KltEWS [ L E W I E BROWN-PATCH NUMBER IN T H I S ISSUE BROWN-PATCH NOTES A NEW DISTRICT ASSOCIATION GREEN SECTION SUMMER RHODE ISLAND AUGUST MEETING C. C. NOTES MEETING AUGUST J ©31 This N E W S L E T T E R is published monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of New England, and sent f r e e to its members and their Greens' Chairmen. Subscription price ten cents a copy, or a dollar a year. GUY C. W E S T Editor 312 M t . P l e a s a n t St., P a l l R i v e r , M a s s . MARSTON B U R N E T T Business Mgr. 330 W a l t h a m St., W e s t N e w t o n , August, 1931 Mass. Vol. 3, No. 8 BROWN-PATCH H. J a m e s C. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Wilson Charles River C. C. 1. Large, moderate. Small, little. 2. 2 / 3 Calomel, 1 / 3 corrosive (sublimate. 3 oz. f o r cure, 1 oz. f o r prevention, per 1000 sq. f t . 3. A little. 4. Water. 5. Leaf spot—a little. LOST—No. 2 Stewart Sullivan Waltham C. C. Large, severe. Nu-green, poor control; Calo-elor, good results. Some, now 0 . K. . None. Little value, watering better. Barbak control no better than that of Nu-green. Harold A. NOTES Brown-patch still continues to bother most of us, both small and large being present on most courses this past month in various degrees of severity. We have received a letter f r o m Mr. D. G. Reid of Hovey & Co., distributors of Barbak 211, taking exception to our notes of the last issue. We report our notes as we hear and find them, and this month we note that some users of Barbak 211 have found it to give control. Others are still reporting no control with this material. Mr. Reid points out in his letter that his company has already sold over five thousand pounds of this material, and that several clubs give enthusiastic reports of its control. At the August meeting questionaires were passed out with the following questions: 1. How much brown-patch have you had this past month? Kinds? Number of attacks? 2. Control measures used? How successful? 3. Have you had any scald? 4. Control measures? 5. Any other diseases? 6. Of how much value is poling in the control of turf diseases? 7. Have you used Barbak 211? What control? Answers to these questions f r o m several greenkeepers follow: Frank 6. Little value. 7, Yes, poor. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Carlton 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 7. E. B. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Lord Cohasse C. C. Plenty of large. Semesan, fair. No scald. . No other diseases. Poling is good in checking brownpatch. Never used. H o w a r d D. 1. 2. Treat Woodland C. C. Little large, no small. Nu-green, good control; CalTox, good control; Barbak 211, uncertain, looks unfavorable. Little. Heavy watering. . Helps a lot, would not do without it. Uncertain, not as mush as they claim. Ernest 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Mosher Riverside C. C. Large, in three greens, bad on one of New Zealand bent. Nu-green, fair control. Scald on banks of two greens, moderate. None. No other trouble. Have poled every A. M., but do not believe it helps control brown-Datch. No. Farrant The Country Club Large, slight attacks. Nu-green every 5 to 7 days, two lbs. to green has given good control outside of severe attack of three weeks ago. Very little. . Some leaf spot on Virginia bent. P r e f e r washing with water in early morning. No. Iron—at Cohasse meeting. Arthur E. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Anderson Braeburn C. C. Little large on 3 greens on No. 2 course. Calogreen, good. Little. None. . 6. . 2. No control, except poling in A. M. control questionable. 3. Some around edge of green. 4. None as yet. 5. . 6. Some if poling is thorough enough; doubt if average poling is done carefully enough. 7. No. James 7. No. Paul Wanberg Weston C. C. 1. Large, severe, but no dead spots f r o m attack. 2. Calo-clor, good control. 3. Scald in first green, moderate. 4. Topdressing. 5. No. 6. I believe poling helps. 7. No. I have only applied Calo-clor once this season, r a t e 3 oz. to 1000 sq. f t . Previous seasons the same amount in one application. Harry 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Owen 1. 2. 3. Cottelle 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Harrington C. C. Large, severe. Nu-green, good. Scald moderate. Topdressing. None. Poling of no value. No. 4. 5. 6. 7. Carl 2. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Hillcrest Country Club Very little large, no small. Semesan, very good. None. . . Helps some, steel brush better. No. Philip 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 1. Cassidy Needham C. C. Large, two attacks in July. Barbak, some Calo-clor, same results, complete control. Scald on one green severe. Drained green, is gradually filling in. . Always pole every morning and think it is to advantage; would broom, but the greens would be dry before they could all be broomed. Yes. Complete control to correspond with weather. Marston Burnett Albermarle C. C. 1. Large, moderate on all but velvet. Small on one stolon green, kill. Finder Hansberry Springfield C. C. Large on five greens. One pound of Semesan to 50 gal. water, checks in three days. Most all the brown patches are scald in my opinion. —. . I pole every morning, doubtful, No. Edwin Woods I. O'Malley Runaway Brook C. C. Large. Nu-green. Very little. . . Very good. No. kindly 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Hansen Concord C. C. Large on every green. 