r^ds of the different oaks
vary from near scarlet to a darker red.
The sweet gums are dressed out in a
flaming red, rivaling the tints of the
Virginia creeper, sumac and poison ivy,
which last revels in yellows as well as
reds. These colors, brilliant though
they are, are but steps toward the
brown dead leaf of winter.

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The browning of the pines and
Arborvitae at this time is entirely normal. Nevertheless, it causes apprehension. Occasionally there is so much
brown foliage on the pines that they appear unhealthy. A careful examination
usually shows that this browning is
limited to the needles of the previous
year, sometimes to those of two preceding years and in exceptional cases
to those of an earlier year. The consequence is that if the needles of several
years brown the same autumn, the tree
is for a time a somewhat sorry looking
object. This is likely to cause apprehension especially as some trees may
show a larger proportion of brown
needles than others. The same condition is found in the Arborvitae except
that in the case of this ornamental it is
only by the shedding of the smaller
twigs that the older foliage is cast off.
There is a similar variation in the proportion of foliage ripening on this tree
f r o m season to season. It is reasonably
safe to assume that branch tips with a
fair amount of vigorous foliage are
normal or nearly so and are not necessarily showing the effects of disease.
The Autumn is the time when field
observations are pleasures available to
all endowed with the seeing eye.
There have been some most interesting developments in the Dutch elm
disease situation during the past six
months.
Figures recently given out for the
Tristate area by Federal authorities indicate a reduction in the number of
diseased trees of about one-fourth for
the territory as a whole compared with
those found last year. The ratio for
New Jersey is one-fourth and for New
York one-third. There is a slight,
though not alarming, increase in the
number of diseased trees found in Connecticut and a relatively very small increase in the number of diseased trees
found in the widely scattered outlying
areas.
Figures released by New Jersey authorities show a reduction in Essex and
Union Counties of about one-half and
in Bergen and Morris Counties of about
one-fourth in the number of diseased
elms compared with last year. Similar
conditions exist in certain New Jersey
municipalities as for example Belleville
with 71 diseased trees in 1934 and only
4 in 1937 and Newark with a decrease

f r o m 88 to 7 during the same period.
The figures illustrate possibilities where
the work is supported by an enlightened
public opinion. These results vary
widely from reports of conditions in
certain European countries. Obviously
the Tristate Dutch elm disease problem
has effectively demonstrated the possibilities of a coordinated control program founded upon the systematic location and removal of diseased and
partly dead trees.
A well planned tree sanitation program is a most effective control for
Dutch elm disease and for many other
troubles affecting shade and ornamental
trees.
A stick insect is a bizarre creature
which lives as suggested by its general
appearance among the twigs of various
forest trees.
There have been occasionally records
in the past of stick insects being sufficiently abundant in central New York
to defoliate large areas of oak. The
insect resembles a small twig an eighth
of an inch in diameter or thereabouts
and some three inches long, green in
summer and with a coloring in the Fall
about that of the normal brown of the
branchlet. The long legs and even the
antennae or feelers have much the same
appearance as extremely fine twigs and
the movements of this strange creature
are so deliberate that ordinarily it escapes notice. As a rule in New England
the walking stick or stick insect, as it
is sometimes called, is relatively uncommon and noteworthy largely because of
its peculiar and unusual appearance.
A report just published by Professor
Samuel A. Graham of the School of
Forestry and Conservation, University
of Michigan, states that walking stick
outbreaks are becoming common in the
black oak forests of the North Central
part of the lower Peninsula of Michigan
and in his judgment there is a probability of continued spread until practically all suitable forest stands will become infested. The walking sticks prefer the black, oaks. He finds that although the trees are stripped of leaves
late in the season and the damage is
therefore less serious than if this occurred earlier, an infestation of this
insect over a period of ten to fifteen
years may kill more than half the black
oaks, although the white oak, the red
maple, the poplar and the evergreens

