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method to be used.
Less interference with play and much less discoloration
than spraying.

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S E P T E M B E R - O C T O B E R , 1942

V O L U M E 14, No. 6

The ideas and opinions expressed in the subject

matter

are not necessarily those of the Editor or the members

of this

NEWSLETTER

of the club as a whole.

C O N T E N T S
WEED

CONTROL

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TURF IN NATIONAL
CLUB ACTIVITIES
OUR C H A I R M A N

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P H I L I P I . CASSIDY,
FRANK H . WILSON, JR.,

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Ponkapoag Golf Club, Canton, Mass.

Needham Golf Club, Needham, Mass.
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Salem Country Club,

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ALEX OHLSON,

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Golf Committee, Lexington Country Club,
Lexington, Mass.

W E E D CONTROL WITH
MILARSENITE
By
Richard D. Mansfield
Mink Meadows Golf Club
Vineyard Haven, Mass.
The elimination of weeds by the use
of chemicals has been receiving considerable attention in recent years. We
have had considerable success with the
use of Milarsenite on weed infested
fairways at Mink Meadows.
P a r t s of our fairways were sown to
hayseed t h a t had been swept out of
nearby barns and therefore were badly
infested with weeds. The most troublesome weeds were English buckhorn or
narrow-leaved plaintain, dandelion, both
the common and fall variety, yarrow,
and clover. The plaintain and clover
were the most predominating'.
The
plaintain sends up seed stock continuously during the playing season and so
f a s t t h a t it is very difficult to keep cut
off and the clover blossoms caused the
players great difficulty in locating their
balls.
We decided to use Milarseniate to
control these weeds as it seemed to be
the most economical method. Our first
treatments were made in the fall of
1940 and more areas were treated this
spring. It was found that either a fall
or spring application can be successful
providing weather conditions are not
too unfavorable.
The first treatments were made in the
fall of 1940. We used a spreader on
the first application that was made primarily for distributing lime. Unfortunately this spreader had round openings about six inches apart and did not
distribute the material evenly. I t was
found that it would be impossible to
use this spreader so we purchased a
McCormick-Deering distributor
which
we found would spread any mixture with
great precision.
We applied the Milarsenite at the
rate of 400 lbs, per acre and this ma-

terial contained 75 lbs. of sodium a r senite per ton of Miloi'ganite, therefore,
we were putting on about 6 ozs. per
1000 sq. f t . of the sodium arsenite. This
rate was found to be too heavy for the
turf on our golf course so it was decided
to run some tests on 1000 sq. f t . plots.
Three plots were made and the mixture applied with a Master Hand spreader; the first a t the rate of 200 lbs., the
second at 300 lbs., and the third at 400
lbs. It was found t h a t the 200 lbs.
had no effect on either the turf or weeds,
the 300 lbs. burnt the grass very slightly
but burnt the weeds severely, and the
400 lbs. burnt everything. From this
it was decided to use the 300 lb. rate,
which would mean about 7% ozs. of
sodium arsenite per 1000 sq. f t .
Two more applications were made
and the final results were excellent.
We had materially thinned out the clover
and yarrow and eliminated a high percentage of the plaintain. The dandelions were not loosened to any g r e a t
extent as I believe they would require
a t least four applications. We are not
greatly troubled with them so are using
a Root weed gun which will kill them
with one shot. The turf has thickened
up from the fertilizer value of the
Miloi'ganite and additional fertilizer
which we have applied.
We have again made three more treatments to other parts of the course this
spring and the results are equally as
gratifying. It was found that if the
weather was warm enough the results
could be as good as in the fall.
The cost of the material delivered at
our shed plus the cost of application,
exclusive of the tractor and spreader,
was $7.52 per acre, per application.
This is slightly higher than it would
be elsewhere as our Club is situated on
an island which adds to the cost of
transportation. I t must be remembered
t h a t this cost cannot be charged entirely to weed eradication as the Milorganite in the mixture is fertilizing the
turf at the same time.

