depends on
CAME
CAUTION
KNOWLEDGE
FO RETHOUGHT
WAT C H F U L N E S §
(Anon.)

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This N E W S L E T T E R is published
monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of
New England, and sent f r e e to its members and their Green's Chairmen. Subscription price ten cents a copy, or a
dollar a year.
GUY C. WEST

Editor

Rhode Island C o u n t r y Club
W e s t B a r r i n g t o n , R. I.

GEORGE J. ROMMELL, JR.
Business Mgr.
28 Granville St., D o r c h e s t e r ,

July, 1938

Mass.

Vol. 10, No. 7

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 whole.

JULY

MEETING

The John Shanahan Memorial tournament was held at the Brae Burn C. C.
on July 18th, with some over f o r t y progreenkeeper teams competing.
Tony
Manero and Jack Counsell of Salem
with 75-67 tied with George Apple and
Lloyd Stott of Meadowbrook, 80-67,
f o r the low net, and will play off f o r
the Memorial Shield at a later date.
The leading scores were:
Tony Manero and Jack Counsell,
Salem
George Apple and Lloyd Stott,
Meadowbrook
Maurice Hyland and H. C. Darling, Juniper Hill
Harold McSpaden and Leslie
Wildgust, Winchester
Denny Shute and Art Anderson,
Brae Burn
Jack Reidy and Tom Mattus,
Pakachoag Hill
Bob Crowley and Nick Bruno,
Norfolk
Ed Burke and Rueben Peckham,
Newport
John Thoren and Bud Hayden,
Woodland
Ed Kirouac, Unicorn, and Ted
Swanson, Bear Hill
Roland Wingate and Howard
Fan-ant, The Country

75 67
80 67
76 68
80 69
81 69
77 70

Jim Fogertey and Charles Keefe,
Myopia
Marty Higgins and Ed Phinney,
Fall River
A r t Gusa and John Latvis,
Tatnuck
Lester Dunn and Steve Hannon,
Winthrop
Roland Hancock and Jim McCormack, Mt. Hood
Joe Stien and Bill McBride,
Sandy Burr
Bill Cosgrove and Simeo Braio,
Wachusett
Joe Makara and Ed Buechier,
Manchester
Steve Golbert and N. G.
Sperandio, Marlboro
John Bernardi and F r a n k Wilson, Charles River
Emil Mashie and Alex Briggs,
Oak Hill
Tom Jones and Guy West,
Rhode Island C. C
Charles Chambers and R. Mansfield, Colonial
Clyde Usina and Joe Donaher,
Unicorn
John Gilbolm and Ed Ohlson,
Segregansett
George Ford and Phil Cassidy,
Needham
Alex Bird and Cliff Hunt, Marshfield
Charles Malloy and Joe Oldfield,
Furnace Brook
Harold Cahoon and E. Hanson,
Concord
Jack Leary and John Fitzpatrick,
Scituate
Joe Rustic and Joe Dinardi,
Bellevue
Clarence Gibney and Sam
Mitchell, Ponkapoag
Jim Dunn and Tom Burke,
Cohasse
John Homan and Harold Mosher,
Riverside
H. B. Randell and A. M. Barney,
Wamponoag
Jack Harvey and Bill Margeson,
Sagamore Spring
Pete Bella and E. N. Murphy,
Belmont

87 75
83» 76
89 76
89 76
82 76
87 77
89 77
89 77
83 78
90 78 ..
80 79
89 79
91 79
80 80
88 80
89 80
82 81
89 82
93 83
93 84
97 84
98 84
98 86
98 86
96 87
92 92
94 94

78 72
77 74
83 74
80 75
85 75

The July meeting of the R. I. Greenkeepers Association was held a t the
Annaquatucket G. C., Wickford, R. I.
on the 11th. The August meeting will
be held with the Greenkeepers Club of
New England at the Agawam Hunt Club
on August 1st.

