F a i l u r e s c o m e to all p e r s o n s w h o strive to do
s o m e t h i n g . T h e y a r e t h e m a r k of t h e m a n w h o tries.
F e w p e r s o n s w i t h o u t scars h a v e ever b e e n in b a t t l e .
O u r g r e a t e s t glory lies not in n e v e r falling, b u t in
rising e v e r y time w e fall.
Grit.

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monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of
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. W E S T
Editor
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GEORGE J. ROMMELL, JR.
Business Mgr.
28 Granville St., D o r c h e s t e r , M a s s .

February, 1938

Vol. 10, No. 2

The ideas and opinions expressed in
the subject matter of this NEWSLETTER are not necessarily those of
the Editor or the members of the club
as a ivhole.
Attention is again called to the remaining Winter inside meetings, as follows:
March 7, 1938—Dr. Walter S. Eisenmenger of Mass. State College will
speak on "Soils".
April 4, 1938—Dr. John Monteith of
the U. S. G. A. Green Section will speak
on "Research—Past, Present, and Future".
Read carefully, elsewhere in this
issue, what Frank Wilson has to say
regarding Turf Research. If you are a
Massachusetts citizen, help push Senate
bill No. 220 through the Legislature.
President Mitchell has appointed the
following committees for 1938:
Employment—West, Anderson, McBride.
Welfare—Wanberg, Counsell,
Greene.
Inter-relation, Mass.—Wilson, S.
Mitchell, Swanson, Parker. R. I.—
West, Peckham, Greene.
After nearly sixteen years at the
Fall River Country Club, ye Editor is
now greenkeeper, course superintendent, or what have you at the Rhode
Island Country Club, West Barrington,
R. I. However, address all mail to Fall
River until f u r t h e r notice.

S e n a t e Bill No. 2 2 0
WHY DO WE NEED TURF
RESEARCH?

A bill has been filed and a sum of
$15,000.00 is being asked of this session of the Massachusetts Legislature
for buildings, the equipping of adequate
laboratories and providing personal service necessary to promote research relative to the growing of fine turf and
lawn grasses and to conduct studies as
to the maintenance of such turf and
grasses. Why?
To establish and maintain a suitable
turf for specific purposes requires a
knowledge of technique much beyond
the realization of the average layman.
The basis of this knowledge is scientific
research, little of which has been done
and much of which needs yet to be
done. In other branches of agriculture
the State has provided adequate research and the information to operate
successfully is readily available. A t the
present time there are no workers in
the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station at Amherst engaged in
the study of turf problems.
It is hoped that an efficient service
may be established a t the easily accessible Field Station of the State College
which is at Waltham.
It is difficult to estimate the areas in
grass in playgrounds, athletic fields, in
parks, cemeteries and along highways.
But it is certain that the pathetic attempt to establish and perpetuate good
turf in these locations too frequently
results in disappointment through lack
of knowledge as to proper practices.
Grass growing for special purposes
has reached its highest degree of perfection on the golf course despite inadequate information. Is there a
greens chairman or greenkeeper who,
after the disasterous summer of 1937,
will say that there is adequate information and no need for research? One
little insect, about which entomologists
could give very, little information, did
enough damage to pay the cost of
Senate Bill No. 220 for some years to
come.
Figures on areas and money spent
on growing turf are difficult to obtain.
The best organized are the golf course
interests. From them we obtain something of the magnitude of the industry.

There are 230 golf courses in Massachusetts, 160 of which are in the
locality of Worcester and east of Worcester, 70 west of Worcester. Figures
on the 160 courses Worcester and east
are as follows: three 27-hole courses;
sixty-four 18-hole courses; ninetythree 9-hole courses. These courses occupy 23,000 acres of land. They may
be further divided into 50 membership
courses open to the public; 29 courses
owned by one or two persons and
operated as a business; open to the
public; 10 Municipal courses; 2 State
__ owned courses; 12 semi-private courses
and 47 private courses. 133 courses in
all open to the public.
The assessed valuation of these 160
clubs is approximately 25,000,000 dollars and they pay in taxes about
$600,000.00. The wages and salaries
paid by these clubs in 1936 was close
to $3,000,000. and the caddies who
worked on these courses carrying bags
received in the neighborhood of $800,
000.00. These clubs have invested in
golf course equipment about $900,000.
00, and their replacement bill each year
is about $125,000,00. They purchase
$75,000.00 worth of fertilizer, $15,
000.00 worth of seed, and $15,000.00
in sundry supplies. These figures are
based on a survey made in 1936.
From the Home Owners Magazine we
obtain the following information: In
1937 the new homes built or old homes
improved totaled about 6500. At present, 600,000 persons own their own
homes or are in the process of paying
for them. Most of these homes have
lawns or would if the owners had ade^ ^ quate information.
Figures are not available from tennis,
cemeteries, baseball parks, football
fields, playgrounds, parks and roadside
beautification. but we do know that information is badly needed.
Other states have recognized the
need for research in the growing of fine
turf and lawn grasses. In New England, Rhode Island is doing excellent
work and one has only to look at the
fine lawn around the state capitol building in Providence, put in by the Rhode
Island State Experiment Station, and
compare it with the one in f r o n t of our
State House in Boston to realize the
truth of this statement. Research in
turf culture is not a new thing. Unfortunately recommendations coming
from New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa or other experiment

