KIEWS [LIEW1E

October, 1930.

Vol. 2, No. 10.

What do we live for if not to make the world less difficult for each otherV'
•—George Eliot

The drop in the Stock Market, and the business depression as
a whole have had the general effect of decreasing the incomes of
many clubs during the past year. Decreased income always means a
decrease in the expenditure for the course, and the greenkeeper
often has a difficult task to keep up the high standard of maintainance previously enjoyed. Often the standard must be lowered
and some things left undone. Members are often unacquainted with
the situation, and unjustly condemn the greenkeeper for such a
lowering of the maintenance standard.
If the greens committee points out to its greenkeeper that there
must be a decrease in the expenditures for the coming year, the
greenkeeper should be able to explain where this decrease will affect
the maintainance on the course, and where the standard will be
lowered. Then the greens committee can explain in turn to the
members t h a t because of decreased income, there is less money to
spend on the course, and hence some things are to be left undone;
and, the greenkeeper will not get as much unjust blame. Perfect
cooperation between greens committee and greenkeeper is necessary
at such a time as it is in all phases of successful course maintenance.

The last outdoor meeting of the year will be held at the Waltham
Country Club, Waltham, Mass., on Monday, November 3. There will
be an eighteen hole medal play tournament starting at 9 :45 if fair,
and a very important business meeting rain or shine, dinner following. We hope to see you there!

This N E W S L E T T E R
is published
monthly by t h e Greenkeepers Club of
N e w E n g l a n d , and sent f r e e to its members and t h e i r Greens' C h a i r m e n . Subscription price t e n cents a copy, or a
dollar a y e a r .
G U Y C. W E S T

Editor

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October, 1930.

Vol. 2, No. 10.

THE DEMONSTRATION

TURF

GARDENS AT THE CHARLES
RIVER COUNTRY

CLUB

A n o t h e r g r o w i n g season is n e a r l y
over and some of t h e observations
m a d e a t t h e plots m a y be of i n t e r e s t .
T h e S u m m e r h a s been v e r y d r y and w e
a r e now in a period of unprecedented
drought.
T h e plots h a v e a n added row cont a i n i n g Holland g r o w n Red Fescue,
Fescue arenaria, New Brunswick grown
c r e e p i n g bent, and P r i n c e
Edward
I s l a n d g r o w n Colonial bent.
T h e g r e e n s t r i a l plots all h a v e f a i r
p u t t i n g s u r f a c e s and f a i r l y thick t u r f .
T h e choice of a g r e e n s g r a s s is principally a m a t t e r of color and t e x t u r e .
T h e Metropolitan stolon b e n t a n d t h e
W a s h i n g t o n stolon b e n t plots a r e v e r y
good. Plot 3e, Velvet b e n t stolons (No.
12476) is v e r y fine a n d h a s never been
a t t a c k e d by b r o w n - p a t c h . T h e Velvet
b e n t p a t c h e s in t h e South G e r m a n
mixed bent plots a r e b e g i n n i n g to show.
T h e Red and Chewing F e s c u e plots a r e
poor. T h e Colonial bents f r o m W a s h i n g ton s t a t e , Rhode Island, and N e w Zealand a r e v e r y similar. Cocoos b e n t
seems to do v e r y well. T h a t P o a a n n u a
t h r i v e s goes w i t h o u t saying.
I n t h e greens f e r t i l i z e r plots on
South G e r m a n mixed b e n t t h e plots
c h a n g e f r o m t i m e to time. D u r i n g t h e
1929 season t h e commercial f e r t i l i z e r
plots, (12-6-4, 6-12-4, a m m o n i u m sulp h a t e ) , w e r e t h e o u t s t a n d i n g plots.
D u r i n g t h i s season t h e o r g a n i c f e r t i l izers,
(poultry
manure,
activated
sludge,)
have forged
ahead.
The
m i n e r a l f e r t i l i z e r s a r e quick acting, t h e
plots showing quickly t h e effect soon
a f t e r t h e application, a n d f a d i n g out
b e f o r e t h e n e x t one; while on t h e other
h a n d t h e p o u l t r y m a n u r e and a c t i v a t e d