TREASURER'S

NOTICE

As instructed in Article XIII, Section
(d) of our By-Laws, I am publishing a
list of members in good standing, as of
J u l y 1st:
Arthur E. Anderson
Edward M. Murphy
Walter Howe
Joseph Oldfield
Clifford E. Sowerby
Paul G. Wanberg
Howard D. F a r r a n t
Stephen Hannon
John S. Latvis
Sam S. Mitchell
Lloyd G. Stott
Leslie Wildgust
T. W. Swanson
Charles T. O'Keefe
Everett Capello
Elmer Puller
William J. McBride
Louis Marratto
W. W. Partridge
George J. Rommell
Roland Robinson
Ralph Thomas
Thomas F. Burke
Simeone Braio
R. W. Peckham
Emil A. Masciocchi
James C. Sullivan
Alex Ohlson
Nicholas Bruno
Richard Mansfield
Harold Mosher
Geno Pettizoni
Thomas T. Mattus
F r a n k H. Wilson
Homer C. Darling
Arthur Fontaine
John Counsell
Earl Polhamus
H. B. Cottelle
Thomas Brennan
Henry Mitchell
N. J. Sperandio
Martin Greene
Philip Porter
Patrick Tameo
Edward Phinney
John Clinton
T. P. Anderson
George Volmer
Edward Buecher
Thomas O'Leary
Valentine Flood
James McCormack
E. H. Stephenson
Robert Mitchell

Philip Cassidy
Oscar Chapman
Guy West
F r a n k Wilson, Treas.

WOODRUFF FIELD

DAY

The sun shone, the birds twittered,
the bees hummed, snakes crawled, lions
roared, John Diggs mixed, some sixtyfive were happy, and it was only in the
t e n t ! Outside the rain was descending
with violence and voluminitv! It was
the 28th of June at the F. H. Woodruff
& Sons test plots a t Milford, Conn., and
the Annual Field Day was scheduled.
Between the showers the plots were
examined, during the showers refreshments were in order. Your correspondent's notes got so wet t h a t he can't
decipher them, and Chan Baker hasn't
sent us the write-up on doings at the
plots t h a t he promised, so our report
must be brief. However, the meeting
was held, we were there, we saw some
fine test plots that should be examined
with care during a dry period, and we
must report that we can not blame the
"weather on Woodruff, but we can advise
all of our readers to examine these
plots when they have the opportunity.
They are well worth your study.

The Carpenter Tool Co., makers of
the Carpenter Lawn Mower Grinders,
have recently moved to 45 Baker Street,
Providence, R. I. These new quarters
will give enlarged facilities, made necessary by rapidly expanding business.

What

It S o u n d e d

Like

A little boy who had been sent by
mother to a shop to buy a pound
salted cashew nuts, pointed to the
j a r and said: "I want a pound
sneezes."

his
of
nut
of

—Anon.

Not Time

for Long

Parade

When your husband thought he was
drowning, did all his past sins come up
before h i m ? "
"Oh, no, he wasn't in the water all
t h a t time."
—Anon.

