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Greenkeepers Club of JNew England
NEWSLETTER
JANUARY, 1949

"Greetings for the holiday season. May it be joyful spring. High organic matter content of the soil, tender
and filled with the warmth of good fellowship."
grass and snow on unfrozen ground encourage its deThe first indoor meeting was held at the Hotel Stab- velopment.
Snow Mold occurs in irregular circular
ler, Boston, Mass., with a fairly good turn-out of mem- patches, usually
than twelve inches, which may run
bers. Mr. Donald Sweenie of the 0. E. Link Co., Clifton, together to coverlesslarge
areas. The disease has been
N. Y., and Mr. Lemuel Conn of the DuPont Semesan Co., effectively controlled by Tersan
applied late in the fall
Wilmington, Del., were the guest speakers.
at
the
8
oz.
per
1000
sq.
ft.
or
Special
Semesan—6 oz.
Mr. Sweenie of the 0. E. Link Co.:
to
the
1000
sq.
ft."
"Quite a few of the men at the meeting approached The Financial Statement as of October 15, 1948, as
rne during the intermission to clarify the products printed
in the December Newsletter, is from the
which we introduced during my talk. The first was TAT Massachusetts
Turf Association of the New England
EARTHWORM KILLER, used for control of the Native section, at Amherst,
Earthworm in Golf Greens. One of the active ingredi- L. E. Dickinson. Mass., under the direction of Prof.
ents in this formulation is the new insecticide 'Chlori- The business meeting was called to order by Presinated Comphene'. It is used at the rate of 2i/ lbs. to dent
P. I. Cassidy.
1,000 sq. ft. This material should then be thoroughly Routine
was acted upon.
soaked into the turf. The green should be watered Reports business
were
read
from officers and committees.
until it puddles. The other product is used for grub con- The nominating committee
submitted the list of
trol on all turf greens and fairways, and can be applied officers for 1949:
right with the fertilizer. The name of the product is
TAT No. 137 and gives excellent results when used at President—PHILIP I. CASSIDY
the rate of 40 lbs. of 40w TAT 137 per acre. This prod- 1st Vice President—HAROLD G. MOSHER
uct kills three ways—by contact, ingestion and fumiga- 2nd Vice President—ARTHUR C. CODY
tion, whcih is very effective and very similar to the
Vice President—GEORGE J. ROMMEL
manner in which Chlordene works. However, the cost 3rd
Secretary—N.
J. SPERANDIO
of No. 137 is less than one-half of Chlordene."
Treasurer—JOHN
L. COUNSELL
Turf Diseases and Their Control, by Lem Conn, Du- Trustee 3 years—FRANK
H. WILSON
Pont Semesan Co.:
Entertainment
Comm.
Ch.—MANUEL
FRANCIS
"Greenskeepers are troubled by many turf diseases,
but the most important ones are Brown Patch, Dollar Golf Comm. Ch.—MICHAEL O'GRADY
Spot and Snow Mold. Others that do occur occasionally Auditing Comm.—ALFRED EDMONDSON
are Ring Spot, Zonate Eyespot, Pythium and Algae.
JOSEPH DINARDI
"Brown Patch is caused by the fungus Rhizoctonia It was voted to advance the 25th Anniversary Comsolani and it occurs in almost all soils. The development mittee the sum of $500.00 to carry out plans for the
of the fungus is favored by warm, humid conditions silver anniversary of the club.
and is more severe during the rainy or hot, sultry per- A motion was made and seconded that the by-laws
iods of the summer. The disease appears suddenly as be amended. It will be voted upon at the next regular
discolored areas ranging from small spots to patches meeting.
The motion:
several feet in diameter with a dark ring around the a. The annual
dues shall be ten ($10.00)
border where the disease is still active. An organic dollars, payable membership
in
advance.
New members shall pay
fungicide, known commercially as Tersan, has proven an initiation fee of ten ($10.00)
dollars.
very effective in controlling Brown Patch without any Section b.—To be eliminated from
the by-laws.
injury or discoloring to the turf.
Attention—FOR SALE—5000 sq. ft. of fine Kern"Dollar Spot may occur any time during the growing wood Velvet Bent turf. Loaded on trucks. Delivery in
season, appearing suddenly and overnight under condi- spring. The turf is donated by the Mitchell Bros., Inc.,
tions favoring Brown Patch but also much earlier and the entire proceeds to be donated to the 25th anniverlater in the season. The source of infection of dollar sary Committee to help defray expenses on our coming
spot has never been established but the grass is killed celebration. Offers to be made to Chairman H. Farrant
in the affected areas, turns brown, and the spots seldom of Pine Brook Country Club, Weston, Mass.
exceed the diameter of a silver dollar, from which it
next regular meeting of the Greenkeepers Club
gets its name. Last spring we introduced a non-mercu- of The
New
England is to be held at the Hotel Statler, Bosrial Cadmium compound, F-531, for the control of ton, Mass.,
Monday, Jan. 3, 1949, at 12:45 p.m. sharp.
Dollar Spot. The results in general have been very good. This is the annual
meeting. Election of the club's offiSnow Mold is caused by the fungus Fusarium nivale cers and yearly reports of various committees will
which lives in most soils. To thrive on turf, it must have take place. A prominent speaker has been promised by
a temperature near the freezing point and a saturated the Entertainment Committee.
atmosphere, such as occurs when the snow melts in the
A. J. SPERANDIO, Editor.
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