January, 1930.

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Vol. 2, No. 1

OUR NEW YEAR'S

RESOLUTION

"I wish to be simple, honest, frank—natural, clean in mind and body, unaffected,
ready to say 7 do not know', if so it be, to meet all men on absolute equality, to face
any obstacle and meet every difficulty unabashed and unafraid—to cultivate the
hospitable mind and the receptive heart."
Elbert Hubbard.
EMBRYONIC

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EDITORIALS

We are advised in a circular by the National Association of Audubon Societies
not to forget the birds during the Winter months, when it is hard for them to
obtain food. Feed them, using chickfeed, etc. for the seed eaters, and suet for
the insect eaters. Along this same line, it might be a good idea for you to build
or buy this Winter a few bird houses, and have them up for the coming Spring.
Are you planning ahead and do you know what materials you will need this
v Spring? Get them delivered early. A little planning now may save a lot of worry
later.
Don't forget your equipment this Winter! Be sure that everything is in shape
to open up the season. Clean, sharpen, spread a little paint! Order and replace
all worn and broken parts. Don't forget to order flags, tee brushes and towels,
soap, etc. as needed.
Browse around in the back numbers of the Green Section BULLETIN. You
will find many things of interest and help which you have forgotten were there.
Send your dues promptly to the Treasurer, and help make his work lighter.
He is doing a large amount of work for your club; he deserves your cooperation!
Resolve to write an article concerning your experiences or your method of
doing some phase of greenkeeping, and send it to the NEWSLETTER!

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NEWSLETTER

This NEWSLETTER is published bers; e. g., establishing of a benevolent
monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of fund, or a better employment service.
New England, and sent free to its mem3. The matter of Cooperation. Somebers and their Greens' Chairmen. Sub- time
ago I suggested to the Board of
scription price ten cents a copy, or a Directors,
that a meeting or meetings
dollar a year.
be given over to other organizations
allied with Golf in this section, (such
GUY C. WEST
Editor as the Massachusetts Golf Association,
The New England Professional Golfers
and the Service Bureau,)
MARSTON BURNETT Business Mgr. Association,
at which we might have speakers from
these organizations to talk on the quesof how the Greenkeepers Club of
January, 1930,
Vol. 2, No. 1 tion
New England could cooperate with
them. By these meetings, I felt that the
Greenkeepers Club would show to all its
T O T H E M E M B E R S O F T H E G R E E N - readiness to cooperate in anything that
would bring about one of the aims of
K E E P E R S C L U B O F N E W E N G L A N D the club, the betterment of golf and
golfing conditions in this section. Let's
stand on our feet, by all means, squarely
and independently as we always have,
I am indeed sorry that our former but
let's show our friendly feeling, our
president, Mr Wilson, would not con- willingness
cooperate in anything,
tinue his good work in the chair, and 1 where we canto keep
our self-respect, that
hereby wish to extend my personal will make things better
golf in New
thanks to him for all the thought and England. We were the for
first association
work he has done, and is doing, for our of greenkeepers to organize
in the
club.
country solely by and for greenkeepers,
independent of any indiI wish also to thank you, gentlemen, and absolutely
or group. Why not go a step furfor the trust you have placed in me, in vidual
and be the first to lead the way in
electing me President of the Green- ther
our willingness to cooperate or lend a
keepers Club of New England. You have helping
hand? Do you think the club
elected one who knows little about parliamentary law, and one who no doubt would lose anything in so doing?
will make many mistakes; but on the
Among the plans suggested for the
other hand, one who is more than ready
year is the holding of a meeting
to work hard to put the club across. If coming
a special meeting in the Providence
interest in the club itself, hard work, or
where we would have a better
and the desire to make the club a suc- district,
chance of meeting our new members in
cess will bring results, then I think we that
section. Another plan is to hold one
can look forward to a fine year.
outdoor meeting at which each member
There are three lines along which we could invite his green chairman, having
can well work.
someone address us on a subject of muinterest, lunch, to be followed by _
1. To get the members as a whole to tual
a Green Committee Chairman—Greentake more part in the running of the keeper
tournament. Still another plan is
club. No group of officers, as far as I
know, nor do the Board of Directors, to have a Summer meeting to which
wish in any way to dictate to the club. we could invite the dealers in golf
In order to avoid any criticism that the equipment. These, as I say, are some of
clr.b is run by a few, the members as a the plans so to speak "in the air", but
whole should be willing to do their share why don't you personally come forward
in shaping the policies of the club. You with some plan that you would like to
will find your president open to, and see put through?
anxious for, any suggestions along this
Let each and every member of this
line. Above all, the officers are elected
to carry out the wishes of the members. club be ready to help out, take part, and
So come forward with your help and boost this organization. Come forward
suggestions.
with your help and suggestions. Let's
the reputation of this club which
2. To gain a larger membership, and make
is
good
even better. Come on, let's go!
to find means or methods of making this
club more attractive to prospective memCARLTON E. TREAT.