A SUCCESSFUL

WATERING

SYSTEM

(A 1937 Winter School Paper)
An interesting and rather unusual
type of watering system has been installed at the Schenectady Municipal
Golf Course in Schenectady, N. Y, This
system was installed with
federal
money, and no expense was spared to
have the best and very latest. The material f o r this system cost $16,000 exclusive of labor.
The water f o r this system is supplied
by the City of Schenectady and is
drawn into our pump house through a
two-stage horizontal pump. The pump
boosts our pressure up to 160 lbs. constant pressure. A 4,200 gallon hydropneumatic tank outside our pump house
is used f o r storage. This tank has a
check valve which keeps our supply constant throughout watering.
The piping of this system was laid out
to f o r m a loop with gate valves conveniently placed so that if any p a r t of
the line had a broken pipe, the gate
valves could be shut down in that area
and water could be forced around the
loop to the gate valve in the broken
area. There are five gate valves on this
system which gives us f o u r separate
areas. There are two six-inch lines leading f r o m the tank on the loop, and f r o m
these six inch lines we reduce to a four
inch line, and then to a three inch line.
F r o m these lines leading f r o m the
pump we hook on our fairway, greens,
and tee lines. The size of these pipes
f o r our fairway watering is three inches,
and the number of sprinklers on each
line varies with the length of the hole.
These sprinklers are placed f r o m 96 to
104 f e e t a p a r t varying with the different
lengths of pipe.
On the low spots in
the fairway are placed drain-cocks to
drain out the water when the system
is closed f o r the winter. The top of
these sprinklers is placed just level with
the ground so that fairway tractors cannot do them any harm. These lines f o r
the fairways are placed in the center of
each fairway and r u n to the greens.
These sprinklers cover an area of 180
square f e e t with a discharge of 58 gallons per minute. This water coverage
of 100 f e e t covers the entire fairway,
and with the sprinkler valves 104 feet
a p a r t there is enough overlap to cover
the whole fairway.

From these fairway lines we pipe to
our greens with 1% to 1% inch pipes.
Around each green are placed f o u r
valves equally separated and the valves
are put in on humps or the bank of
the greens where they are not visible
or in line with play. We used the part
circle sprinkler f o r the greens, and
they on account of equal separation
cover the entire green and the f r o n t
two take care of most of the approach.
These sprinklers cover a radius of 64
f e e t and discharge 22 gallons per
minute.
Also f r o m our fairway pipe lines we
r u n lines to our two tees at each hole.
The size of the pipe is one inch and we
have on these tees sprinklers known as
pop-ups. These pop-ups are regulated
by a small one inch gate valve on any
convenient place off the tee.
These
pop-ups cover a radius of 30 f e e t and
are set in the center of each tee.
On this system we have 132 fairway
valves, 72 green valves, five 6 inch gate
valves, 37 pop-ups f o r tees, 56 drain
cocks f o r fairways, green and tees, 8
drain cocks f o r the main watering line
and 21 one-inch gate valves f o r the tees.
All six inch, f o u r inch and three inch
pipe used in this system is black steel
pipe and all pipe two inches or under is
galvanized iron.
The plan of watering which we follow f o r the best cultural management
of our course is that we run nine sprinklers a t one time f o r best efficiency. Any
more than nine at one time lowers the
pressure so greatly t h a t proper coverage of fairways is impossible. We plan
on doing at least six fairways a night.
We let these sprinklers run at least two
hours, and this gives us a watering of at
least an inch per week. Only one man
is required to operate this system of
fairway watering as there is no hose to
carry and you are always working
ahead on your fairway, and at the most
there are only two sprinklers to carry
at a time. We had no system f o r watering greens and we take a test each day
to see how deep the moisture is in the
green. On account of construction of
some greens, a different amount of
water is applied to each green. All of
the watering on this course is done between the hours of twelve to seven in
the morning due mostly to the amount
of water we consume, which cuts into
the supply of a small community alongside of our course, and the play on the
course which starts at seven A. M,

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St., P r o v i d e n c e ,

R.

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too!
Greenkeepers battling brown
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n e w s f a s t ! W i t h Special
SEMESAN,
y o u c a n t r e a t 6,000 s q u a r e f e e t of t u r f
f o r a s little a s $ 1 . 2 9 — s a v e m o n e y in lab o r cost b e c a u s e fewer a p p l i c a t i o n s a r e
n e e d e d in severe b r o w n p a t c h w e a t h e r
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Disease pamphlet, write to Bayer-Semesan Company, Inc.

