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This NEWSLETTER is published
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. WEST
Editor
R h o d e 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., Dorchester, Mass.

March, 1938

Vol. 10, No. 3

The ideas and opinions expressed in
the subject ynatter of this
NEWSLETTER are not necessarily those of
the Editor or the members of the chib
as a whole.
Jonathan Comstock, owner and manager of the Comstock Park course in
Oaklawn, R. I. for the past several
years has leased his property to the
Arrow Hill G. C., who will operate the
course as a semi-public club. The mansion and garage are being remodeled to
care for club house and locker room
activities. The course layout has been
changed so that the first tee will be
near the new clubhouse. Mr. Comstock
will make his home in Louisville, Ky.
after March 1st.

Charles O'Keefe, for many years an
assistant to Frank Wilson at the Charles
River C. C. has recently been appointed
greenkeeper at the Myopia Hunt Club,
So. Hamilton, Mass.
We recently heard that Jay Heald is
now a Citrus grower of no small proportion in the Lakeland Orange Belt.
Jay has two groves and is setting out
additional trees in a recently acquired
area. Jay is still a working man and
insists on having his hands in the dirt
every day. His routine is 7 A. M. to
12 N. in the groves and afternoons he
spends on the shady porch with the
Boston Herald. Our correspondent suggests that any of you who like "Tree
ripened oranges or grapefruit" might
send Jay a five spot and allow him to
ship you some real hand picked fruit.
Quality and delivery guaranteed.
J. O. Campbell, former President of
the Conn. G. C. S. Association is spending the winter in Sarasota, Florida.
Playing golf, swimming, fishing and entertaining the Northerners takes up
most of Jim's time and no small part
of his vacation budget.
The new Greenkeeper for the Hartford Golf Club is Donald McKay, formerly of the Sunset Ridge Country Club
at East Hartford, Conn. Tom Kean of
the Hartford Golf Club died last year.

The Highland C. C., Attleboro, Mass.
Aborystwyth timothy, and Svorlof
is installing a new water system, pump- ryegrass
be useable for golf turf.
ing water from a local pond. Piping this Trials aremay
being made at Cornell.
year will care for greens, tees, and two
—Kent.
fairways, but system will eventually include all fairways. A hose system is
being used.
RECREATION

The Rhode Island Greenkeepers Association met on February 21st at the
Narragansett Hotel, Providence. The
main speaker was President Robert A.
Mitchell of the Greenkeeper Club of
New England. Mr. Mitchell spoke of
his many years experience in greenkeeping, ' and compared maintenance
changes over the last fifteen years. Dr.
J. E. DeFrance of the R. I. State College read a preliminary draft of a proposed circular on "Scald", which will
soon be released from the College.

CONFERENCE

NOTE

The speakers for the Saturday afternoon program will be:
R. A. Mitchell
Velvet Bent
J. Counsell . „ . Irrigation, and Putting
Green Reconstruction
H. Darling . . . . The Public Golf Course
View Point
A. Anderson .
Manure Beetle
F. Wilson
Seasonal Conditions
M. O'Grady . . Algae on Putting Greens
G. Rommell . . . . Forestry Program in
connection with Golf Maintenance

Because of its general interest to all
who are concerned with golf course and
other turf, we are pleased through the
cooperation of Mr. Harold Pierce, Vice
President of the United States Golf
Association, to reprint the annual report of the Green Section for 1937.
GREEN SECTION