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P R E S I D E N T ' S R E P O R T 1929

Fellow Members:
We are approaching the Club's sixth
anniversary and it is well to look back
over the years and consider what we
have accomplished.
The Greenkeepers' Club of New England has the distinction of being the
first club of its kind in the United States.
I would like to go back to the fall of
1923, and trace its beginning. In that
fall Mr. Thomas Fahey, of Winchester,
.a. and Mr. Alec Brice, then of Belmont
« Springs, made a canvass of the greenkeepers of the clubs of Metropolitan
Boston, with the view of ascertaining
the sentiment regarding the forming of
some kind of a greenkeepers' organization. In January of 1924, Mr. C. E.
Treat and I returning from the annual
meeting of the United States Golf
Association at New York, talked the
matter over on the train and as a result of this talk Mr. Treat called a
meeting at his home on February 5th.
At this meeting were present Mr. Shanahan, of Brae Burn, Mr. Holden, of
Albemarle, Mr. Marrato, of Oakley, Mr.
Fahey, of Winchester, Mr. Brice, of Belmont Springs, Mr. Treat of Woodland,
Mr. Sullivan, of Waltham, Mr. Swanson, of Bear Hill and Mr. Wilson, of
Charles River. It was decided to hold a
get-together dinner at Cottrell's Restaurant in Boston, on Monday, February 25,
1924. This first meeting brought out
41, and The Greenkeepers' Club of New
England was formed, a constitution adopted and the following officers elected:
Mr. John Shanahan, President, Mr.
James Holden, Vice-President, Mr. F.
H. Wilson, Secretary, Mr. C. E. Treat,
Treasurer, Mr. Valentine Flood, Mr.
William McBride and Mr. James Sullivan, Trustees. On April 7, of the first
year a very successful meeting and banquet was held to which were invited the
greens chairmen. Mr. Sweeney explained
the purpose of the club, Mr. Noble
spoke on "The Relation of the Chairmen
of Green Committees and The Greenkeepers". Mr. A. L. Fowler, of the Boston Transcript addressed the meeting
on the subject "The Benefits of the
Greenkeepers' Organization". Mr. Valentine Flood, read a paper 'How the Greensection and Greenkeeper can help each
other" and Dr. Piper from Washington