1 attack in June, 4 in July. Entirely controlled by Semesan and Nu-green. 5 oz. Semesan to 50 gal. water, 8 oz. Nu-green. Not sure. . . Poling has no effect. Birch brooms, or some other means of standing grass up at the time of drying in morning would be better. No. Elmer B. Fuller 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Highland C. C. Large severe in July. Nu-green, good. Very little. Ammonium sulphate. . Poling in morning is of little value. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Myopia Hunt Club One attack of small. Barbak 211. . . . James notify the Editor. 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I have to pole every morning before mowing so cannot answer this question, as I do not know what the result would be if I did not. William Lindsay- Manchester (N. H.) C. C. 1. 14 attacks this past month, 4 severe, 10 moderate. 2. Nu-green, Semesan. 3. . 4. . 5. White grubs, ants, (Not diseases, Bill, but just as bad possibly!) 6. I believe there is nothing better, and I have tested out the birch broom, old hose pipe dragged across green, etc. P. S. This month up to last Thursday, when we got flooded out, we were beginning to show signs of drying out. I had the State Open here today, and believe me it was a job to get the course in shape. We are having Billy Burke and Von Elm here on August *28th. Robert A. green and corrosive sublimate. Noted that greens sprayed with 2% oz. corrosive sublimate to 50 gal. water seem to have the large stopped while the unsprayed were active the next day, as indicated by black ring, etc. May have had a f e w spots here and there on dates not recorded, perhaps caused by night watering. Had more large, quite general infection, on August 15; not so severe as July 8, 9, 10. 3. Very little. 4. None. 5. Have had a trouble, looks like tracks made with sulphate of ammonia; undetermined cause; thought to be in soil nematodes, acid, or ?. 6. Do not know, have not tried much. If a green is covered with resting spores of large brown-patch, why in its earliest stages do we not obtain it as small spots? How do certain areas appear to be perfectly clean until it spreads f r o m an adjoining area? Mitchell Kernwood C. C. 1. Small, two or three greens only; first observed July 4th, again 2nd week of August; this latter more general but not so severe. Large, on July 8, 9, 10. This was the worst of the year, but did not kill on greens. July 22, a little observed, August 13th, a little on 1 green. 2. Sprayed with corrosive sublimate, prevents as well as controls. Doing nothing f o r the large except in an experimental way, as it has not yet been important. Used some calo- AUGUST MEETING The August meeting was held at the Cohasse Country Club, Southbridge, Mass., on August 10th. Results of the golf tournament held in the a f t e r n o o n are as follows: 1st n e t : E. B. Puller, Highland C. C., Attleboro—103-35-68. 2nd n e t : Jim O'Malley, Runaway Brook C. C.—96-24-72. 3rd n e t : Jim Sullivan, Waltham— 92-20-72. 4th n e t : Phil Cassidy, Needham C. C. „ —101-27-74. 5th n e t : Carl Treat, Woodland C. C. —92-18-74. Guest prizes: L. Treat—reduced score of 80. F r a n k Malone—85. Gross scores: Cliff Sowerby, Marlboro—79. Jim McCormack, Unicorn—87. Howard F a r r a n t , Brookline—90. The club championship will be held a t Rhode Island Country Club, Monday, October 5th. Dinner at 12 o'clock. 18 hole medal play a f t e r dinner. The September meeting will be held Monday, September 14th on some course in Metropolitan Boston, to which the chairman of the Green Committee, President or some member is invited as guest. Cilfton E. Sowerby. m Hovey's Reliable Grasses BENTS Colonial Prince Edward Rhode Island South Island Fancy Recleaned Red Fancy Kentucky Blue Chewing's S e a s i d e or Coos VARIETIES OTHER County Sheeps German Italian VICTORY For Putting Greens For Fairways New Top Grass Zealand Fescue Fescue & English Rye Grass FERTI 8-8-2 Per Ton 4-8-4 $65.00 Per Ton $57.50 Humus Per Ton $15.00 B R O W N P A T C H REMEDIES . BARBAK 211 NuGreen Calo Clor Semesan Calogreen We are at present mailing our new price lists of grasses for fall shipm e n t a n d if f o r any reason you do not receive your copy kindly advise as prices are m u c h lower. Corrsive Complete Catalog on Sublimate request. Consult Hovey & Company 150 MILK STREET freely ing your Tel. Hancock 1454-1455 turf difficulties, we will inspect and report Boston, Mass. us regard- course charge. Our advertisers aim to please YOU on your without NOTICE The next meeting of the Greenkeepers Club of N. E. will be held at Charles River Country Club, Newton Centre, Mass., to which all chairmen are invited. If the chairman is not able to come invite the president or some other officer or member of