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Regular
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fungicide, and Nu-Green, t h e preventive which
hastens recovery of infected turf, are also available
t o greenkeepers w h o prefer t h e m . Regular
Semesan: 5 lbs., $9.90; 25 lbs., $45.50; 100 lbs., $180.00;
300 lbs., $535.00. N u - G r e e n : 5 lbs., $6.30; 25 lbs.,
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We have a 50 horsepower, two stage or no expense attached to its upkeep.
horizontal pump that is capable of
In conclusion I would like to state
pumping a supply of 500 gallons per that this Buckner System has given us
minute which is enough f o r our wants great efficiency, a constant supply of
on fairways and greens.
water, and little or no trouble in its
In the fall when watering is finished operation.
f o r that year we drain our tank, start
Submitted by
up the compressor in the pump house
Henry J. Duval
and fill our tank with compressed air.
Schenectady Municipal Golf Club
With this compressed air we blow out
Schenectady, N. Y.
our lines. This process is done by unscrewing one green valve on the outermost p a r t of our course and letting
Advanced Domestic Economy
compressed air out of the tank, and this
Mr.—Aren't
you cooking considerably
air blows all the water out through the
opening in the green valve. This pro- more f o r dinner than we can actually
cess _ is done three or f o u r times until use, darling?
Mrs.—Of course, silly? If I don't,
all lines are blown out.
how could I economize by making dishes
This system has been installed since out of leftovers?
1934, and to date there has been little
—Anon.

NEW PROCESS

#

f a u w a y
6-6-4 formula with a
humus-forming

Purveyors

organic

base

of:

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HUMUS
FERTILIZERS

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— S E M E S A N and

NU-GREEN

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—SKINNER

SPRINKLERS

BRECK'S
85

State

Street—Boston,

—Seedsmen
REPORT

Since

MAKING

Mass.

1818—•

AND

PRESENTING

(A 1937 W i n t e r School P a p e r )

A f t e r several years of experience on
a golf course I f o u n d t h a t r e p o r t making and p r e s e n t i n g is very essential.
T h a t is, I make r e p o r t s to be more professional, to a c t cis sl helping agent in
giving advice, to give a clear-cut statement to the club or chairman so it can
be clearly i n t e r p r e t e d , to avoid misu n d e r s t a n d i n g , to overcome poor memory, to get immediate action, to d e f e r
a reply, to use it as a defense, etc.
P e r m i t me at this time to relate to
you an u n f o r t u n a t e incident t h a t happened to a p a r t i c u l a r g r e e n k e e p e r a t
one of his Board of Governors meetings.
Several days b e f o r e the m e e t i n g was
to be held his superior boss, the greens
chairman, i n f o r m e d him t h a t a meeting
was to be held at 8:00 P. M. of a given
evening concerning the p r e s e n t w a t e r
system. This a n n o u n c e m e n t did not ex-

cite him in the least, a n d he hurriedly
p r e p a r e d himself f o r the coming meeting by merely relying upon his memory
to c a r r y him t h r o u g h . The evening of
the m e e t i n g came and the chairman
went t h r o u g h his usual procedures,
t h e n a n open discussion was held concerning the p r e s e n t w a t e r system. The
greenkeeper
managed
to
struggle
through the first five minutes of the discussion f a i r l y well but f r o m t h e r e on
his mind g r e w dull and all he now could
see were pipes, f a u c e t s , unions and shutoffs continually moving about the room
in a n endless chain such as in H e n r y
F o r d ' s f a c t o r y . A t this point he could
think of absolutely n o t h i n g more to
say, b u t still he honestly knew he had
failed to stress m a n y points. Well I
m a y s t a t e t h a t due to this event he did
n o t g e t an appropriation f o r the given
a m o u n t of pipe and unions t h a t he was
badly in need of, simply due to his lack
of p r e p a r a t i o n . Oh, how much b e t t e r it
would have been had he m a d e an outline or r e p o r t to rely upon instead of
his supposedly keen m e m o r y !