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COMMITTEE

Frank M. Hardt, Chairman
During 1937 a large amount of correspondence was handled and many reports were made to member clubs on
visits to courses and on materials submitted for examination, including sampies of soils, grasses, fertilizers, seed,
insects and peat. A considerable amount
of technical information in literature
was located for various clubs and organizations, and consultations were had
with technical workers in the United
States Department of Agriculture on
special questions raised by club officials
or through experimental work. Many
conferences were held with greenkeepers and chairmen of green committees.
A number of articles were prepared for
golf magazines and publications interested in turf culture.
Dr. John Monteith, Jr., Chief of the
Green Section staff, visited 59 clubs in
19 states from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, attended the Fourth International Greenland Congress in Wales, and
inspected turf improvement work in
Europe.
During the visits to courses here a
great variety of conditions requiring
special attention were found, which included :
O n P u t t i n g G r e e n s : Problems arising from disease, insects, earthworms,
rodents, weeds, poor physical condition
of soil, layers of different materials,
poor drainage, faulty watering methods,
unsuitable grasses, improper fertilization, grain or nap, unsuitable top-dressing methods, etc.
O n F a i r w a y s a n d T e e s : Problems
arising from disease, insects, earthworms, rodents, weeds, poor or thin soil,
faulty fertilizing practices, inadequate
or excessive watering, unsuitable grass
mixtures, poor drainage, etc.
Various tested methods for remedying the defects mentioned above were
recommended. Approximately 2,000
letters were sent to member clubs with
reports on courses visited, materials examined or methods advocated.

Experimental work at the Arlington
turf garden was considerably expanded.
The areas devoted to tests of various
strains of putting green grasses as well
as the old putting green fertilizer series
which had to be abandoned a few years
ago were planted again in the spring.
A new series of plots was also planted
to test the relative value of special
strains of Kentucky bluegrass, fescue
and rough bluegrass for use on tees and
fairways. Another section was planted
to test the merits of different strains of
Bermuda grass and Zoysia grass. Experimental work on chemical weedkillers was continued this year at Arlington and on nearby golf courses. Experiments were conducted with new
methods to destroy weed seed in compost.
G r a s s e s : Various species and strains
of grasses suitable for turf are tested
at Arlington under comparable conditions. Most of these grasses were newly
planted in turf this year and will have
to be observed at least three years before we will feel safe in recommending
them. The number of plots devoted to
these tests is listed below:
Creeping bent
186
Velvet bent
117
Colonial bent
28
Kentucky bluegrass
48
Zoysia
25
Bermuda
8
Fescue
8
Poa trivialis
8
Timothy
2
430
In addition to the above plots, a cooperative test has been planted by our
staff on a local golf course using 11 of
our most promising creeping bent
strains. The test will enable us to observe them under actual playing conditions without any maintenance cost to
us.
Grass nurseries have been established
for growing the necessary supply of
planting material and for the elementary test of many grasses. One large
greenhouse unit has been placed at our
disposal by the Bureau of Plant Industry for grass work. Last winter it was
used and again this winter it will be
used for speeding up the propagation of
planting material of our most promising
grasses. We have also supplied planting
stock from our nurseries to numerous
member clubs. The following different
varieties and strains of grasses are
grown in nurseries and greenhouse :

Fescue .
Creeping bent
Kentucky bluegrass
Velvet bent
Poa trivialis
Zoysia
Bermuda

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38
22
28
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F e r t i l i z e r s : The effect of fertilizers
on putting green and fairway turf is
studied on 120 plots. This work includes
not only observations. as to immediate
response of grass to fertilizers but also
the effect of accumulations of harmful
or beneficial residues of fertilizers or
materials applied with them.
W e e d c o n t r o l : In response to increased interest in weed control with
economical chemical methods, we have
conducted 85 series of experiments at
Arlington this year. Each of these tests
involves from 4 to 100 plots with different treatments. A large number of
samples of chemicals was prepared at
Arlington for shipment to member clubs
co-operating with us in these weed control investigations.
On many courses it is difficult to obtain weed-free top-dressing for putting
greens at reasonable cost. Therefore,
this year we have conducted a number
of experiments to develop more economical methods for destroying weed
seed in compost.
D i s e a s e C o n t r o l : The amount of disease control work at Arlington had to
be curtailed this year. Nevertheless, 48
plots were devoted to tests with different chemicals. Most of these plots received several treatments.
S o i l I m p r o v e m e n t - The soil improvement series, consisting of 50 plots,
which was started several years ago, was
continued this season.
The Green Section took part in a
number of educational programs ranging from greenkeepers' short courses to
informal gatherings of greenkeepers
and others interested in turf maintenance. Such programs were held in Los
Angeles, San Francisco, Portland,
Seattle, Denver, Kansas City, St. Louis,
Chicago, Lansing, Mich., Detroit, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Bridgeport, Conn.,
Albany and Tuckahoe, N. Y., New
Brunswick, N. J., Haverford and Valley
Forge, Pa., Baltimore and Washington.
A turf garden was planted at Atlanta, Ga., in co-operation with the Atlanta Athletic Club. The planting material for the garden was prepared at