stations have little application in Massachusetts where soil and climate are
distinctly different.
What does research in fine turf mean?
The determination of soil deficiencies,
which is the work of a trained agronomist. The study of diseases and their
control by the pathologist. The study
of insects and their control by the entomologist. Proper methods of irrigation and drainage. The proper use of
organic materials. The testing of
equipment, a study of fertilizers, and
other chemicals, etc., etc. Can this
work be done by the turf grower? The
answer is NO. The growing of grass
plots to work out these problems and
the growing of demonstration grass
plots suitable for various purposes is
also an essential part of this work. But
most of all the right to go to the Experiment Station for advice from the
scientists working there, accorded by
the State to the market gardener, the
florist and the nursery-man. It would
take reams of paper to put down the
problems confronting the turf grower
in a single season. He needs a place to
take these problems.
Support Senate Bill 220 and give him
that help. S e e y o u r S e n a t o r a n d R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s at o n c e .

Massachusetts Greenkeepers Association Legislative Committee.
Frank H. Wilson
Chairman.

Mort Maxwell of Marshfield told us
recently that he had found "pink patch"
several years ago, and had sent samples
to the late John Shanahan for identification. It was only since Mr. Erwin of
the R. I. Station did the work with this
disease, (as reported in the October last
N E W S L E T T E R ) , that Mort found out
what the pink patches were!
A lady says her husband has laid
aside his golf clubs, but he keeps in
practice by using the language of the
sand-traps when he has tire trouble.
Rusty rifles cannot shoot straight, but
well-kept equipment DOES work great!

—Kent

Bradley.

"Some 'darn' their luck while others
mend it."

RECREATION C O N F E R E N C E P R O G R A M
GOLF SECTION
Sponsoring

Organizations

Massachusetts Golf Association
Greenkeepers' Club of New England
New England Section Professional Golfers of America

Golf Section—Friday, March 11

Visitors Please Register at Information Booth, Exhibition Hall

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Second Floor, Memorial Hall

10.30 Graduation Exercises, 1938 Winter School for Greenkeepers
Introduction
L. S. Dickinson, M. S. C.
Two short papers prepared and presented by members of the Class of 1938.
Charge to Graduates, by
Carlton E. Treat, Supt. of Montclair C. C., Montclair, N. J.
Address and Presentation of Certificates by
Roland H. Verbeck, Director of Short Courses, M. S. C.
1.15 Combining with Park and Community Planning for Recreation Sections.
Address: The Recreational Facilities and Work of the Metropolitan District
Commission—Illustrated, by
Eugene C. Hultman, Commissioner.
2.30 Discoveries in the Seed Laboratory.
P. A. McLaughlin, Analysist, Mass. Agri. Exp. Sta.
3.30 Grass Seed f r o m the Commercial Angle.
C. W. Baker, Milford, Conn.
4.00 Tour of Exhibits. Have you registered?
6.10 Dinner Meeting with National Parks, Community Recreation.
Speaker: Dr. E. Russell Bourne.

EVENING PROGRAM

8.00 Revolutionizing the Preparation of Compost, by
Robert D. Pryde, Race Brook Country Club,. Orange, Conn.
8.40 Discussion by a representative of the North Eastern New York Greenkeepers' Association.
9.00 A Professional Golfer Takes a Course For Greenkeepers.
Voight, Professional, Sunningdale, Scarsdale, N. Y.
9.20 Let's Diagnose the Trouble.
L. S. Dickinson, M. S. C.