The important things t h a t we found
in using Milarsenite f o r weed control
by the dry method a r e :
1. Determine experimentally the correct r a t e of application f o r your p a r ticular course. I believe t h a t the r a t e
will v a r y on different courses due to
different types of soil. Probably lower
r a t e s should be used on a sandy soil
t h a n on a dry soil, as i t would normally
be drier, and moisture is an all import a n t f a c t o r in the use of sodium arsenite.
2. Always apply the m a t e r i a l by going back and f o r t h in a s t r a i g h t line
on the f a i r w a y r a t h e r t h a n follow
around the edge of the f a i r w a y and
working in. This is i m p o r t a n t because
when a spreader t u r n s it will give out
the m a t e r i a l unevenly as most spreader
a g i t a t o r s are driven f r o m one wheel.
3. Use an accurate spreader.
The
use of an accurate spreader cannot be
emphasized too much. Our old spreader
had always been s a t i s f a c t o r y f o r our
other work of applying fertilizer and
lime, but would not do the work correctly with sodium arsenite.
Whether
a hand or t r a c t o r distributor is used,
it should be the best obtainable.
4. Make due allowance f o r the moist u r e content of the soil as this is the
governing f a c t o r in this work. If the
soil is very dry the sodium arsenite
will t a k e too much moisture f r o m the
g r a s s plants and if there is an abundance of moisture it will not t a k e enough
f r o m the weeds. The best time to s t a r t
is the day following a heavy shower
and when clear w a r m w e a t h e r is expected f o r a t least the n e x t t h r e e or
f o u r days.
5. Spring applications have the adv a n t a g e of the plants being weaker
when they are j u s t s t a r t i n g their early
growth b u t w a r m e r weather is generally
more consistent in the fall, so it is a
problem to be decided according to each

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individual club.
6. A second dose should follow the
first in about ten days to two weeks
or when the leaves of the weeds are
a t least half their normal size.
This
application, like the first, should follow
a t least a light rainfall.
7. A t h i r d application should follow
this in the same m a n n e r and a f o u r t h
might be found necessary in some cases.
The less i n j u r y caused to the g r a s s during these t r e a t m e n t s , the quicker will
be its recovery to t a k e the space l e f t
by the dead weeds.

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TURF
(Excerpts

IN T H E NATIONAL
WAR PROGRAM
f r o m a G. S. A. E d u c a t i o n a l
Conference P a p e r )

By Dr. John Montieth, J r .
U. S. G. A. Green Section
Washington, D. C.
The war today brings into focus a
good many problems other than those
on our golf courses.
Naturally, in turf for war we think of
the home area first and how our work
will relate to the war program. There
have been many discussions about what
golf is going to mean and what it may
not mean. There has to be speculation
because 110 one knows what will happen
f r o m day to day. It is rather interesting to note, however, t h a t John B. Kelly,
Assistant Director of Civilian Defense,
in his statement about golf says: "The
purpose of this Physical Fitness Division
is to have more people play golf as
often as they can and as much as they
can, as we believe t h a t golf, because of
the amount of walking required to play,
ties in definitely with soldiering and
other civilian defense duties, which we
may be all be called upon to do."
In another statement he said, "Golf,
like baseball and other popular sports,
has a definite place in the American
Physical Fitness program, instituted by
me a t the direction of President Roosevelt, because golf is a game t h a t affords
physical
conditioning,
exercise,
and
recreation as well.
It is therefore
necessary t h a t nothing endanger its existence. As a matter of fact, I believe
its scope should be enlarged to enable
more and more people, especially defense
workers to enjoy its benefits."
We have heard panicky stories about
cutting down on golf maintenance, such
as let the rough go. Take care of the
rough—that is very important, because
that is where the players that I am
talking about are going to spend their
time. Golf courses must be places f o r
relaxation and not places to become irritated. That is a phase you have to
think about and it is hoped now t h a t