Arlington. The planting was supervised
by us.
Since facilities at Arlington are not
adequate nor sufficiently varied for all
our tests and as some types of tests
can be more economically handled on
golf courses, we have conducted a large
number of tests on golf courses in
Washington and other cities. These
tests include grasses, fertilizers and
weed control methods.
In February, Mr. A. E. Rabbitt joined
the Green Section staff, coming to us
from the College of Agriculture of the
University of Maryland. Mr. H. F. A.
North, who joined our staff last year,
left our organization in October to take
up other activities. In October, Mr.
John W. Bengtson, a recent graduate
of the College of Agriculture of the
University of Nebraska, was added to
our staff.
Continuation of experimental work
now under way is assured by the size
of the Green Section Reserve Fund,
which is composed of unexpended portions of annual appropriations by the
Executive Committee to the Green Section.
L I M E — I t s P l a c e in t h e M a i n t e n a n c e
of a G o l f C o u r s e

During the last decade golf courses
have passed through what may be
known as the acid era. In the early days
the greenkeeper caught with a bag of
lime on his course was shot at sunrise.
Gradually the tide has turned and it
has been found that the judicious use
of lime is necessary for healthy growth
of golf course grasses. Bent grasses
grown in extremely acid soils were in
hot weather weakened and susceptible
to scald, large and small brown patch.
The roots did not decay in these extremely acid soils and a hard layer was
formed on the surface of the green that
was detrimental to good golf. However
this does not mean that large quantities
of lime can be used indiscriminately.
The use of various soil kits by greenkeepers should not be taken as a final
and conclusive proof that lime is not
needed. There may be other factors
entering in that do not make the pH
findings conclusive. However, they
should not be discarded for they are
useful as an indicator; the health of
the grass is a much more accurate guide.

RARE AND N E W
VARIETIES

These
are
becoming
increasingly
popular, and we can supply t h e m in
limited quantities as follows:
Svalof Victoria Rye Grass, C e r t i fied
Mother
Perennial
Rye
Grass,
Yarrow
(Imported), Yarrow
(Domestic w i t h
Red T o p ) ,
Crested
Wheat.
G r a s s — P a s t u r e strain, Buffalo Grass,
Velvet
Bent—Genuine
Piper
( B . P. I
14276), Velvet B e n t — E m e r a l d
(Kernwood t y p e ) , W i l d W h i t e Clover f r o m
K e n t Co. E n g l a n d
(Certified),
from
New Zealand
(Certified),
from
New
Zealand ( U n c e r t i f i e d ) , Yellow T r e f o i l ,
Genuine
Creepinq
Red
Fescue,
Poa
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mplete line of R E G U L A R G R A S S E S
ar prices. Send us y o u r inquiries.