sludge a r e steadily u n i f o r m . T h e bone
meal is slowly improving, b u t v e r y
weedy.
T h e weed count t a k e n
September
15th, shows t h e following r e s u l t s : —
activated sludge, 220; p o u l t r y m a n u r e ,
146; check, 225; a m m o n i u m s u l p h a t e ,
23; a m m o n i u m s u l p h a t e and compost,
150; check, 237; N i t r a t e of soda, 239;
U r e a , 115; a m m o n i u m phosphate, 111;
check, 284; 6-12-4, 53; 12-6-4, 67; check,
200; a m m o n i u m s u l p h a t e and lime, 227;
bone meal, 347.
T h e r e h a v e been n u m e r o u s
attacks
of small b r o w n - p a t c h , chiefly on t h e
velvet bents, No. 12476 alone b e i n g
immune. We have h a d no l a r g e brownpatch.
The f e r t i l i z e r e x p e r i m e n t on t h e
f a i r w a y plots shows no r e s u l t s due to
the extreme dry weather.
The w a t e r e d plots of f a i r w a y g r a s s e s
a r e v e r y good. Of t h e u n w a t e r e d plots,
chewings fescue 80%, South
German
mixed bent 20%, and t h e plot
of
K e n t u c k y Blue 4 0 % , Chewings f e s c u e
4 0 % , Red Top 2 0 % , have best withstood
the d r o u g h t .
A r s e n a t e of lead h a s controlled chickweed, checked w o r m s to some extent,
and shows no ill effects on established
turf.
In conclusion let me s a y t h a t I h a v e
received much i n f o r m a t i o n of value
f r o m t h e plots. They a r e h e r e f o r t h e
benefit of golf. M a k e use of t h e m .
F r a n k H. Wilson, J r .

MEETING AT E X P E R I M E N T A L
PLOTS
A well a t t e n d e d m e e t i n g w a s held a t
t h e e x p e r i m e n t a l plots a t t h e Charles
River C o u n t r y Club,
on
Sunday,
October 5, 1930. M r . F r a n k
Wilson
spoke concerning t h e work being done
a t t h e plots, a n d D r . J o h n
Monteith,
J r . , explained t h e v a r i o u s series of exp e r i m e n t s , and a n s w e r e d questions.
F a i r w a y plots t r e a t e d as on course,
received a 10-6-2 f e r t i l i z e r t h i s p a s t
S p r i n g , and will receive M i l o r g a n i t e
this F a l l .
R e p o r t s on J a p a n e s e beetle a r e enc o u r a g i n g , p a r a s i t e s a r e h e l p i n g control a p p a r e n t l y .
A Kernwood b e n t n u r s e r y badly inf e s t e d w i t h t h e sod web w o r m w a s
visited, and pest discussed.

\

CLEANING BENT GRASS

SEED

We have received f r o m D r . H . F . A.
N o r t h , A s s ' t A g r o n o m i s t a t t h e Rhode
I s l a n d E x p e r i m e n t Station, some v e r y
h e l p f u l i n f o r m a t i o n r e l a t i v e to cleaning
bent g r a s s seed, and we a r e pleased to
give you t h i s help on a problem presented by one of our members.
" I n y o u r N E W S L E T T E R , Vol. 2 : 8,
A u g u s t 1930, I note t h a t Charles P a r k e r
of t h e Belmont S p r i n g C o u n t r y Club
expresses a desire f o r a m e a n s of
cleaning small lots of bent g r a s s seed.
We have a similar problem before us
h e r e t h i s f a l l , t h a t of cleaning t h e
m a t e r i a l f r o m a b o u t 75 small plots of
v a r i o u s bent grasses, f r o m which yields
p e r acre will be calculated. W e h a v e
h a d f a i r success w i t h t h e desk size of
" C l i p p e r Cleaner", m a n u f a c t u r e d by A.
T. F a r r e l l , S a g i n a w , Michigan.
T h e volume of air w a s reduced by
e x c h a n g i n g t h e two belt pulleys and by
covering t h e u p p e r half of each airp o r t w i t h a t h i n piece of lumber. Only
a small opening w a s l e f t f o r d r a f t on
each side by n e a r l y closing t h e slides
and n a i l i n g t h e m in t h a t position. T h e
chaffy, l e a f y m a t e r i a l w a s first riddled
t h r o u g h a cobbled-together p e r f o r a t e d
screen of a p p r o x i m a t e l y Ya inch mesh.
This m a t e r i a l w a s p u t t h r o u g h t h e
m a c h i n e u s i n g a p e r f o r a t e d screen of
1-25 inch above, and a dust screen, 60
x 60 (finer, if possible to obtain) below.
This cleaning t a k e s out much of t h e
chaff. The dust is allowed to s i f t out by
r e m o v i n g a slide in t h e s h a k e r f r a m e .
By e x c h a n g i n g t h e u p p e r f o r a 36 x 36
screen, t h e cleaning is r a t h e r satisf a c t o r i l y completed."