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Golf Section—Saturday, March 12
Second Floor, Memorial Hall

10.00 The Obligations of the Golfer.
F. J. Sievers, Director, Mass. Agri. Exp. Sta.
10.30 Maintenance and Other Problems of Turf Superintendents.
M. E. Farnham, Superintendent, Philadelphia Country Club,
Philadelphia, Pa.
11.30 Changing the Physical Texture of Soils and Soil Conditioners.
Professor George B. McClure, University of Ohio, Columbus, Ohio.
HAVE YOU

2.00

REGISTERED?

Address.
President Hugh P. Baker, M. S. C.
2.20 Program sponsored by T H E G R E E N K E E P E R S CLUB OF
N E W ENGLAND.
Mr. Robert A. Mitchell, President.
Subject: 1937 on the Golf Courses of New England.

Pacific Hall, Amherst

6.30 Old Fashioned New England Banquet. (Our Third Annual).
Guest Speaker, Mr. Erastus B. Badger, President, Massachusetts Golf
Association.
Followed by a Golfing Trip Around the World, and professional entertainment.
Ticket for banquet, including entertainment, $1.25.
Please cooperate by purchasing your tickets early at the registration
booth in the Exhibition Hall.
— L I M I T E D NUMBER. BUY E A R L Y ! —

Sunday, March 13
The Informal Room 20, Stockbridge Hall ( B a s e m e n t )

9.00 Annual Meeting of the M.S.C.G.A. Alumni of the Winter School for
Greenkeepers.
10.00

T h e Experts on Trial.

President
Secretary
Treasurer
Chairman
Chairman
Chairman
Chairman

A New Type of Question Box.
Seven specialists ready for your questions.