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are not injured. This study of a comparatively rare insect in much of the
United States shows that under favorable conditions an insect of the minor
importance of the walking stick may become a destructive pest.
It is quite within possibilities that
such developments are the result of
small changes in the relation between
natural controls such as parasites and
predators and the insect developing into
a destructive pest.
A State Commission for the saving
of a giant oak is an unusual news item.
A recent issue of the St. Louis Post
Dispatch states that Governor Stark of
Missouri has appointed a commission to
save the big oak in Mississippi County,
said to be the largest oak tree in the
state. It is proposed to secure at least
ten acres and there is under contemplation the purchase of a larger area to
be maintained as a natural game preserve, though the primary object is to
protect this tree. This latter is a broader and worthy motive.
The protection of large trees is becoming of increasing importance
throughout the country. There are, for
example, the two giant elms, one at
Wethersfield, Connecticut and the other
at Marietta, Ohio remarkable on account of their size and especially for
the almost uncanny agreement in dimensions. Both of these trees can be
preserved for many years and yet there
is an ever present possibility that they,
or others nearly as desirable, may be
destroyed either by natural agencies
which usually can be checked in large
measure or through some ill-considered
action taken possibly in the belief that
such trees interfere with desirable community progress. Once seriously damaged or cut down these and similar outstanding trees are irreplaceable. The
action of the Governor of Missouri suggests the need of greater interest in
our historical and large trees in other
parts of the country. There are hundreds, possibly thousands of these, a
number at least richly deserving special
care. One has only to recall that the
life span of the famous Washington elm
of Cambridge might easily have been
greatly extended if the possibilities in
regard to this- had been appreciated
before it was too late.
The Indian regard for large trees
and their use as natural rallying places
might well be emulated in this day.

Lone Tree of Lone Tree Prairie, near
Rochester, Minnesota is passing, only
one large branch remaining alive.
There is a story connected with this
tree. A press clipping implies a t r e e
widely known in that locality. The illustration shows an elm with a trunk
diameter of well toward six feet. There
is a little life in small limbs near the
middle of the tree and one of the large
lower branches with a diameter of probably one foot appears to be unharmed.
The statement is made that a year or
two ago the old elm began to show signs
of slow death. Some residents attributed the trouble to a pile of anti-freeze
mixture which was dumped under the
tree by the Highway Department for
later use on icy roads. Probably these
residents are right and this magnificent
tree has succumbed, not to the infirmities of old age, but to the piling of the
material, presumably sand to which
either enough common salt or calcium
chloride had been added to prevent the
mass from freezing during the cold
weather. Such roadside piles are common. Few realize the menace to nearby
trees. The leaching salt may injure
trees at some distance if the drainage
is in the right direction.
It is expected that the use of this
material will continue since the need
of sanding slippery roads in winter is
generally recognized. The deadly effects of this combination on trees
should be more fully appreciated and
more care exercised to pile the material
in places where it will not kill valuable
trees. Just a little forethought m a y
save thousands of trees f r o m the slow
death and unsightly conditions which
have overtaken Lone Tree of Lone Tree
Prairie. Minnesota is not the only state
where magnificent trees have been killed
because of inattention to such details.
Those interested in tree welfare
should use their influence to prevent
local tragedies of this nature.
Charlie Parker has been installing
two units of six holes each of fairway
irrigation at the Wianno Golf Club this
Fall. Buckner heads and steel pipe are
being used.
The Mass. Golf Assoc. has recently
changed its address to 101 Milk Street,
Boston, Mass.
The Board of Directors met in Boston
on November 15th.

For Your Convenience
The Worthington Mower Co.
Announces the Opening of the

B I B Lawn Mower Repair Service

Authorized Worthington Service
30 PROSPECT STREET, WOBURN, MASS.
Telephone—Woburn 0288

Service work in the B. & B.
station will be in the expert
charge of Robert Booth, who
has had fifteen years experience in operating and repairing Worthington Mowers at
the Woodland Golf Club, and
J. Fred Buel, who has had
years of experience in general
machine work and manufacturing.
Full facilities will be available for the very latest and
most satisfactory grinding,
sharpening and general overhauling of Worthington cutting

units. A complete line of parts
will be stocked for immediate
replacement, serving our customers throughout New England. All servicing will be
done at popular prevailing
rates for New England for
work of this nature. We cordially invite you to avail yourself of this modern, expert
service.
"Have your Worthington
equipment serviced by an
authorized Worthington service man."

11/or^iington
Mower
Main Office
Stroudsburg, Pa.

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