4. The drinking fountain at No. 6
tee has broken off and as a result a
R e p o r t o n the P r e s e n t Condition
wooden plug was driven in to stop the
flow and loss of water.
of our W a t e r S y s t e m
5. The union next to No. 9 f a u c e t
has sprung a fine leak because of a
1. At your request
rusted condition.
2. To report on water system
We must as soon as possible replace
3. I have made a careful survey
the defects in the system because we
4. I f o u n d :
a. The pipe line along No. 1 fairway are losing x gallons of water every day
which is certainly a serious loss. Not
rusted etc.
only are we losing water, but should
b. The f a u c e t and valve a t No. 3 the poorly rusted pipe at No. 1 green
tee
burst at the time we needed water to
c. The shut off f o r No. 5 and No. 6 apply a fungicide, the result would pergreens leaking
haps be the loss of a green.
d. The drinking fountain a t No. 6
In closing I have figured that the loss
tee is broken off
of water per day is x gallons. Now we
e. The union next to No. 9 faucet need 100 yards of 2 % " pipe which will
slowly leaking
cost x dollars. The installing of such
5. To install or replace such defected would be x labor hours or $x. Also the
drinking fountain, faucet, two shut-offs,
parts of our system
and union cost x dollars and the labor
6. Statement of costs
charges f o r such is x hours. The total
a. Loss of water.
cost f o r the entire job is x dollars. The
7. Work done by whom?
labor will be furnished by my men and
the supervision by myself. I would sug8. Time work is to be done?
gest that next week is an excellent time
to do it but not later, however, than
Report M a k i n g
May 25, 1937.
Example of the final report made
Respectfully yours,
f r o m the previous outline:
John Doe.
102 Clay Street
Reports to be sure have a definite
Dorchester, Mass.
f o r m such as informal, formal, and
March 13, 1937.
semi-formal:
Mr. L. Cornell
1. Informal reports are used f o r
Chairman of Greens Committee
small items—they lack professionalism.
X Country . Club
Boston, Mass.
2. Formal reports are a set-up with
a very definite system.
Dear Sir:
3. Semi-formal! are comparatively
At your request I am presenting to
you complete data concerning the pres- the same as formal reports but lack a
ent condition of the water system of definite system.
our course.
I will now attempt to give you an
Before gathering such information, I example or steps to follow when writmade a careful survey around the ing almost any type of a report.
course and as a result of such I found
Example:
the following d a t a :
I am here at your request.
1. The pipe line along No. 1 fairWhat f o r ?
way has rusted severly due to its exTo advise drainage.
posure to the air f o r many years and
undoubtedly will not withstand the
What do you know about it?
pressure with-in much longer.
I carefully analyzed it.
2. The faucet and valve at No. 3 tee
What did you find?
are both leaking a considerable amount
We have got to do so and so.
of water because of their worn condiWhat is the problem?
tion.
The problem is, Ex: Finding outlet
3. The shut-off to No. 5 and No. 6
greens are worn so severely that the f o r drains.
Next paragraph give details.
inner gate will not close down.

E x a m p l e of an outline:

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I estimate the cost in dollars and
cents, or an accumulating error which
will wipe out the green.
In last paragraph state when you are
going to do this, the best time, and by
whom.
In conclusion I think greenkeepers
should find t h a t report making and presenting are very essential parts of his
club duties.
Submitted by
V. Lewis Payson
North Dartmouth
Massachusetts.
TALKS

ON

TREES

By E. Porter Pelt
Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories
Stamford, Conn.
The bagworm is a southern insect
which has become unusually abundant
in the region about New York City.
The insect is a most interesting one,
since the females are wingless and never
leave the bag which they have constructed during a somewhat prolonged
caterpillar existence. The eggs are laid
within these unique bags and remain
unhatched over winter. These bags or
cases of the full-grown caterpillars are
about two inches long, silk-lined, the
exterior adorned with bits of leaves and
leaf stems, and the whole firmly attached to the twig. The eggs hatch
and the young caterpillars begin feeding and constructing their sheltering
bags in May or early June. The casemaking habit is so fixed that in lieu
of the usual vegetable debris the exterior of the case may be lined with
particles of paper or any similar material at hand. It is quite possible to
secure a strangely variegated case by
providing the caterpillars with different
colored papers. Presumably one could
not expect these little creatures to
adopt an harmonious color plan.
Bagworms have a marked fondness
f o r evergreens, particularly arborvitae
and red cedars, and when numerous
they may devour most of the foliage.
They also feed upon a considerable
variety of deciduous trees. The probability of i n j u r y another season is
easily forecast by noting the number of
bags upon the trees, since most of these
contain eggs destined to hatch in due