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Calcium and magnesium are two of
the many essential plant foods, which
should be enough present in the soil at
all times for normal healthy growth of
grass. In certain cases lime may be
needed where the soil shows an alkaline
reaction, and may show as beneficial a
result as when applied where there is
an extremely acid condition. Careful
and thorough soil tests are the safest
method of proceeding. The liming of a
small area of narrow strip across a
green will very quickly show the proper
method of procedure. Relatively large
amounts of aluminum compounds in the
soil may be the limiting factor in the
growth of grasses and these toxic substances may be bound up by the use of
lime so that their detrimental effect is
done away with. Liming also increases
the availability of Phosphorus in certain
soils.
Bent grasses grow best in most cases
in a mildly acid soil. For this reason
acid reacting fertilizers have come into
general use, and their use should not
be discouraged. Ammonium sulphate
that has in recent years been given such
a black eye by greenkeepers is still a
good golf course fertilizer, and if lime

is used to correct extreme acidity, will
give very good results. This does not
mean that ammonium sulphate should
be used to the exclusion of other fertilizers, a complete fertilizer the formula
of which is suitable to your soil conditions, determined by soil tests in
which one of the sources of nitrogen is
ammonium sulphate is certainly permissible. Lime may solve part of your
Brown Patch and Scald troubles and
give you that healthy growth you are
striving to obtain. As a word of precaution, do not use lime immediately
after an application of fertilizer or
fertilizer immediately after an application of lime, but let two weeks intervene.
( f r o m a n advertising- leaflet)

Have proven to my satisfaction this
past year, the practicability of TALKOVISION, a simple, silent and speedy
means of line-of-sight golf course communication.
—Kent.

"Knowledge, like timber, needs some
seasoning."

CINCINNATI

CONVENTION

By Kent Bradley

NOTES

The National Association of Greenkeepers of America will hereafter be
known as the Greenkeeping Superintendents' Association. The name as
suggested at the 1937 Washington Convention was dropped, inasmuch as the
procedure did not comply with the State
Laws in which the Association has its
charter. Delegates from the thirteen
affiliated locals passed on the new set of
by-laws. 1938 Officers are: President,
Joseph Ryan, Rolling Green C. C.,
Media, Pa.; Vice President, Frank
Ermer, Ridgewood C. C., Cleveland,
Ohio; Secretary-Treasurer, A. L. Brandon, St. Charles C. C., St. Charles, 111.;
Directors: J. A. Gormley, Wolfrets
Roost C. C., Cohoes, N. Y.; Don Boyd,
Portage C. C., Akron, Ohio; Chester
Mendenhall, Mission Hills C. C., Kansas
City, Mo.; John Gray, Essex Golf and
C. C., Sandwich, Ontario, Canada;
Harold Stodola, Keller Park Muni.
G. C., St. Paul, Minn, and Arthur A.
Snyder, Wilkinsburgh, Pa.
Three hundred and eighty greenkeepers registered, and 393 persons attended the banquet. The speaking program
was better heard this year, due to use
of amplifying system. (The editorial
comment in March 1937 Newsletter may
have had some bearing on this item.)
A large map depicting the growth of
greenkeeping organizations was on exhibition—and plans are to show it at
the MSC Recreation Conference. We
noted with interest that the NEGC was
listed as the first to form, and that the
MSC Winter School for Greenkeepers
was given due mention, and that Prof.
Dickinson sustained a lame arm, due
to many giving him the glad hand,
during his short stay at the Convention.
Twenty-five new members were accepted, with many more new applications made. The courses we visited
were as green as ours would be in early
April. A c ommittee on membership
qualifications was formed, and the outcome promises to be interesting. The
Green Building Contest was judged by
Messrs. Dickinson, Monteith and Noer
—won by The Mid-West Greenkeepers'
Assn.—modeled by Fred Kruger, Olympia Fields, 111. A large silver cup was
presented. This conference was the best
yet, and under the new name, the
members expect to go to town in organized greenkeeping.