THE SOD W E B WORM
During July my greens were attacked
by w h a t a p p e a r e d to be c u t w o r m s . T h e
w o r m s w e r e small, a n d w h e n d u g out of
t h e soil w e r e more active t h a n t h e
o r d i n a r y cut w o r m . They also lived in
a webbed lined pocket a n d ate t h e g r a s s
off in a small streak; w h e r e it met t h e
g r o u n d . Some of t h e p u p a e cases w e r e
small and red, too small f o r a c u t
w o r m p u p a e case. I took about a dozen
w o r m s to t h e U. S. D. A. Entomological
S t a t i o n a t A r l i n g t o n . T h e y identified
t h e m f o r me as t h e sod web worm, and
sent two men over to g e t f u r t h e r d a t a
r e g a r d i n g t h e a t t a c k and t h e r e s u l t a n t
i n j u r y . T h e y recommended
spraying

w i t h a r s e n a t e of lead w i t h a sticker
added, such as calcium caseinite or fish
oil soap. I tried both of these b u t t h e
w h i t e n i n g of t h e greens w a s quite an
objection. I f o u n d t h a t 20 pounds of
a r s e n a t e of lead mixed w i t h a h u n d r e d
pounds of M i l o r g a n i t e seemed to control t h e worms.
D u r i n g t h e first p a r t of October
a n o t h e r brood h a s a t t a c k e d m y g r a s s
g a r d e n . T h e r e a r e f o u r or five broods
of this pest in a season. Due to h a r d
d r y f a i r w a y s t h i s season, t h e sod web
w o r m h a s concentrated on t h e g r e e n s .
A poisoned bait m a y also be used f o r
control,—white a r s e n i c or p a r i s green,
one p o u n d — d r y
bran,
one
peck—
Molasses, one p i n t — w a t e r , two to f o u r
p a r t s or more if needed. This bait will
also kill birds.
F r a n k H. Wilson, J r .

OCTOBER MEETING
T h e C h a m p i o n s h i p of t h e N e w E n g land Greenkeepers Club w a s held a t
B r a e b u r n C o u n t r y Club, W e d n e s d a y ,
Oct. 8th.
In t h e m o r n i n g t o u r n a m e n t , Mr. Ted
Swanson w i t h an 84, and Mr. R. W .
P e c k h a m w i t h an 87, were t h e two
medalists. M a t c h p l a y in t h e a f t e r n o o n
to decide t h e championship of t h e N e w
E n g l a n d Greenkeepers Club. M r . Peckh a m won and became champion.
P e c k h a m — 4-4-4-5-6-3-5-3-4-5-4-3-4-5.
S w a n s o n — 4-5-4-6-5-4-4-3-5-5-5-4-5-5.
P e c k h a m wins 6 u p and 4 to go.
44 m e m b e r s and guests p a r t i c i p a t e d
in an 18 hole medal h a n d i c a p play.
1st low net won by E. D. Pierce—9215-77.
2nd low n e t won by J . C. Adams—100

-20-80.

3rd low net won by Ed. H a n s o n — 1 0 4 24-80.
4th low n e t won by Joe Oldfield—9110-81.

Special old m a n ' s prize tied by M r .
J a m e s Sullivan, 85, and M r . H. B.
Cottelle, which w a s played off and won
by Mr. Sullivan.
Mr. P. W. Chase won t h e special
g u e s t prize.
A f t e r the tournament a dinner and
s h o r t business m e e t i n g w a s held in t h e
club house.
C. E. Sowerby.

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y o u r m o w e r s and selecting t h e shop
f o r servicing t h e m this w i n t e r .
Our facilities have been i m p r o v e d
a n d we a r e p r e p a r e d to h a n d l e y o u r
work, in f a c t we welcome t h e opport u n i t y to be of service to you.
T h r e e t y p e s of service a r e availa b l e : A — C o m p l e t e overhauling, including, p a i n t i n g ; B — I n s p e c t i o n a n d
r e n e w a l of r e q u i r e d p a r t s , g r i n d i n g ;
C — G r i n d i n g only. Ask f o r our prices
n a m i n g t h e n u m b e r a n d kind of machines you have.