time and produce their quota of caterpillars.
Recently a small white pine twig was
brought in, the needles beyond a certain point redish brown and the twig
itself evidently dying. The reason was
a band of silk around the base of the
twig, really a girdle which had been
spun by a bagworm and f r o m which
the bag itself depended. Ordinarily this
type of injury, namely the strangling
of the twig is of little importance. An
occasional twig here and there is
girdled by the silken bands in the same
way as twigs on f r u i t trees, either f r o m
an encircling wire or a piece of twine.
The bagworm is one of a series of
native species which commonly winter
in the egg, namely cankerworms, apple
and forest tent caterpillars, and the
much less conspicuous leaf-rollers.

The diseases which affect trees compel the plant pathologist to resort to
the high-powered microscope if he
would be sure of the cause of the
trouble.
A suspicious roughening on an oak
twig may raise a question as to the
nature of the infection. This is why the
scientist scrapes off a bit of the surface with a scalpel or sharp knife,
places it upon a microscopic slide, drops
a little fluid on it, covers this with a
circle of very thin glass and then subjects the specimen to the searching rays
of a high-powered microscope. He is
looking, as it were, at the very origin
of life and is seeking f o r tiny, practically invisible spores because in them
he finds characters which permit definite identification. This procedure is
necessary not only in the case of the
anthracnose of the oak, but also of that
unsightly condition produced by canker
in apple twigs and branches. There are
several apple cankers and they can be
identified positively only by the minute
spores.
The same is true of the disease xvhich
in recent years has caused the dying of
many tips on Austrian pines in particular, though it also develops on Scotch
pine. Little dark spots on the bark,
usually somewhat roughened, are the
source of the material which enables
the observer to be certain as to whether
the disease is actually present. It is
also true of that insidious and comparatively recent infection of Norway and
Colorado blue spruce, sometimes known

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as gummosis because of the abundant
exudation of pitch and more properly
designated as Cytospora. Here again
the conscientious scientist commits himself as to the identity of the trouble
only a f t e r he has been able to detect
spores with the aid of a microscope.
The leaf spots on elm, maple and
horsechestnut, to mention a few of the
more common diseases, are produced by
fungi, each with its characteristic type
of spore.
The methods of the laboratory are
f u n d a m e n t a l not only in identification
but also in establishing the practicability of control methods.

The balloon data also indicate a
marked drift in certain directions.
Many balloons were picked up near
bodies of water. Diseased trees f r e quently occur in such localities. Two
balloons released three weeks a p a r t
were found f o r t y miles distant and only
sixty rods f r o m each other. That is
fairly good shooting.
A knowledge of the probable movements of drifting beetles gives valuable
clues as to places where trees affected
by the Dutch elm disease may be found.

RIGHT

Ten thousand balloons released in
two years and less than five hundred
recovered.
These were toy balloons filled with
hydrogen, each bearing a tag requesting
the finder to r e t u r n it with information
as to the time and place where found.
The recoveries, even though relatively
small in number, supply pertinent information as to drifting probabilities in
the area within fifty miles of New York
City and suggest what may be expected
in the spread of the Dutch elm disease.
First, there is a somewhat prevalent
easterly drift. A swerve to the north
carried balloons to Popham Beach,
Maine, 260 miles f r o m Stamford, Conn.,
with scattering returns f r o m intermediate points. Easterly d r i f t carried
balloons to the Cape Cod area and
dropped thirteen in well distributed
points in Rhode Island. A number of
balloons found the day of release
drifted at the rate of thirty to fortyfive miles an hour. Possibly the most
significant returns were f r o m the south
shore of Long Island, the number indicating a considerable d r i f t out to sea
and suggesting that such was the probable f a t e of millions of European elm
bark beetles in earlier years and f r o m
the area where the Dutch elm disease
was most abundant. This probability is
f u r t h e r suggested by the hosts of
Japanese beetles in midsummer d r i f t on
both New Jersey and Long Island
beaches. These latter insects would be
readily seen. The elm bark beetles are
only a tenth of an inch long, brown or
black and the probabilities of their being noticed in tidal drift, even if
abundant, are decidedly small.