KENT'S

COMMENTS

THE OPINION of this ornerous observer is that the possessive pronoun
MY denotes patriotism.—MY country,
family, creed, job,—even MY ASSOCIATION. We note with appreciation that
five members of the New England
Greenkeepers' Club have rallied with
contributions to the NEWSLETTER.
THE BLAST made by your ballyhoo
bugler, may,—or may not have had
something to do with this, as with the
'shake proof machine nut' matter. However, while the articles in the January
Newsletter were both interesting and
inspiring, AN ARMY, not a few patriots, are needed for successful campaigning!
WE APPRECIATE that many are
more proficient at doing things, than
writing about them. "The hand", it is
said, "teaches the mind." Reversing the
adage, the mind can guide the hand—
IF that mind keeps active.
YOUR EDITOR HAS, and IS doing
yeoman work for the NEWSLETTER
and the organization. But, taking a new
position has its cares and responsibilities.
NOW IS THE TIME for those who
sit back and do nothing, to stand up and
do SOMETHING. My plea is to give
Guy West cooperation and assistance by
furnishing him with material—so he
does not have to hunt for it!
TWO MISUNDERSTANDINGS have
been made on the large greenkeeping
organizations. The first, that the "National" was run by a group in the midwest. Second, the fallacy that the New
England Greenkeepers' Club was controlled by those around The Hub.
THE RECORDS show that in both
instances, these groups dealt with promotion, not politics.
THE MEN in outlying districts who
c a n n o t attend meetings regularly,
should at least devote some time to
writing for the official magazine; be
present by letter, if not in person. My
suggestion is to read and study the
three articles on "WHAT THE GREENKEEPERS' CLUB MEANS TO ME",
and make it mean that to ALL!
—C. K. Bradley.

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By E. Porter Felt
Director and Chief Entomologist
Stamford, Conn.

Some of the planting possibilities of
trees and shrubs are well suggested in
a recent Massachusetts Bulletin on
Woody Plants for New England Gardens, Parks and Roadsides.
The author, Professor George Graves,
has listed alphabetically nearly 800 different trees, shrubs and other woody
plants, giving under each a brief summary of the characteristics of the plant
and its requirements. He has listed for
example 136 deciduous trees, 71 evergreens, 87 woody plants suitable . for
ground cover, bank planting and under
planting, 138 adaptable for use in rock
gardens, 306 plants with a shrub-like
habit and 19 vines, the relative roadside and garden value of each being
indicated by different type.
The author has been somewhat conservative in his appraisements, classifying but 2 of 10 maples as being the
most desirable, only 1 of 7 birches, 2
of 7 dogwoods, (1 of these being our
well known flowering dogwood), 4 of
16 junipers, 2 of 8 magnolias, 4 of 11
ornamental apples, 3 of 9 spruce, 4 of
9 pines, 2 of 11 ornamental plums, 4 of
7 oaks, 8 of 22 rhododendrons, 6 of
22 roses, 3 of 12 willows, 4 of 10
spireas, 2 of 7 lilacs, 1 of 4 elms, and
3 of 12 viburnums.
This comprehensive annotated list
gives a concrete idea of the wealth of
material available for use in gardens
and along roadsides in eastern New
England, and suggests possibilities
which have escaped the attention of
most gardeners. The ornamental value
of various trees is illustrated by several
excellent photographs which should
stimulate activity in the planting of a
greater variety of desirable species
where suitable conditions are found.
The same is true of many ornamental
and woody vines. These last are too
freauently ignored, since they are
neither trees nor shrubs and as a consequence, up to recently, there has been
relatively little on vines as a group, although they are among the most beautiful and ornamental of our woody plants.
Planting possibilities may well engage the attention of those interested in
the broader phases of community development and beautification. There is
much which can be done along this line.