OFFICERS' DIRECTORY

R. A. Mitchell, Kernwood C. C., Salem,
Philip Cassidy, Greendale Ave., Needham,
Frank Wilson, Charles River C. C., Newton Centre,
Enter. Comm
Sam S. Mitchell, Ponkapoag G. C., Canton,
Golf Comm
Lloyd G. Stott, Meadow Brook G. C., Reading,
Welfare Comm
Paul Wanberg, 8 Curtis St., Waltham'
Employment Comm
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N E W S L E T T E R officers, see page two.
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Compacting of soil is more common
failing than we realize.
There should be an increase in humus
in grass soils through natural rot of
The regular meeting for February roots;
soils should not be too
was held at the Waltham Field Station acid, so hence
that roots may decay.
on the Yth. The speaker was Dr. Howard
B. Sprague, Agronomist at the New
Jersey Agri. Experiment Station, with F A I R W A Y I R R I G A T I O N A T W I A N N O
the subject of discussion, "Poa annua".
Dr. Sprague told of the various experiby Charles W. Parker
ments that had been conducted with
this grass, and mentioned Bulletin 630,
recently published with results of these
At Wianno, as at most clubs, the
experiments.
question of fairway irrigation has been
Experiments were conducted to try under discussion for a number of years
to find out how to keep poa annua if and some preliminary work had been
necessary, or get rid of it if so desired. done by the old Buckner Rainer corIf soil is poor in late Summer, there is poration but had come to no real head
an ideal condition for poa annua to and at the time that I came to Wianno
come in. Velvet bents are fully as Golf Club the feeling of the committee
seemed to be that for a summer
capable of crowding out poa annua as head
club such an installation was a luxury
are the creeping bents.
not warranted. From time to
Poa annua is generally an annual. and was
the idea was talked up and in
Less poa annua was found a f t e r a five time
1936
it
looked
as though the demand
year test with arsenate of lead, but this would force a system
in over the comis not a control, if other conditions are mittee's head but the late
rains
favorable for growth. Lead arsenate is came and apparently the summer
matter
was
more effective if applied in Summer, forgotten as it had been so many times
so that it is near surface during seedling in the past.
stage.
Early in the summer of 1937 there
The evidence previously was that poa
a change in the committee and the
annua was shallow rooted. Experi- was
who had been opposed to irriments showed that the proportions of member
resigned f r o m the club and with
roots in various soil layers are about gation
no one to head up the opposition agitathe same as other grasses. Not natural- tion
an irrigation system broke out
ly shallow rooted, but will thrive on once for
again. Since the Board of Governcompact soils.
ors ruled that such a system must be
Poa annua likes plenty of moisture. financed entirely by donation the matter
Pot experiments — lime did not in- of financing preliminary surveys was a
crease yields; with abundance of N. real problem, however; a f t e r a few
less seed heads were formed; heavy N. false starts a former associate of
fertilization and lime and phosphorus Wendall Miller's was located who made
a very brief study and submitted an
and potash gave best yield.
Control is largely matter of competi- estimate of approximately $14,000.
tion; apply fertilizer at such times as
This amount was not only way bepermanent grasses can get most bene- yond the amount the sponsors believed
fit. In Spring do not apply N. too early. could be raised for the installation, but
Nitrate N. was found more favorable it was almost twice the amount that
than ammonia N. to blue grass; hence, they, the sponsors, had, f r o m incomshould avoid over stimulation with N., plete and misleading information set up
esp. where acidity has not been cor- in their minds as what the outside cost
rected.
should be. At this point the problem
Seed with desired permanent grass at was turned over to me to see what
such time as poa annua is germinating, might be done to "cut the cloth to fit
to give competition; correct first any the purse".
causes of permanent grass failure.
The water source problem was practiLead arsenate is only active as long cally non-existent and it was obvious
as it is acid, in contact with soil it that the cheapest installation should be
gradually becomes basic, and becomes made by taking water f r o m three
sources and automatically dividing the
non-toxic to grubs, etc.
system into three separate units. This
Lime is one of the best antidotes for was
entirely practical and quite sound
an overdose of mercury.
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best possible condition, h a v e f o r y e a r s s t a n d a r d i z e d on I D E A L equipm e n t . D e s i g n e d for d u r a b i l i t y a n d economical o p e r a t i o n Bulldog g a n g
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k n i f e , a n d h e a v y c h r o m e - n i c k e l steel reels.
Units m a y be lifted off t h e g r o u n d f o r s p e e d y
transportation over the roughest areas.
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as there are two ponds on the property
and the third source was to be f r o m
wells in a swampy area within the
course from which it was reasonable to
suppose a sufficient amount of water
for the five holes that this unit would
supply could be drawn. Since Wianno
is not a compact course drawing all the
water from one pond would entail long
lines of large size pipe, a large capacity
pump and a large motor all of which
worked out to make such an installation
much more costly both for installation
and operation than the three unit idea.
Since the Jones survey indicated too
great a cost for eighteen holes it was
decided to eliminate the five hole unit
that was laid out to be served by wells
and see what might be done on the remaining thirteen holes, one of which
requires no fairway irrigation.
It was decided to salvage the existing
two inch pipe on the thirteen holes anct
use it on the ends of fairway lines and
for relocating the service to Greens and
Tees and a f t e r much pro and con it was
agreed upon to go ahead. Jones was
called back to make the actual stakeout and I with my regular crew of five
and such extra men as I felt were needed were handed the job of making the
complete installation.
Jones is a cast iron pipe man and he
was considerably disconcerted and dismayed to learn, before he got away,
that because of a club contact and other
reasons of policy galvanized steel pipe
was going to be used. Come hell or
high water. I did not favor this type of
pipe and since corner cutting was absolutely necessary I had been pushing
Transit but because of its relative newness and lack of any real history in
these parts it was given little if any
serious consideration.
A total of 10,400 feet of three and
four inch pipe was received, six men
were added to the regular working
force and we went ahead. Immediately
we found that the chain tongs either
loaned us by the pipe jobber or by
another golf club were f a r from efficient
for screwing up this size pipe. Fortunately we had a three foot "stillson"
wrench which soon proved to be very
efficient so we bought two more and
found this type of wrench entirely adequate for this size pipe. A short cut
which proved a real time saver was in
the use of a pair of wheels with a steel
f r a m e attached which we dug up, fitted
with a pole and hooked up to the Toro
tractor. On this we put our work table
and pipe vise and so were able to do all