IN HIS OLD

LINE

Many people not experienced in f a r m ing have, in recent years, taken a notion
to move to the country, with widely
varying results.
A genuine f a r m e r not long ago drove
past the place of a newcomer, stopped
to chat, and casually inquired what had
been his neighbor's previous business or
occupation.
"Oh," said the husky fellow, "I was
a professional wrestler. Maybe you've
read about me in the sporting news.
And I suppose you wonder how I happened to get me a f a r m . "
Here was, indeed, a new type of
neighbor, and the f a r m e r was interested.
"Wrestlers," remarked the retired exponent of the art, "are apt to be caref u l with their dough. A guy who ranks
well enough as a wrestler to draw good
money is seldom broke, because it ain't
his custom to go in f o r high life. A
mat man makes much less money in one
match than a top-notch boxer, but the
wrestler works oftener and saves more.
Take me, f o r instance. I'm through and
I'm kind of cracked up f r o m so much
rough stuff, but I've got enough to buy
this f a r m . "
"Let's see," the f a r m e r nodded, "I
f o r g e t just how many acres there are
in this tract.".
"One hundred and ninety-five acres,"
said the retired mat performer, with a
touch of pride.
"Well," reflected the seasoned f a r m er, as he stepped on the starter, "you've
got something to wrestle with now."
(Bank Notes).

KENT'S

COMMENTS

WINTER

by Kent Bradley

HARDY—ACCLIMATED
RHODE

ISLAND

CREEPING

A person may take pride in having
an open mind when it's merely vacant.
Watch your jump ! Some conclusions
may rush you right over a precipice.
Busy
leisure.

people

seem

to

have the

most

W e are often the authors of our own
disasters.
A pessimist is one to whom money is
owned by an optimist.
Some may fail to hear Opportunity
knocking because they are at it so hard
themselves.
Gloudcrnft, New Mexico lays claim to
having, the loftiest golf course in the
United States. Atop the Sacramento
Mountains, the links are 9,000 f e e t
above sea level.

VELVET

B E N T
G R A S S
and

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Recognition is not made or given—
i t is worked f o r and won.

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81 %

Corrosive

Mercury content insures
greatest effectiveness.

B u y n o w at p r e s e n t l o w

The way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

For further particulars

CHAS. P F I Z E R

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CORRECTION

In the last issue, page 15, the price
•of the Buckner Greenkeeper Sprinkler,
on roller stand, should have read
"$9.00", as it is given in this issue's
advertisement.

ISLAND

F O R

Dreams are not apt to come true f o r
people who merely keep on dreaming.

The will to work is the will to win.

Mixtures

of h i g h e s t quality for lowest price t h a t
seed of equal q u a l i t y c a n be offered.
NATURE HAS W R I T T E N A P R E S C R I P T I O N for your course.
Right
here in s o u t h e r n N e w E n g l a n d is t h e
n a t u r a l home of t h e e n t i r e f a m i l y of
the B e n t g r a s s e s , t h e principal m e m b e r
of which, namely R. I. B e n t , derived
its n a m e f r o m this, t h e s m a l l e s t s t a t e
in the union.
Tou c a n grow N A T U R E ' S O W N I N S U R A N C E into y o u r turf by u s i n g
F R E S H , V I A B L E seed which grows in
YOUR l a t i t u d e in YOUR country.
SAVE for your club: B u y your seed
direct f r o m t h e grower.

P e o p l e , who get things f o r nothing,
came, back f o r more on the same terms.