I hereby resolve to give my shade
trees a square deal in 1938.
A New Year's resolution such as the
above seems startling. Some may even
conclude that it is not necessary. Trees
are living organisms. They add much
to the beauty of a locality. They require certain conditions if they are to
thrive. A thriving tree and beauty are
almost inseparable. There are literally
millions of trees, both on the streets
and on private properties, which are not
being given a square deal. This is, in
most cases, not intentional on the part
of the owners or those responsible for
the well being of the trees. It is usually
due to an ingrained belief that trees
should take care of themselves. That
is true broadly speaking under natural
conditions. It is not so in the case of
the numerous trees on lawns, in parks
and along roadways. They are growing,
though it may not be fully appreciated,
under abnormal conditions. In many
cases it is impossible for the trees to
make a vigorous and healthy growth.
An essential in giving a tree a square
deal is to know something about its
present condition. The average man
can easily detect dead branches. It is
not difficult to locate areas where the
bark is dead or the underlying wood exposed to the elements. With a little
more care one can easily go farther and
by examining the twigs determine
whether the tree grew vigorously last
summer. If there are only a few inches
of new growth, easily ascertained by
looking for bud scars which mark the
beginning of growth last spring, it is
easy to conclude that something is
wrong. An off-color or brownish condition of the evergreens may well raise
a question. All of the above can be
readily seen in the winter. It is suggested that in the next few weeks trees
generally, at least the more highly
valued ones, be looked over for defects
of one kind or another.
A first step in giving trees a square
deal is ascertaining their condition. Let
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TREATMENTS FOR THE SOD
WEB WORM

By Lloyd G. Stott
(Meadow Brook G. C., Reading, Mass.)
The year of 1937 will long be remembered by greenskeepers as one of
woe. Not content with giving us an
overdose of brown-patch, manure
beetle, pythium, etc., it had to ship
along "our friend", the sod web worm.
Meadow Brook was infested three
times during last season, early in June,
August, and the middle of September.
The first sign of this pest gives the
green a moth-eaten appearance, and
upon close examination one finds numerous short lines or runs usually from
'% to 1 % " long. These so-called
"lines" are caused from grass which
was eaten by the web worm during the
night. The worm does its damage by
cutting the base of the grass blade,
causing the top leaves to wither and
die. If this moth-eaten appearance hits
one or more of your greens, and you
are not quite sure if it is grubs or
worms, just trace the brown lines with
a knife blade, and you will uncover the
worm in his nest just waiting until
night when he will go forth again to do
more damage.
The web worm averages % " in
length, is gray in color, and its body is
the size of a wooden match. The eggs
of the worm are laid by a moth, who no
doubt chooses the choicest of spots on
a golf course—the greens!
Lead arsenate treatment put on with
a spray barrel, 2% to 3 pounds per
thousand square feet, brought complete
control. To those who water at night,
it might be advisable to treat on your
off nights, giving the lead a better
chance to stay on the grass without
being washed off by sprinklers. The dry
method of poisoning was also tried and
was effective, although the method of
application was slower. The greens were
watered to hold them for two nights,
the lead was applied three pounds per
thousand sq. ft. This was brushed both
ways and good results accomplished.

IDEAL ANNOUNCES
INNOVATION OF L A W N MOWER
INDUSTRY FOR 1938

One of the most interesting pieces of
new equipment that has come to our
attention recently is a new combination
outfit called the "Caretaker" and manufactured by Ideal Power Lawn Mower
Company, distributed throughout New
England by the Ideal Mower Sales &
Service, Brookline.
From the description furnished, the
Ideal "Caretaker" is really an all year
round machine. It can be used as a
lawn mower and has a combination attachment that permits quickly converting it into a power roller, power spiker,
power sweeper, and a power sprayer.
This should be one of the most adaptable power mowers for golf course.
Mower is of nature that permits wide
range of adjustment, therefore it is a
handy machine for auxiliary work on
bunkers, tees, approaches and clubhouse lawns.
The power sprayer that can be provided with machine has tank capacity
of 25 gallons equipped with small two
cylinder high pressure pump and should
make an excellent machine for treating
greens as well as spraying shrubbery,
etc. around the clubhouse lawn.
The brush attachment can be used for
sweeping greens, for windrowing leaves
and sweeping skating rinks, walks, etc.
in the winter.
The roller to be provided is a two
section water ballast roller, trails from
behind the tractor and is so arranged
that the operator rides on the roller
and of course the rolling weight can be
governed by the volume of water carried
in the two water tight drums.
Another very valuable attachment for
golf course work is the Buel Spiker
that has a special hookup to use with
"Caretaker" power plant for spiking
greens.