the emphasis will be placed on definite
exercise, which means the exercise on
the 18 holes not the relaxation entirely
of the 19th hole, important though that
may be.
Recently there was a meeting in
Washington—just one of the thousands
in this war setup—and it included the
gardeners.
One of those present remarked: "We are all glad there is no
plan to plow up our beautiful lawns
and parks, as was done during the last
war. We know there is no need now
and probably never will be one which
will call f o r such action.
The figure f r o m the Defense Housing Administration was eight million
just for grass around defense housing
projects.
Most of us do not realize in this grass
work is the enormous acreage t h a t is
being used in lawns of public agencies.
Another item is recreation in general—the tendency to play more and
more games out of doors. The Army
and Navy are both putting in a lot of
grass for these recreation areas. Some
of the efforts are not as productive as
we would like to see them, but a t least
the money is going into them and the
chances are t h a t as time goes on there
will be more and more of those areas
developed to encourage outdoor recreation to the maximum degree.
The Government has other activities,
and many of our Federal, public and
semi-public institutions have other large
areas of turf t h a t most of us are not
acquainted with t h a t are related to the
defense program. For instance, few of
us realize that the Veterans Bureau of
the Federal Government in f r o n t of their
hospitals maintains 36,000 acres of lawn
throughout the country.
Another item of interest is in college
grounds where the turf on campuses
and playgrounds amounts to 300,000
acres. You have a lot of turf in the
golf courses, but there is a lot of grass
growing around t h a t you haven't appreciated I am sure.

Roadside Turf
Another big item of turf t h a t comes
closer to the w a r effort is the roadside
turf.
T h a t turf requires low maintenance; it m u s t have a low cost and
be something t h a t will stand up throughout the seasons, with as little as possible of these ups and downs t h a t get
in p a s t u r e g r a s s e s and other crops.
Under average roadside conditions we
m u s t find a g r a s s to fit roadside conditions.

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I t was brought out a t t h a t meeting
t h a t the highway d e p a r t m e n t last y e a r
used over two million pounds of g r a s s
seed, considerable fertilizer, and the
cost of t h a t was half a million dollars.
They tell us t h a t we do not have enough
national highways nor enough t u r f . The
figures t h a t they published recently in
Scribner's indicated t h a t Hitler had developed in the course of years his system of defense highways t h a t crisscross Germany. He had developed six
thousand miles of these military highways on which he could move sixty
thousand men each way every hour, as
compared with our effort two years ago.
I haven't seen the figures f o r this year,
but they had tests of troop movements
over our roads in a movement f r o m
Lake Placid down to the World's F a i r .
Their figure of movement was two thousand men and 157 pieces of equipment.
T h a t is a s t r a n g e acknowledgement
f r o m the A r m y t h a t they had t h a t m a n y
pieces of equipment—but they moved
t h a t a m o u n t in one hour and twenty
minutes, as compared with Hitler's
movement of sixty thousand men each
way an hour.
The purposes of the turf are numerous, of course. The idea is to have
something tough t h a t in normal times
will c a r r y a car r u n n i n g off the pavement and give some protection while
the driver gets it under control.
In
military uses, it is to p e r m i t temporarily disabled cars to r u n off the paving
and be repaired, to allow the drivers to
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with the high speed and constant use
of the cement paving.
There is also the item of dust, and
t h a t is i m p o r t a n t r i g h t now.
Because
of car production curtailment we a r e
going to be more interested in the life
of motors t h a n ever before, and if the
roads are lined with g r a s s and have
no dust blowing when a car passes, it
is going to cause less trouble to the
mechanism of the automobile b e f o r e it
joins the r a n k s of the extinct species.
The roadways, of course have practically the same general problems as
we have—kind of a hybrid between t h e
rough and the f a i r w a y s . They have
higher cut stuff t h a n the f a i r w a y s , but
the density of the f a i r w a y a little more
t h a n the density of the rough.
They
don't need t h e close cutting in these
things, so it is easier to maintain t h a n
f a i r w a y s , b u t there is a tremendous
acreage t h a t needs the same principles
as applied in golf course work.