was the principle speaker of the afternoon.
The first golf tournament held by the
Club was at Brae Burn, on June 9,
1924, and prizes were awarded to L. C.
Vickery, H. H. Stallwood, J. J. Fitzpatrick, T. W. Swanson and John Riley.
On May, 1925, the Club staged the first
out door demonstration of golf course
equipment and machinery held in this
part of the country.
During the last six years the Club
has visited and played golf, on over 25
of the courses of New England. At our
winter meetings we have listened to
some of the best authorities on golf
course maintenance, have had meetings
at the Massachusetts Agricultural College, meetings with seed and implement
men, and have had many interesting
discussions of our problems.
During these six years our membership has doubled. There has been an
ever increasing interest in the Club by
its members and by greens committee
chairmen. These last men have come to
realize that this Club exists for their
benefits as well as for the welfare of
its members. A spirit of friendship and
cooperation has sprung up among us
which is growing year by year. By our
actions and conduct during these years
we have won the respect of those with
whom we have come in contact, we have
raised the standard of and increased our
skill in greenkeeping.
During this year just past the Club
has published a Newsletter. This paper
has received much favorable comment
and its success is largely due to the untiring efforts of Mr. West. The matter
of group insurance was taken up and
it is to be very much regretted that it
was impossible to obtain that type of
insurance for the Club. Mr. Treat
worked very hard for it and we owe him
a debt of gratitude. To those greenkeepers and to their clubs who have so
hospitably entertained us during this
year, I would like to extend the most
hearty thanks of our organization.
In conclusion, this Club will prosper
just as long as each individual member
takes a personal interest in it. Your
officers have tried to make each meeting
interesting and instructive. Make it a
point to attend. I have enjoyed being
your President during this past year and
thank you for the honor.
FRANK H. WILSON, JR.

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ment Show, and now there are the Experimental Plots and the NEWSLETTER.
Nevertheless in order not to go backYour Recording- Secretary reports for ward we must go forward.
the year 1929, as follows:
ROBERT A. MITCHELL.
During the year we have lost one member by death, one has resigned, others
have been dropped for non-payment of
dues, but new members joining have
kept the membership from shrinking.
COMPOST METHODS
Attendance has been no higher than
formerly, averaging about thirty-five.
We have as usual held seven meetat the Winchester Country Club
ings on golf courses, and five at weHere
are fortunate in having a very conHorticultural Hall. Our outdoor meet- venient
compost building, built in 1927.
ings started at the Experimental plots It is a stone
building, the work being
at the Charles River Country Club. The done
my own men. The plans were
outdoor meetings were well distributed devisedby and
by one of our memaccording to our membership. Half of bers, who is drawn
engineer and gave his
our members are located in the Boston services gratis.an The
is thirtydistrict, nearly a quarter in Southern three feet wide and building
fifty-five feet long.
Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and It is a two story building,
both floors
the other quarter or more are scattered. being made of cement, the second
As you may remember, we held one having a steel reinforcement with floor
two
meeting in New Hampshire, two in the rows of bulkheads, five in a row. The
Southern part of our territory, and four bulkheads are eight feet from the walls.
in or near the Boston district.
Each bulkhead is two and a half feet
and five feet long. The bulkheads
Discussion was started at the Febru- wide
are thus made so that the rotary screen
ary meeting to try to make the Green- can
be placed conveniently over them.
keepers Club of New England more
shortened the four legs of our
valuable to its members. Since that time We
screens, which are Toro Rotary Screens,
the NEWSLETTER has been started. so
that the screen rotates as closely as
Much effort was expended on Group
to the floor; this makes it
Insurance without results except that possible
easy
to load by hand. When we screen
the man or men who did it should be in the loam,
the fine material drops through
good training to tackle some other worthe lower floor, so that all we have
thy cause. Improvement of the education- to
to take care of is the rough material
al side of our Summer meetings was which
proposed, resulting in only a little pro- machine.comes through the end of the
gress, except that at the last three outdoor meetings a guide was provided for
the non-playing members.
Compost Formula
At our indoor meetings we had only
Outside
the
of the second floor
one prominent speaker. We would sug- we have about doors
three thousand yards of
gest that in the future, the Amherst loam, spread over
half acre of land.
meeting should not be substituted for a We cover this with abarnyard
to
regular meeting, as so few attend at the depth of six inches. Whenmanure
this
Amherst. Allowing one meeting for our done we plow it under to a depth of tenis
annual banquet, there are only four inches. Then we cover it over with
meetings left for speakers or strong gritty sand to the depth of three or
educational features.
four inches. Next we disc-harrow and
Our organization has progressed in the plow several times until it is well mixed.
past year, but even without any great Then when it is good and dry, we scoop
changes, has not the program for the it into the building with a drag scoop.
year as followed in the past been worth It is not advisable to scoop it into the
while? We have got out of the ruts once building in wet weather, as the material
a month, and visited seven golf courses. would not be fit for screening. When we
We have used one Winter meeting for have it piled in , we take advantage of
election of officers and banquet, and had the wet days to screen it.
four meetings for speakers or question
box meetings. There has been an ImpleTHOMAS FAHEY.
REPORT OF RECORDING
TARY FOR THE YEAR