Some people who like to be r e f e r r e d
t o as dreamers are simply sleepers.

S E E D

Fairway

prices.

Write

CO., INC.
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Dear Friends:
The annual F a r m and Home Week Lawn Day will be held on Thursday,
July 28; all meetings will be in Stockbridge Hall, Room 20, (the coolest lecture
room on the campus), one minute f r o m parking spaces and 30 seconds f r o m the
dining hall.
Your avowed interest in the growing of good turf makes it especially desirous
that you attend the meetings, and I want you particularly to meet Dr. James Tyson
of the Department of Agronomy at Michigan State College.
Dr. Tyson is the pioneer in turf work in Michigan and the director of t h e
Greenkeepers school there. This is his first turf lecture in the east and we are
indeed f o r t u n a t e to obtain him f o r our program.
The program this year is very simple as much time will be allowed f o r general
discussion and questions.
PROGRAM
10:00 A. M.

Important f e a t u r e s of a lawn mower and its maintenance, and lawn
mowing.
L. S. Dickinson

11:00 A. M.

The management of bent grass lawns.

12:30 P. M.

Lunch hour.

Dr. James Tyson

2:00 P . M .

Lawn grass seed mixtures, seeding and weed control.

3:00 P . M .

Fertilizers f o r lawns.

L. S. Dickinson.
Dr. James Tyson

4:00 to 4:30 P. M. General summary of the day's program.
I hope t h a t you will be able to come to these lectures and t h a t you will bring
your friends and family.
See you July the 28th.
LAWRENCE S. DICKINSON,
in Charge of Lawn Day Program.
OFFICERS'
President
Secretary
Treasurer
Chairman
Chairman
Chairman
Chairman

DIRECTORY

R. A. Mitchell, Kernwood C. C., Salem,
Philip Cassidy, 45 Grosvenor Rd., Needham,
F r a n k 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
Guy
N E W S L E T T E R officers, see page two.

Mass.
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West

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W h e n writing, mention

NEWSLETTER.

T h e Y a l e Golf C l u b , New H a v e n , Conn., keeps its
greens
in p e r f e c t p u t t i n g c o n d i t i o n w i t h
the
Worthington Overgreen.

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give you "truer" putting greens
T h e W o r t h i n g t o n O v e r g r e e n cuts in
c o n c e n t r i c circles g i v i n g you a l w a y s the
s a m e nap or grain f o r y o u r ball to travel
over on its w a y t o w a r d the cup. Overg r e e n c u t t i n g e l i m i n a t e s the a l t e r n a t e l y
" f a s t " and " s l o w " strips or
ribbons
w h i c h o l d - f a s h i o n e d m e t h o d s of c u t t i n g
produce. It m e a n s "truer", m o r e accur a t e g r e e n s and f e w e r putts.
Besides increased playing
satisfaction, O v e r g r e e n s s a v e m o n e y and m a n p o w e r f o r y o u r club. One m a n w i t h an
O v e r g r e e n c a n cut t h e full 1 8 holes in
approximately 4
hours — a job that
u s u a l l y takes f r o m 18 to 2 2 m a n - h o u r s
on the a v e r a g e f u l l - s i z e course.
• ^ear

out this coupon

and discover

how you,

P r o m i n e n t clubs the world o v e r u s e
Worthington equipment with complete
s a t i s f a c t i o n and g e t b e t t e r p l a y i n g surf a c e s at t r e m e n d o u s s a v i n g s in u p k e e p
costs. 4 4 out of t h e 5 6 c h a m p i o n s h i p
c o u r s e s in the U n i t e d S t a t e s , C a n a d a
and E n g l a n d , on which t h e
National
O p e n and A m a t e u r C h a m p i o n s h i p s h a v e
b e e n played, u s e d W o r t h i n g t o n m o w i n g
e q u i p m e n t to k e e p in
championship
condition.

C. M. SAWTELLE. New Eng. Distributor
3 Walker Terrace, Cambridge, Mass.
Telephone: Trowbridge 7491

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