Turf On Airfields
Another item t h a t definitely ties into
defense work is the airfield. At a meeting of the National Aeronautics Association in Louisville, the president of
t h a t association called attention to the
fact that word had just come out that
there would be authorized some 400
new airfields. He spoke with a great
deal of pleasure about that addition to
the facilities for aviation, but he also
said t h a t 4,000 new airfields is the way
airplane people look a t the f u t u r e in
this country. From the military standpoint they are building them so f a s t
t h a t nobody can keep track of them,
but when we hear of 2,000,000 men in
the air force we know that means many
more airfields, and the airfields need
grass.
A great many people, even in high
positions, do not seem to have any appreciation of what t h a t grass means to
the airfields. The basic training work,
as I understand it, is done primarily
on turf. Air Corps men have told me
t h a t in the ten-week basic trainingschool f o r the first eight weeks they do
not want the cadets to touch concrete.
They want turf or bare ground. If they
have the bare ground, as they usually
have, it gets dusty, and this large
amount of dust with all the abrasive
action of that in the motors, is cutting
down the efficiency of the motors tremendously.
One fellow reported t h a t
over 90 per cent of the efficiency is reduced by dust in the motors—that is,
90 per cent of all the troubles are caused
by dust. Not only is there damage to
the motors but there is the damage to
the personnel. These boys coming down
and breathing these clouds of dust, are
not helping their constitutions any too
much; and also because of the heavy
dust there is increased danger of accidents.
At the same time they are chiefly concerned with getting the dust and the
mud under control—so t h a t every shower
will not clog up with clay their drain-

age system. You know f r o m your golf
courses, the flat areas of airfields are
not the easiest fields on which to keep
tiles open, and unless they can stop
that silt f r o m getting down in those
enormus drain lines, it means plenty of
expense and a lot of digging up—which
will cause dangerous holes in the field.
EDITOR'S NOTE.
D r . M o n t i e t h is n o w
c o n n e c t e d w i t h t h e W a r D e p a r t m e n t , Chief
E n g i n e e r ' s Office, W a s h i n g t o n , D. C.
His
w o r k is w i t h t u r f i n t h e w a r p r o g r a m . D r .
F r e d U . G r a u is a s s i s t i n g h i m in t h i s w o r k .

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On April 13 an order became effective
relative to the conservation of rotenonebearing roots, including timbo, barbasco,
cube and derris. According to this order,
rotenone is to be used only for strictly
agricultural purposes, and by the Army
and Navy as a delousing agent. Formerly the greater part of our supply
came f r o m E a s t Africa, British Malaya,
French Indo China, the Dutch E a s t Indies,
Therefore even
and the Philippines.
with annual imports f r o m Peru increased
to 2% million pounds, there will probably not be more than 6 million pounds
imported this year, whereas the normal
annual demand of 8 million pounds will
be increased by Army and Navy requirements as well as by increased food
production.
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CLUB ACTIVITIES
Since the last "Newsletter" was published we have had three successful
greenkeepers' meetings. The attendance
at these meetings has been very encouraging.
Most of the greenkeepers in this section have had plenty of dollarspot this
year. According to reports f r o m those
who have tried it, Thiosan appears to be
a probable solution to this problem.
All of the clubs are carrying on in
spite of labor shortage, gas rationing
and lack of materials. Golfers are putting up with war conditions without
complaining and golf is making its contribution to the war effort in every
possible way.
Following are the winners of the Pro
Greenkeepers' tournament at Brae Burn.
1st net—Jack Simpson
H. C. Darling
81 11 70
2nd net—Arthur Gusa
John Latvis
86 14 72
Gross-tie—Jerry Gianferante
Ralph Thomas
81
Joe Stein
Jack Counsel!
81
The August meeting was held a t the
Charles River C. C. Arthur Cody nosed
out Nick Bruno on the 19th hole f o r
the club championship. Each had 79
for the 18 holes. Net prizes were won
by Phil Cassidy, 81-67, and N. J. Sperandio, 85-73.
Luncheon at the clubhouse was followed by a short business meeting.
Jack Counsell was elected treasurer to
fill the vacancy made by Frank Wilson's resignation. F r a n k is now connected with the Army Engineers in
charge of turf work in New England.