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ANNUAL MEETING

Possibly a short resume of the annual
meeting held in Boston, on January 6,
may be of interest to you if you are
among those who were unable to be
present. The banquet was held at the
Minerva Restaurant, and the business
meeting at Horticultural Hall.Following
interesting reports of officers and committees, (some are printed in this issue
of the NEWSLETTER) much business
of importance was transacted.
Two amendments to the by-laws were
voted. One makes the Editor and
Business Manager of the NEWSLETTER members of the Board of Directors.
The other abolishes the office of Financial Secretary, and creates a new office
of 3rd Vice President. Dues are now to
be paid directly to the Treasurer, Mr.
James Sullivan, 47 Hammond Street,
Waltham, Mass.
After much discussion relative to
raising the dues, it was finally decided
to keep the dues the same as before,
and to make the Trustees' Fund, to
which more was added from balance in
Treasury, accessible in cases of need
among our members.
OFFICERS

FOR

President

1930

Carlton

1st V. P r e s
2nd V. P r e s
3rd V. P r e s
Secretary

E.

Treat

Thomas Fahey
J a m e s McCormack
Howard Farrant
Robert A. Mitchell

Treasurer
Trustee

J a m e s C. S u l l i v a n
T. W . S w a n s o n

Trustee

F r a n k H. Wilson, Jr.

ENTERTAINMENT

COMMITTEE

Marston Burnett, C h a i r m a n
M. D. Maxwell
T h o m a s Galvin
T h o m a s O'Leary
F r a n k H. Wilson, Jr.
GOLF

COMMITTEE

C. E. Sowerby, C h a i r m a n
P. F. H a y d e n
W m . J. McBride
Joseph Oldfleld
John Shanahan
MEMBERSHIP

COMMITTEE

C. W. P a r k e r , C h a i r m a n
Martin M. Greene
Elliot D. Pierce
Dennis Crowley
Edwin Hansen
SERVICE BUREAU
INVESTIGATES COSTS

The answers to a recent questionaire
sent out by the New England Service
Bureau, concerning costs of golf course
Maintenance, show two things of impor-

tance. Practically all green chairmen
have different reports and different information, and evidently desire this.
Labor costs on golf courses vary greatly.
These discoveries are not new. Other
Service Bureaus have found these facts
when they attempted to make a study of
costs. Because of the differences in reporting costs by clubs using different
cost analysis systems, it is evident that
there can be no comparison of costs until one is certain that costs to be compared cover the same items.
Because of many factors which influence costs of golf maintenance, anyone who is studying costs must go very
slowly in trying to make comparisons.
The New England Service Bureau has
now an evident desire to study costs of
golf course maintenance in New England. Because such study usually leads
to comparison, and because we as greenkeepers are vitally interested in maintenance costs on our courses, we should be
interested in any study made of such
costs, and in any result of such study.
The Service Bureau is to be commended
that it is trying to help its member clubs
by lowering costs of maintenance. It is
to be hoped that this Service Bureau
does not follow in the footsteps of another
Service Bureau, which also studied costs
not long ago, and compared indiscriminately, without any regard to all the
factors which influenced costs on the
various courses under discussion.
It is unfair to say or publish that any
course is costing more than another to
maintain, without giving the greenkeeper and green chairman a hearing at
least. It is possible that they may desire to spend more money, getting possibly a better degree of maintenance,
and it is probable that they may be able
to point out some factors which influence
costs there which may not be apparent
to the "discoverer of costs" who too
often skims the surface.
It is my personal opinion, and I have
made a study of golf course costs for
several years, that a search for costs
may do some good, if it is complete and
fair. What would do much more good
would be a campaign to get every course
to have and keep a cost analysis system
of their own. A comparison of costs from
year to year on any course will often
do more good than a comparison with
costs on another course.
I believe that clubs will do well to
support any attempt to lower costs, but
should be ready at all times to fight any
attempt to compare costs between