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" L e a d - A r s e n a t e E x p e r i m e n t s on t h e
G e r m i n a t i o n of Weed Seeds", Bulletin
508, by W. C. Muenscher, recently
published by t h e Cornell U n i v e r s i t y
A g r i c u l t u r a l E x p e r i m e n t Station, is of
i n t e r e s t to all g r e e n k e e p e r s who a r e
using or who will use a r s e n a t e .
This bulletin covers e x p e r i m e n t s to
discover if lead a r s e n a t e in t h e soil
p r e v e n t s t h e g e r m i n a t i o n of weed seed,
to obtain a comparison of t h e r e l a t i v e
toxicity of a r s e n a t e a c c u m u l a t i n g in
t h e soil a f t e r t h e d i f f e r e n t a m o u n t s h a d
been added, and to d e t e r m i n e t h e effect
of lead a r s e n a t e u p o n t h e g e r m i n a t i o n
of weed seeds.
Results showed t h a t applications a t
t h e r a t e of 10 to 100 pounds per 1000
s q u a r e f e e t did not consistently reduce
t h e g e r m i n a t i o n of weed seed, b u t
g e r m i n a t i o n of t h e chickweeds seemed
to be reduced by applications. T h e a u t h o r
concludes t h a t , " T h e use of lead a r s e n ate w i t h t o p d r e s s i n g s on lawns does
not seem practicable as a g e n e r a l
method f o r controlling weeds."

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a complete reconditioning department for the care of Power
Mowers, Fairway Mowers and Hand Mowers.
Your machines are taken apart, cleaned, new parts
put in where needed and returned to you at a minimum cost.
We repair any make of mower you may have.
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may see we have not put in anything t h a t wasn't necessary.
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Since t h e h a n d i c a p list w a s published
in t h e A p r i l issue of t h e N E W S L E T T E R , t h e Golf Committee h a s
changed several h a n d i c a p s , a n d added
several new n a m e s to t h e list. These
changes f o l l o w :
A r t h u r E. A n d e r s o n
26
Clinton K. B r a d l e y
20
H a r r y C. B r o w n i n g
8
Marston Burnett
24
H . B. Cottelle
27
Dennis Crowley
35
Howard F a r r a n t
10
John J. Fitzpatrick
0
Elmer Fuller
35
M a r t i n Greene
20
Christian Hansen
35
Edwin Hansen
24
Paul F. Hayden
12
J a m e s Holden
18
John Latvis
20
E r n e s t Lord
25
Charles Mullaney
9
J a m e s McCormack
10
J o h n McDonough
22
H a r o l d Mosher
18
Charles O'Keefe
32
Thomas O'Leary
20
J o s e p h Oldfield
10
Elliot D. P i e r c e
12
John Shanahan
20
Joseph F. Sheridan
22
Lloyd G. S t o t t
30
J a m e s Sullivan
12
T. W . Swanson
4
Patrick Tameo
18
Carlton E. T r e a t
15
Guy C. W e s t
15
P h i l i p Cassidy
24
William McBride
18
Those not listed h e r e h a v e same
h a n d i c a p as given in A p r i l list.

C a r l T r e a t h a s built a new first tee
t h i s Fall, and relocated t h e e n t r a n c e
r o a d and p a r k i n g space.

T h e new e i g h t e e n t h hole a t
River is to be 438 y a r d s long,
tee 90 by 25 f e e t . T h e seed

Charles
with a
mixture

used f o r new portion of
Chewings fescue 80% and
20%.

f a i r w a y is
R. I. b e n t

A g r e e n k e e p e r recently told us his
idea of t h e r e l a t i o n between a n t s a n d
a r s e n a t e of lead, w a s t h a t t h e lead
a r s e n a t e killed t h e w o r m s and t h e a n t s
f e d on t h e dead w o r m s . Can you p r o v e
him w r o n g ?
Mike O ' G r a d y a t New B e d f o r d
has
been h a u l i n g out m a n y y a r d s of h u m u s p e a t f r o m t h e r i g h t of his f o u r t e e n t h
f a i r w a y t h i s p a s t month, and is s p r e a d i n g much of it over t h e poor p a r t s of
his f a i r w a y s .
We
understand
that
the
Rhode
Island C o u n t r y Club will h a v e a f a i r w a y w a t e r i n g s y s t e m soon, and probably
t h e Charles River C o u n t r y Club. T h e
p a s t two seasons h a v e c e r t a i n l y shown
t h e need of w a t e r i n g f a i r w a y s .