the greens committee. We would like 100% attendance. The meeting, in the morning, will be held at the experimental plots at 10.30. Lunch at the clubhouse at 12 o'clock. Tournament to start at 1 p. m. Lunch will be $1.25 per person. Special prizes will be offered to greens chairmen. Please make a special effort to have this the banner meeting of the year. Cilfton E. Sowerby. Chair. Tour. Com. A NEW DISTRICT ASSOCIATION At the golf show held in Amherst in March, Post of Franconia, Hansberry of Springfield Country Club, Fraser of Berkshire H u n t and Country Club, Stevens of Dalton, Hartwell of Brattleboro, and Heald of Greenfield decided to form a Greenkeepers' organization in the Connecticut Valley. Notices were sent to every golf course we could think of in this area; namely, New York State line on the West, Connecticut State line on the South, and Bennington and Bellows Falls on the North. As a result, the Golf Course Superintendents of Western Massachusetts is a going concern with IB members out of about 25 so-called golf courses. You realize t h a t we have a lot of courses up here t h a t are not very much. We meet once a month, usually the first Thursday, on some of the member courses; some play golf! but most go around on a personally conducted tour with the greenkeeper, trying to pick up new wrinkles and help out if we can. So f a r we have had Professors Dickinson and Cubbon as guests. We have supper and talk until about ten P. M., and then drive about 100 miles to get home. Stevens is President, and Heald is Secretary and Treasurer. We plan no tournaments or cups or newsletters or hired speakers, and our dues are at a low figure in order t h a t we will j u s t have a real gathering of any interested greenkeepers. We have so f a r no eligibility rules, there are not enough greenkeepers up here. J a y M. Heald. GREEN SECTION SUMMER MEETING The Green Section Summer Meeting was held a t the Experimental Plots, Charles River Country Club, Xewton Centre, Mass., on July 27th. This meeting was in charge of Mr. Kenneth Welton of the U. S. G. A. Green Section and Mr. Wilson of the Charles River Country Club. Some points brought out in the discussion at this meeting: Of the 22 demonstration gardens, the one at Charles River is one of the best cared for, and is always in good condition. There are several good grasses for putting greens. Fertilizer practice does not vary as much as supposed with different soils. New Brunswick Creeping bent is probably a strain of Seaside bent. Oregon bent may be a fine bent, is a variety of Colonial; has fine possibilities. The velvets seem to like the soil and climate in New England. As f a r as the turf is concerned, it doesn't make any difference where Colonial bent seed is purchased. Virginia and Columbia strains of ^ ^x creeping bents have caused much objection to all stoloniferous bent. Velvet bent No. 12476 is still very good. Velvets often come best where greens haven't had too much care. Best fairway plot is Chewings fescue and So. German bent. Professor Dickinson announced that the donation f r o m the Greenkeepers Club had been used for experiments in pre-seeding fertilization of turf grasses; results later. 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It is ninety yards wide and two hundred thirty-five yards long. There are three tees f r o m which to play, and one pitch-and-putt green, which is surrounded by traps. Many players like to practice shots f r o m the traps to the green. I seeded the field the first week in May and there was a good crop of grass there by July, but, u n f o r t u n a t e l y there was one corner, near the beach, where the grass was killed by the salt water. I did not expect this to happen, as it is very unusual to have such a high tide in May. I intend to improve on the field next season by making it longer and wider, and also by putting a shed over the tees to enable players to practice in cold and rainy weather. This field will save much wear and t e a r on the course. Brown Patch There is always something going wrong to get your goat. This year the brown patch has succeeded in doing so. We had all kinds of brown patch a t the Rhode Island Country Club this season—all shapes and sizes. Pour of our greens, which are mostly velvet bent, had it quite badly, but they are coming back all right again. A f t e r using Barbak, Nu-Green, and Semesan I find that Semesan and NuGreen had more control on brown patch than Barbak, although Barbak is very good. I also had the dew taken off the grass in the early morning with a bamboo pole. This is done by running the pole across the green. It may have helped some, but not enough to control brown patch. NOTICE I hope to see all the New England Greenkeepers at the October meeting which will be held at the Rhode Island Country Club. The club championship will be held then. T. J. Galvin, Gkpr. R. I. Country Club. FALL FERTILIZING PAYS Give the grass on your Fairways a good square m e a l — something t h a t will bring it back to life and nourish the coming winter and early spring. 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