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courses, unless all factors which influence
costs are given equal prominence with
the comparison.
All the questionaires ever sent out,
and all the results obtained, will not
alter the conditions now prevalent that
courses spend far different amounts for
maintenance. There might be mentioned
the fact that different clubs have differing dues, differing memberships, hence
different incomes. Expenditure must be
governed by income. Then too, there is
the range in courses from the "cowpasture" variety, to one of championship calibre. Add to these differing factors, such as topography, soil, water
^ ^ supply, kinds of grass, yardage, etc., all
influencing costs, and one can readily
see that costs will always differ. They
will differ from year to year on the
same course, and the cost system should
show why and where they differ. Be prepared to explain these changes on your
own course, and do not forget to watch
out for unfair comparisons, and to condemn them!
G. C. W.
IMPORTANT

Send the address of your green committee chairman to the Editor, and we
will send him his copy direct.
GREEN SECTION ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of the Greens
Section of the U. S. G. A. was called to
order on January 10, at the Hotel Biltmore, by Mr. H. Y. Barrow.
Mr. Wynant Vanderpool, Chairman of the Green Section, gave
a resume of the activities for
the past year. In general he brought
out that much reorganization of the turf
plots at Arlington had been done, the
work on diseases other than brown
patch is still in progress, and that work
is being done in the West on problems
which are more peculiar to that section
than to the country as a whole. The
announcement was made that the State
of New Jersey has appropriated $5,000,
to be used for experimental purposes on

golf turf and grasses at the State experiment stations. The hope was expressed that other States would fall into line in a like manner.
Dr. K. F. Kellerman of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, U. S. D. A., expressed
the belief that his department could and
would be brought into closer touch with
the work of the Greens Section with
mutual benefit. Dr. Kellerman pointed
out that of all crops grown to-day, only
corn and tobacco have been developed
in the United States and that importing
the cultural practices along with the
crops to widely differing growing conditions, had in the long run been of very
little help. Speaking from the extensive
experiences of the Departmenton on corn
and tobacco, he also pointed out that the
cultural practices vary with the climate
and with the varieties. In closing he
asked for patience on our part. Pressure
and speed when applied to experimental
work are not conducive to the best and
most permanent results, and if first
attempts do not work out as well as is
hoped, Dr Kellerman wants us to be
assured that the Department will not
give up but will continue until the results do warrant definite recommendations.
The Greens Section is to be complimented on securing Prof. F. H. Hillman,
of the Seed Laboratories, U. S. D. A. He
is well worth hearing, frequently.
Prof. Hillman's talk was somewhat
informal and only a few of the high
lights can be touched upon. He called to
our attention the fact that the name
Colonial Bent now applies to the variety
which has been called, Rhode Island,
New Zealand, P. E. I. Rhode Island and
various local names.
Speaking on production and adulteration, the point was made that adulteration was probably done after the seed
had left the growers hands. For the
most part growers are intensely interested in not only holding the present
standard of their seeds, but improving
it in every way possible. In P. E. I. and
Oregon, field inspection of the seed crop
is made and rigid selection practiced.
The inspectors are very capable men of
the highest integrity. In 1930, this field
inspection is to be supplimented by
laboratory examination after the crop
is harvested.
Prof. Hillman, has visited practically
all the Bent producing areas of any
importance and seemed to be particu-