" I t m u s t be borne in mind t h a t t u r f
consists of a v a s t n u m b e r of g r a s s
p l a n t s closely crowded t o g e t h e r . N o u r ishment m u s t be provided since t h e soil
values a r e c o n s t a n t l y being d r a w n u p o n
by t h e p l a n t s f o r t h e i r g r o w t h . "
" F e r t i l i z a t i o n m a i n t e n a n c e is t h e r e f o r e , v i t a l to successful l a w n
making.
Proper treatment makes strong, t h r i f t y
t u r f g r a s s e s which crowd out weeds a n d
f o r e i g n g r o w t h . Weeds a r e an indication
of soil i n f e r t i l i t y . "
•—from P e p p a r d ' s " T u r f F e r t i l i z e r s "

T h e r e s i g n a t i o n of Daniel C. Snow a s
a r e g u l a r m e m b e r w a s received a t t h e
A u g u s t m e e t i n g a n d accepted w i t h
r e g r e t . M r . Snow h a s devoted a g r e a t
deal of t i m e and t h o u g h t to t h e p r o g r e s s
of t h e club, h a v i n g been a T r u s t e e f o r
several years, a n d t h e club showed its
a p p r e c i a t i o n by electing h i m a n Honora r y Member u n t i l such t i m e as he resumes g r e e n k e e p i n g .

A N Y GOLF COURSE CAN OBTAIN
THE SAME RESULTS
from John E. Pierce,
Daytona Beach, Florida.
"Before
placing
this
Colloidal
Phosphate on t h e lawn t h e St. A u g u s t i n e g r a s s d i d n ' t seem to r u n or
g r o w . A t t h e p r e s e n t t i m e I have one
of t h e finest lawns in town. This
w a s due e n t i r e l y to a b a g of Colloidal
Phosphate.
" A g a i n I h a v e seen r e m a r k a b l e
w o r k done b y this p h o s p h a t e a t t h e
D a y t o n a Golf a n d C o u n t r y Club. W e
have played w i n t e r r u l e s a t this club
f o r f o u r y e a r s owing to t h e poor condition of t h e f a i r w a y s . Mr. N o r t h e n
h a s t h e course in t h e best condition
I have ever seen since a p p l y i n g a
coat of Colloidal Phosphate.
In a
f e w weeks we can do a w a y with
p l a y i n g w i n t e r rules.
"I a s s u r e you t h a t Colloidal Phosphate will give you r e s u l t s . "

COLLOIDAL P H O S P H A T E
SALES COMPANY OF
NEW ENGLAND
126 Newbury St.

Boston, Mass.

"QUALITY"

LAWNS, GOLF and
S P O R T TURF

MATERIALS
American
and Imported
Grass
Seeds, Fertilizers, Manures, Chemicals, Fungicides, Soil Sponge, Imported Peat and Mowers.
60 CONGRESS

BOSTON, MASS.
Telephone Liberty 6021

OUR

JACOBSEN
POWER MOWERS
for
GREENS,
TEES,
APPROACHES
Catalog mailed on request.

BRECK'S

STREET

4

BRAND

Seeds of the Highest
Quality Obtainable
Officially analyzed for purity and
germination and sold on that basis.
Distributors of

Victory Putting Green
Fertilizers
and a full line of "AA'~
of fertilizers

grades

GOLF EQUIPT. SHOW ROOM
20 Lewis Wharf

Thos. W. Emerson Co.

RETAIL STORE
85 State St.

215 S T A T E STREET
BOSTON, MASS.
Telephone, HUBbard 0985

Boston, Mass.

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ANNOUNCEMENT

The old established h a r d w a r e house of Rackliffe Brothers Company, Inc., Park

and

Bigelow

Streets, New Britain, Conn., have recently added
a complete golf course equipment department, and
are now distributors for the PENNSYLVANIA high
grade line of Golf Mowers in the state of Connecticut.
"It's right from Rackliffe's" is the firm slogan,
meaning right Quality, and right service in everything they handle. Let them demonstrate what they
can do when you need new mowers, Tractor, or any
equipment.
John J. Nyhan, Brookline, Mass. continues as
our distributor for Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and
the lower end of New Hampshire.

Pennsylvania Lawn Mower Works
PHILADELPHIA
Look for our exhibit at

the

coming

keepers' Convention in Columbus, Ohio.

Green-

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