cutting and threading right on the job
instead of having to haul the pipe to a
central point or Dy trying to set up the
work bench and move it f r o m point to
point. This cutting and threading of
pipe is a time consuming job ana we
found that it took f r o m three-quarters
to a full hour for such a job on a piece
of four inch pipe f r o m the time it was
measured up until it was returned to
tne ditch all ready to be screwed up.
With a length of four inch pipe weighing over two hundred pounds and three
inch of the same length about threequarters as much it soon worked out
tnat three men for the three inch pipe
and four men for the four inch made
two good teams although there were
times when we added a fifth man to the
four inch pipe team when curves or
grades increased the difficulty of starting the threads true. I did not try to
keep a day by day record of footage
laid as several factors beyond our control speeded up or slowed down footage,
in all some 13,500 feet of pipe were
laid. This was four, three, two and one
and one-quarter inch. The three and
four inch is all in mains and the two
and smaller size in runs to (jreens and
Tees or in laterals f r o m the mains to
spot a valve exactly. The cost for the
entire operation, lifting sod, ditching,
making up pipe, backfilling and returfing was 10 cents per foot and required
thirty-one working days.
I do not offer that unit cost figure as
a mark for anyone to shoot at nor do
I excuse it as being high for I do not
know what other installation costs have
been. The only cost I was able to find
was on a Transit job in similar soil conditions but since the pipe was buried
below frost and even to a depth of six
feet that cost was of no value for comparison being just twice as much. There
can be no question that our ditching
cost is low and that we saved on this
because of the steel pipe. The valve
hook-up required a foot of depth and
we went below that depth only as much
as drainage and rolling terrain dictated.
To get through a few knolls we went to
three feet for a short distance and there
was one r u n of 260 feet at two and a
half feet. Incidentally a cost on this
260 feet at the two and a half feet
depth showed the digging to be 4 cents
per foot. Other than the above we ran
along at an average around 1 8 " with
some runs off the fairways about six
inches and one run of 300 feet which
is off the course entirely lying on top
of the ground.

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Woodruff continually experiments with growing
many
g r a s s e s , o n m a n y soils, a t d i f ferent Proving Grounds each
with a dissimilar climate. That
is w h y , w h e n W o o d r u f f rec e i v e s a r e p o r t o f y o u r soil,
y o u r e x p o s u r e s a n d y o u r climate, Woodruff can blend the
one mixture best adapted to
your conditions. Let Woodruff
analyze your seeding problem.
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Never having worked with either cast
iron or Transit I cannot say whether
they can be made up more cheaply than
regulation screw joint pipe such as we
used but I do know that cast iron would
have averaged deeper than 1 8 " and
Transit even deeper. We had no serious
difficulties in making up the pipe. Our
first test showed four cocked joints in
the larger sizes of pipe but this was entirely to be expected as the entire crew
was absolutely green at handling pipe
this heavy. We had no real trouble
f r o m poor joints after the first test but
we learned to expect splits and blow
outs in the two inch salvaged pipe which
only proves the point that salvaged is
not always saved.
Owing to market conditions the comparative cost of steel and galvanized
pipe was relatively the same. This is
not usual as the turning point in cost
of steel and cast iron is usually in favor
of cast iron at three inch pipe and I do
not favor galvanized steel from the
standpoint of permanency but where
ledge or rock or heavy clay conditions
obtain steel pipe may be worthy of consideration if it appears that the ditching cost to get cast iron or Transit to
the proper depth is going to be prohibitive.
Draining the lines is to be done
directly at the point of take off from
the mains and at the ends of lines. The
number and location were dictated by
the terrain. A one inch bronze gate
valve with a T handle was used. Over
the T handle was slipped a piece of two
inch pipe of the reauired length to bring
it to the surface of the ground and the
pipe was finished off with a regular oil
or gasoline fill-pipe cover. These appear
in the fairways as no more objectionable than the irrigation valves. This
type of cover is much cheaper than
either the Buckner or the NIB CO drainvalve cover and in addition does not
need a lock as protection against mischievous boys who like to fill these
standpipes with rocks and sand. Around
the valves we placed gravel more to
prevent wash back of sand under the
seat than to improve drainage as we
found that forty-eight hours will take
care of all dripping of the pipe in the
fall. In heavier soils I am not so sure
of this method although it is claimed
if a big enough soak away using coarse
gravel is made at each drain valve they
will take care of draining even in clay
soils. Needless to say this method is
much less costly than piping off to the