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It is rumored t h a t a clerk's error in
shipping golf clubs instead of cricket
paraphernalia to Boston in 1890 brought
the Scottish game to New England.

There was a good turnout of greenkeepers and chairmen at the Salem
Country Club f o r the September meeting. Winners of the fourball were:
Net-tie—Phil Cassidy
J. Ryan
77 65
Jack Counsell
Jack Collins
82 65
Winners of the individual greenkeepers were:
1st net—W. Margeson
93 66
Gross —Ralph Thomas
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Ploughs are busy on golf courses all
over the Kingdom, (British Isles) and
officials appear to be dictated by politics rather than by equity. From every
golf course where the land is at all
suitable for raising crops one-third is
taken; there may be any amount of
arable land lying unfilled in the neighborhood of the golf courses, but the
golf courses must make their contribution. There are golf courses which are
of national service in providing recreational facilities for Naval, Air Force,
and Army men home on leave or who
are based in the neighborhood, and are
afforded occasional opportunity of getting a little distraction from the stress
and strain of their hour to hour duties.
These golf courses, however, are going
the way of the others and a proportion
of their acreage commandeered. By all
means let us have the maximum of national effort and, if need be, plough up
every acre on every golf course, but
before t h a t is done let Government officials order to be ploughed the miles
of pasture land we see in agricultural
areas which are sparsely used for feeding sheep.
"Golf Monthly,"
Edinburgh, Scotland.

OUR CHAIRMEN
Some golfers think the men who
As chairmen, shouldn't have the
To use the course to have some
But just keep thinks fixed and
run.
They catch him on the 18th
The match is hot, as all can
The last hole halved, the
down
He's out to win, you know by

serve
nerve
fun
on the

tee
see
chairman's
his frown.

The ball is washed and teed-up nice
He knows damn well that he won't slice
He takes his stance, we're still as a
mouse
When right in his back swing some dirty
louse
Yells "Hey—MR. CHAIRMAN, I GOTTA COMPLAINT!"
The Chairman finally makes the green
Aided by curses and swearing obscene
Tho' dubbed was his drive his approach
was so sweet
It left him a p u t t of only two feet
His face is now smiling, he knows he
can take
The hole and a par and the five cent
stake
He wiggles his putter and lines up the
cup
He's ready to stroke when a son of a pup
Yells "HEY MR. CHAIRMAN, I GOTTA COMPLAINT!"

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The jute from which burlap and burlap bags is manufactured is largely
grown in India. Because of the f a r
eastern situation and present problems
of shipping, the supply of new material
imported has been and will continue to
be seriously curtailed.
Prior to the
rapid acceleration of activities in the
national defense program, eighty-six
per cent of the burlap used in this
country went into agricultural bags. The
suddenly increased demand f o r burlap

Now down the road and into the yard
An ambulance speeds with windows
barred,
Two men in white with muscular build
Come up with a straight-jacket and get
it well filled
They gently subdue the babbling wreck
That once was our chairman, so boys,
what the heck.
Let's give these lads a bit more support
They're hackers like us but a regular
sort
They hook and they slice and tee up in
the rough
But generally as chairman they aren't
so tough
They like to play golf, God only knows
why
But as you and as me they're entitled
to t r y
So squawk all you want, whatever the
source
BUT LAY OFF THE CHAIRMAN,
W H E N OUT ON THE COURSE.
By Leo Bernier,
Walpole C. C., Walpole, Mass.

sandbags for defense purposes, however, combined with the curtailment of
importations of new material may create an acute situation f o r the users of
agricultural bags. Since there are also
increased demands for such materials
as heavy paper which might be used
as a substitute f o r burlap, the conservation of used or second-hand bags is
imperative.
Our readers, many of
whom have been buying large quantities of material in burlap bags, are
urged to turn them back into circulation.
—Timely Turf Topics.