Lead arsenate will be colored pink
this year, and from now on, due Southern State Laws. Now in 4 lb. and 25 lb.
drums.
"Beware the man who doubts all cartons, due high cost of 100 lb.—Kent.
others' motives."

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FAIRWAY

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Have you heard:

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That Prince Edward Island is producing fine Velvet Bent
mixtures, containing certified percentages of 12% to
86% pure northern grown Velvet Bent seed, for greens,
in place of German Bent with unknown Velvet content?
That Yarrow gives good results on tees where play is
heavy?

Inquire early on your spring seed needs for our special Greenkeepers
prices. Our fine stocks of turf grasses were bought with
your requirements in mind.

J O H N

11.

L Y O N

SEEDSMEN
CONSULTANTS
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CREEPING
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NATURE HAS WRITTEN A PRES C R I P T I O N f o r y o u r course. R i g h t
h e r e 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 h o m e of t h e e n t i r e f a m i l y of
the Bent grasses, the principal member
of which, n a m e l y 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 t h e u n i o n .
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S A V E f o r y o u r club:
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direct f r o m t h e g r o w e r .

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President
Secretary
Treasurer
Chairman
Chairman
Chairman
Chairman

S E N A T E BILL NO.

by Frank Wilson

220

Our turf bill has been passed on
favorably by the Committee on Agriculture.
Your committee wishes to thank those
greenkeepers and their friends who attended the hearing and helped.
A hearing of the bill will be held
shortly before the Ways and Means
Committee. If you wish this appropriation to pass we can not let down for
an instant. You will be informed of
the date of the hearing. It is essential
that you be there. Do not let your
fellow members down, b e t h e r e .
It is necessary that we work and work
hard, now. The test is before Ways and
Means. If you have talked with your
Senator and Representatives, remind
them of the bill again and ask them
to speak to the Ways and M,eans Committee. If you have not seen your
Senator and Representatives do so at
once. Write them if you are unable to
see them and get others to write. The
Ways and Means Committee must be
convinced that the work is worth while,
badly needed, and will benefit a large
number of people. A large part of
this work can and must be done before the hearing.
Remember that this bill will benefit
home owners, gardeners, park, playground and cemetery superintendents,
athletic coaches, as well as greenkeepers. See these men in your locality,
get them interested and ask them to
see or write their Senator and Representatives. Ask the members of your
own club to write. W o r k y o u r s e l f a n d
g e t o t h e r s t o w o r k . D o it at o n c e .

D u e s w e r e p a y a b l e o n J a n . 1st t o t h e
Treasurer.
Help him by remitting
NOW.

OFFICERS' DIRECTORY
R. A. Mitchell, Kernwood C. C., Salem, Mass.
Philip Cassidy, Greendale Ave., Needham, Mass.
Prank Wilson, Charles River C. C., Newton Centre, Mass.
Enter. Comm
Sam S. Mitchell, Ponkapoag G. C., Canton, Mass.
Golf Comm
Lloyd G. Stott, Meadow Brook G. C., Reading, Mass.
Welfare Comm
Paul Wanberg, 8 Curtis St., Waltham, Mass.
Employment Comm
Guy West
NEWSLETTER officers, see page two.