side or the fairway and much less
bother than having pump-outs.
In addition to installing the pipe two
small pump houses have been built and
two tanks have been located by these
houses. In the spring we will install
two Fairbanks, Morse 250 g.p.m., two
stage, "built together" centrifugal
pumps. This "built together" feature
which is found in many makes of this
type of pump makes a very compact installation and eliminates all troubles
from lining up the pump and motor and
slippage losses through shaft couplings.
The two tanks used are from the
old system and are small so that for
Greens and Tee watering we shall have
to by-pass excess water back into the
suction line. For small uses the system
will be fully automatic and for fairway irrigation the demand will so
nearly equal the capacity of the pumps
that the tanks will operate only to shut
the system down when the sprinklers
are removed. We anticipate replacing
these tanks with ones of proper capacity after a year or two.
What is the total cost to be? When
the last bill is paid and several small
related costs which were taken care of
by individuals are taken into consideration my guess is that the cost will run
between $10,000 and $10,500; but it
is just a guess.
What is the operating cost to be? We
will have an annual demand of $115
and our energy charge will be 4c per
KWH. Until a f t e r next season someone else will have to tell me what the
operating cost may be.
What would I like to do or have done
differently if I ever have another system
dropped into my lap to install? Granting the water supply presents no problem I would like to start off with a
clean slate and a definite appropriation
to have the system properly and adequately engineered. In other words get
the whole project down on paper and
work up the cost to a very close degree
of accuracy and also, oh well! that will
be the millenium and I venture to say
that there would be f e w installations in
the East if before a piece of pipe was
purchased or a foPt of trench was dug
the club knew to within one or two percent what the actual cost of the installation would be and what the cost
of operation would amount to.
"Controlled imagination is a great
productive force."

The Peerless Mower Sharpener
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S H A R P M O W E R S M E A N BETTER K E P T GREENS
AND FAIRWAYS
The Peerless Grinder grinds all blades exactly evenly,

making a perfect contact with the bed knife.
The Peerless Grinder is equipped with a device for
lapping in mowers after grinding.
The Peerless Grinder grinds all makes of power mowers
and cutting units, green mowers, and hand mowers.
T h e Peerless Grinder also grinds all kinds of hand tools
frequently used on the course.
Inspect a PEERLESS GRINDER in operation in our shop.
Inquire N O W for further information.
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WORTHINGTON TRACTORS
Help You Tame the Rough
and Smooth the Fairways

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W O R T HI N G T O N E Q U I P M E N T AT O A K L A N D

W o r t h i n g t o n Tractors are sturdily built
O p e r a t i o n o n a m i n i m u m of f u e l g i v e s
still g r e a t e r e c o n o m y , a n d b e c a u s e it is
t o g i v e y e a r s of d e p e n d a b l e s e r v i c e . T h e
t h e l i g h t e s t t r a c t o r of e q u a l h o r s e p o w e r
m o t o r , t r a n s m i s s i o n a n d r e a r a x l e as( 2 5 H.P. S . A . E . ) on the market, with
sembly are standard Ford equipment.
w e i g h t e v e n l y d i s t r i b u t e d o n all 4
A n y Ford dealer can service them
w h e e l s , it will n o t m a r or c u t t h e t u r f .
promptly. With a close coupled wheel
A n d t h e r e a r e f u r t h e r e c o n o m i e s in
b a s e of 6 1 " , a W o r t h i n g t o n T r a c t o r will
time, trouble and money. Combinations
turn on a 6.5' diameter circle importc a n b e c h a n g e d in a f e w m i n u t e s f r o m
a n t in c o n f i n e d a r e a s a b o u t t r a p s a n d
a 1 - u n i t m o w e r to t h e l a r g e 7 - g a n g
w h i c h c u t s a s w a t h of 16 f e e t . F r o m
green approaches.
1 9 1 4 to d a t e , e v e r y W o r t h i n g t o n cutA sickle bar attachment m o w s your
t i n g u n i t e v e r b u i l t fits a n y W o r t h i n g long grass, hay and w e e d s and cuts a
ton f r a m e ever built and the f r a m e s
practically never wear out. This cuts ,
5 f o o t s w a t h at t h e r a t e of 5 m i l e s p e r
replacements costs tremendously.
hour. The power take-off which runs
t h e s i c k l e b a r a t t a c h m e n t m a y also b e
H e r e ' s a p o i n t to r e m e m b e r in p l a n n i n g
used to run compost mixers, power
f o r a b e t t e r c o u r s e . In t h e l a s t f o u r t e e n
sprayers, rotary brushes, snow plows,
y e a r s , 4 4 o u t of t h e 5 6 c o u r s e s in t h e
p u m p s a n d s a w s n o n e e d to p u r c h a s e
United States, Canada and England,
on which the National Open and A m a s e p a r a t e e q u i p m e n t to r u n y o u r differteur Championship Tournaments have
e n t u n i t s . It m e a n s s a v i n g s to y o u , f o r
been played, have used Worthington
n o o t h e r g o l f c o u r s e t r a c t o r h a s this
equipment.
feature.
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