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larly, if unfavorably, impressed by the
large percentage of loss in harvesting.
He expressed the opinion that improved
methods and machinery should be introduced, particularly so since this loss
consists of the best of the seed crop.
Identification of varieties by their
seeds, particularly the Bents, is very
difficult, requiring not only a high
power microscope, but a great deal of
experience to recognize the many different characteristics of these minute seeds.
The Seed Laboratories of the U. S. D.
A. and some State Analysis, as
well as a few commercial laboratories,
can and are identifying the Bent varieties from seed, but it is not and should
not be expected of the Greenkeeper or
Green Chairman.
A long list of questions was presented
to Dr. Hillman dealing with identificaion of varieties, sources of origin, the
meaning of the figures on a seed bag,
protection from adulteration, and certification. These questions were introduced
to bring out what a Greenkeeper or
Greens Chairman should be expected to
know along these lines.
In the main all the answers regarding
identification of varieties, and sources of
origin as determined from samples was
too technical, and acquired too close an
application over a long period for a
Greenskeeper or Green Chairman to be
expected to have this knowledge to any
great extent.
Prof. Hillman's answers to all the
questions regarding protection to purchasers by Federal Laws was the same,
"No protection".
The figures on a seed tag are just
what they profess to be. That of the
sample taken, the stated percentage has
germinated by actual test, and that the
purity is as stated. These tests are made
both by actual count, and also by weight
from samples taken from the lot.
Mr. Cornelius S. Lee, Chairman of the
Jekyll Id. Golf Club read a paper dealing for the most part with the Porto
Rican Mole-cricket which is a serious
pest with them. The Fairways at Jekyll
Id. are Bermuda and Carpet Grass,
with Carpet preferred tho somewhat
slower than Bermuda. Bermuda Grass
is used on their Greens with Red Top
in the dormant period, but in Mr. Lees
words this is not, "too satisfactory."
According to Mr. Lee, the Mole-cricket
is 100% devil. The specific damage is
done by burrowing and making holes

over the entire golf course. Carbon bisulphide and arsenate of lead are used
with some success, but if this pest is
one tenth as bad as Mr. Lee reports we
in New England are fortunate indeed.
Dr. T. P. Hinman, of the Druids Hills
Golf Club, Atlanta, Ga., spoke on the
development of greens on his course
from the early sandgreens to the present day practice of having two separate
Greens for each hole, one Green of Bermuda Grass and the other a combination
of Rye Grass and Poa Annua. The Bermuda Greens are used until the dormant
season for this grass, then play is moved
over to the other Green where the Rye
grass has been brought along; through
December, January and part of February the play is on Rye Grass and then
Poa Annua takes possession of the
Green and produces what Dr. Hinman
is pleased to call the finest putting surface, bar none.
Mr. Bob White who has had experiences similar to Mr. Lee, spoke of the
damage of the mole-cricket at the Myrtle
Beach course. This course is on the Carolina coast and conditions are very
similar to Jekyll Id., excepting Carpet
grass is preferred on the Greens.
Dr. Monteith of the Greens Section
showed slides on results obtained from
sterilization of samples of loam and
compost. In the slides there could be no
question that the sterilization had
practically eliminated the noxious weeds.
Dr. Montieth closed with a few remarks
on experiments now being carried out
on height of cut for fairways and control of snow mold. Results of these will
eventually be published.
In addition to the speakers Mr. Kenreth Welton of the Greens Section had
an exhibition of considerable interest.
CHARLES PARKER.

Greenkeeper, thirty-nine years of age,
with sixteen years experience, wishes
position for coming season. Can report
at once. Write W. L., care of Newsletter.

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Dr. Basil B. Brook, Horticulturist
and Specialist in Turf Maintenance,
Golf Courses. Parks, etc., who has
charge of the Golf Course on the
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"For a considerable time I
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with C O L L O D I A L P H O S F O O D
upon the greens. Results have
b e e n so r e m a r k a b l y good 1 a m
c o n v i n c e d t h a t w e h a v e in
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a
plant food that green-keepers
should be fully acquainted with,
a s it w i l l fill a g a p i n h i s f e r t i lizer p r o g r a m that has always
been vacant."

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