This is the new

LEWIS TLI ROTO-WASHER
1

N o w y o u c a n wasK g o l f balls as f a s t as y o u c a n !
f e e d t h e m i n t o this n e w w a s h e r . S i m p l y t u r n t h e
crank and out they p o p — c l e a n — s p a r k l i n g — w h i t e !
N o t h i n g " t r i c k y " a b o u t this w a s h e r it s c r u b s t h e
d i r t y balls w i t h brush, s o a p a n d w a t e r t h e m o s t e f f e c t i v e w a y to c l e a n a g o l f ball. It e n t i r e l y e l i m i n a t e s
splashing.
T h e c i r c u l a r b r u s h w e a r s e v e n l y b e c a u s e its e n t i r e
s u r f a c e c o n t a c t s t h e b a i l s . T h i s is d u e to p a t e n t e d
d e f l e c t i n g baffles w h i c h a l s o r o t a t e t h e balls in all
directions while being scrubbed.
U n i f o r m p r e s s u r e o n b a l l s r e g a r d l e s s of w e a r o n
b r i s t l e s is e f f e c t e d b y a coil s p r i n g . B r u s h is e a s i l y
renewed and a drain plug facilitates cleaning. B a s e
of w a s h e r h a s s o c k e t f o r s t a n d a r d \ A " p i p e .
1

and, of course, the
LEWIS WASHER
PADDLE
TYPE

LEWIS BAG RACK

L e w i s Racks pay f o r t h e m selves in a few years by p r e venting
excessive wear
on
players'
bags and also
by
keeping
the
tee
in
good
shape.
Scalloped
aluminum
casting
set-screwed
to
15/8"
galvanized
pipe,
54"
long.

These washers have proved their
worth on well-known golf courses
throughout the world. For an inexpensive washer — they have no
equal. T h e y do a g o o d j o b of
w a s h i n g — h a v e a long life, and are
easily kept clean. The patented
slot in t h e p a d d l e r o t a t e s t h e ball
so t h a t e n t i r e p e r i f e r y is e x p o s e d
to t h e c l e a n i n g a c t i o n of t h e
brushes.
The ensemble illustrated includes
the Washer, T e e Stake, T e e D a t a
Plate, Waste Container, Towel and
R i n g . T h e u n i t s of this e n s e m b l e
m a y b e p u r c h a s e d s e p a r a t e l y if desired.
Manufactured by

G. B. LEWIS COMPANY

Watertown, Wisconsin
D i s t r i b u t e d in N e w E n g l a n d b y

NEW ENGLAND TORO CO.

WEST NEWTON

S O L D B Y R E L I A B L E D I S T R I B U T O R S T H R O U G H O U T U . S. A .

Worthinglon

Traclor and 7-Gang Mower taking the "ough!"

WORTHINGTON
TRACTORS

give you a more
playable rough
and finer fairways.

out of the rough at Shawnee.

With the sickle bar attachment, Worthington
Tractors mow a 5-foot swath through your tall grass,
hay and horse weeds at 5 steady miles per hour. The
7-gang mower with its 16-foot cutting swath keeps
them down as well as enabling you to keep your fairways perfect, for you can instantly adjust the height
of cut from 1 1 / 3 2 " to 4". And you can change from
the 7-gang through all combinations down to the 1unit mower in a few moments.
The tractor with its sturdy Ford motor is economical to operate and can be serviced by any Ford
dealer. Its close-coupled 61" wheelbase enables it to
turn on a 5.5' inside diameter—important in confined
areas about traps and green approaches.
There is further economy in the power take-off
which runs sprayers, compost mixers, rotary brushes,
pumps and saws—it saves you the purchase of extra
equipment to run your separate units—-and no other
golf course tractor has all these exclusive features.
The Worthington Tractor saves you time, man- power and money. Thousands of golf courses here and
abroad are Worthington equipped—44 out of the 56
championship courses in the United States, Canada
and England, on which the National Open and Amateur
Championships have been played, have used Worthington equipment to keep in championship condition.

» 'Cear out this coupon so that you may haoe all the facts about Worthington equipment for a better golf course.

UfortKingtan

Mower
\trmpany-

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

WORTHINGTON MOWER COMPANY
Stroudsburg, Pa., Dept. N L / M
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