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f u n g i c i d a l s u p e r i o r i t y over m a n y o t h e r n o n - m e r c u r i a l s .
A U. S. G. A. G r e e n S e c t i o n
r e p o r t calls t h i s c h e m i c a l c o m p o u n d " o n e of t h e m o s t p r o m i s i n g of 100 c h e m i c a l s t e s t e d . . ."
And in p r a c t i c a l a p p l i c a t i o n on t u r f n u r s e r i e s a n d 18 p l a y i n g g r e e n s in D e l a w a r e a n d New
J e r s e y , " T H I O S A N " h a s r e p e a t e d l y p r o v e d its f u n g i c i d a l value a n d t h e h i g h degree of
s a f e t y n e e d e d f o r fine g r a s s t u r f s .
Relatively n o n - p o i s o n o u s , well t o l e r a t e d a n d easily applied, " T H I O S A N " does n o t r e t a r d t h e g r o w t h n o r discolor t h e grass. Because it is insoluble i t s t a y s longer on t h e g r e e n ,
y e t disperses r e a d i l y in w a t e r f o r s p r a y e r a p p l i c a t i o n .
Under ordinary conditions, 2 2/3
o u n c e s of '"THIOSAN" P e r 1,000 s q u a r e f e e t every 7 t o 10 d a y s will give p r e v e n t i v e p r o t e c t i o n a t a cost c o m p a r a b l e w i t h t h a t of Special S e m e s a n . W h e n c o n d i t i o n s a r e especially
f a v o r a b l e to b r o w n p a t c h a n d dollar s p o t i n f e c t i o n , double t h i s dosage m a y be n e e d e d .

1. Developed, t e s t e d a n d p r o v e d by Du Bay,

3. Relatively n o n - p o i s o n o u s ; well t o l e r a t e d
by t u r f . Wide m a r g i n of s a f e t y .

2. An o r g a n i c f u n g i c i d e ;
other metals.

4. Disperses r e a d i l y in w a t e r ;
plied by s p r a y e r .

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5. Cost is c o m p a r a b l e w i t h t h a t of Special
Semesan.

" T H I O S A N " is now available in 5, 25 and 100 lb.
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LONGER

Your WORTH INGTON machinery must last
for the "duration" — or LONGER
We, as manufacturers, and you, as owners of our products, must face the fact
that "Lawn Mowers" of all sizes and types; except for the Military Branches
of the Government, will be out of production for the Duration and perhaps
for some time after the War.
We both will have an extremely difficult servicing problem during this
period. Due to Government regulations affecting our industry and material
shortages, we know that for these reasons beyond our control it will not be
possible for us to maintain normal parts stock and to give the same fast and
efficient service we have always provided for the owners of Worthington Equipment during peace times. However, we can assure you that we will do the best
we can under existing conditions.
It may be necessary for you to operate your present machinery for years
and with this thought in mind, here are a few suggestions which might be
helpful in preserving it and keeping it operating efficiently:
I

W h e n t h e mowing operation h a s been
completed d o n o t unhook a n d leave t h e
gang mower o u t where prolonged exposure t o t h e elements m a y be h a r m f u l .

(а) Bring t h e gang t o t h e Service Sheds.

(a) Check carefully all lubrication points.
(b) T i g h t e n all bolts, n u t s , a n d screws.
(c) M a k e n e c e s s a r y r e p a i r s i m m e d i a t e l y .
( R e m e m b e r t h a t o n e b a d l y w o r n or
broken p a r t quickly affects other p a r t s ) .

(б) W a s h off grass a n d dirt w i t h hose. (Dirt
hides wear a n d trouble).

When c u t t i n g unit blade edges need
sharpening, " l a p - i n " w i t h e m e r y a n d
oil. (Grinding t a k e s off m o r e steel t h a n
is always necessary a n d shortens t h e
life of these p a r t s ) .

(c) Place t h e gang u n d e r cover. (Use a t a r paulin if shed space is n o t available).
2

M a k e a detailed m o n t h l y inspection.

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next month for some helpful

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