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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

312 Mt. P l e a s a n t

Editor

St., F a l l River,. Mass.--

MARSTON BURNETT .

Business Mgr.

. " W y a n t e n u c k G. -C., G r e a t B a r r i n g - t o n ,

April, 1932

Vol. 4, No. 2

DEMONSTRATION
Charles

Mass.

GRASS

River Country

GARDENS
Club

Three Year Notes on Fertilizer Experiments on South German Mixed Bent
Cut Greens Length.
by F r a n k H. Wilson
The plots are 10 x 10 or 100 square
f e e t in area, seeded to South German
mixed bent, planted September 16, 1928.
The plots are cut greens length. Each
plot receives the same amount of nitrogen, one pound per 1000 sq. ft., one
tenth of a pound per plot, or one and
six-tenths ounces.
There are f o u r
check plots which receive no fertilizer.
There are eleven fertilizer plots, which
receive the following fertilizers and
amounts:
Sewage sludge, 29.09 oz;
Poultry manure tankage, 22.8 oz; ammonium sulphate, 8 oz; ammonium sulphate, 4 oz., and compost, 5 lbs; nitrate
of soda, 10 oz; urea, 3.48 oz; ammonium phosphate, 14.54 oz; complete
fertilizer 6-12-4, 26.6 oz; complete 126-4, 13.3 oz; ammonium sulphate, 8 oz.,
and lime, 4% lbs; bone meal, 40 oz.
These amounts are cut in half f o r the
months of July and August.
The grasses are judged f o r fineness,
thickness, color, freedom f r o m nap, and
other qualities affecting value of the
grass f o r good turf. They are designated x—excellent, g—good, f — f a i r ,
p—poor. I have called excellent 80,
good 60, fair 40, poor 20. The plots
rated in 1929: 12-6-4 complete fertilizer, 77; 6-12-4 complete, 65; poultry
manure tankage, 65; ammonium sulphate, 64; activated sludge, 64; nitrate
of soda, 58; ammonium phosphate, 52;
urea, 43; ammonium sulphate and compost, 40; ammonium sulphate and lime,
40; bone meal, 33; checks, 20. The rating f o r 19-30 was: activated sludge, 80;
poultry manure tankage, 72; 6-12-4

complete, 65; 12-6-4 complete, 63; ammonium sulphate, 60; ammonium phosphate, 60; nitrate of soda, 60; ammonium sulphate and compost, 50; urea, 48;
ammonium sulphate and lime, 46; bone
meal, 40, checks, 20. The rating f o r
1931: activated sludge, 77; poultry
manure tankage, 63; ammonium sulphate, 60; ammonium phosphate, 56;
urea, 54; 6-12-4 complete, 53; 12-6-4
complete, 53; nitrate of soda, 53; ammonium sulphate and compost, 45; bone
meal, 43; ammonium sulphate and lime,
36; checks, 20. The average f o r three
years rates as follows: activated sludge,
74; poultry manure tankage, 67; 12-6-4
complete, 64; 6-12-4 complete, 61; ammonium sulphate, 61; nitrate of soda,
57; ammonium phosphate, 56; urea, 48;
ammonium sulphate and compost, 45;
ammonium sulphate and lime, 45; bone
meal, 39; checks, 20.
The ratings are taken f r o m a seven
months average, the first taken in April,
the last in October. Disease has an influence on this rating; weeds and clover
are not here taken into account. You
will note t h a t bone meal has risen from
33 to 43, and urea f r o m 43 to 54; ammonium sulphate remains fairly steady.
Other fertilizers have varied f r o m year
to year. The ratings are approximate
and should be taken as such.
Notes

on Turf

Grasses

for

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Greens

In rating turf grasses,—the same
qualities are taken into consideration as
in rating the fertilizer plots.
Snow
mold, leaf spot, brown-patch, and Winter kill are taken into consideration,
but no account is taken of weeds.
In the velvet bent group, Kernwood
and No. 14276 are very close together,
the f o r m e r rating f o r three vears, 77,
79, 60, average, 72; the latter, 64, 80,
78, average, 74. Kernwood is subject
to small brown-patch, No. 14276 is not.
The other velvet bents r a t e : Velvet
(Washington S t a t e ) , 56-57-60; average
58; P. E. I. Velvet, 56, 55, 50, average
54; Peekham's Velvet, 52, 43, 48,
average 48; and Highland Velvet, 34,
48, 55, average 46.
In the stolon group, Metropolitan
ranks first, 70, 69, 41, average 60;
Unicorn, 30, 60, 60, average 50; Columbia, 58, 57, 35, average 50; Washington,
57, 52, 25, average 45; Seaside, (from
Kittansett) 37, 50, 38, average 38; and
Virginia, 30, 27, 30, average 29.
The seeded grasses of the medium
fine group: Seaside bent, 50, 70, 51,
average 57; Colonial (New Zealand),
53, 60, 55, average 56; Colonial (Wash-

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ingtpn), 43, 58, 51, average 51; South
German mixed bent, 40, 55, 53, average
49; Colonial (R. I.), 40, 50, 53, average
48; poa annua, 47, 40, 20, average 36;
Chewing's fescue, 34, 40, 28, average
34; and Red fescue, 27, 20, 20, average
23.
The appended tables show a t a glance
how each grass rated f o r the three
THREE YEAR NOTES ON
Fertilizer

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FERTILIZER PLOTS CUT
1929
1930

Activitated sludge
Poultry manure tankage
Ammo, sulphate and compost
Ammo, sulphate
Ammo, sulphate and lime
Nitrate of soda
Urea
Ammo, phosphate
6-12-4
12-6-4
Bone meal
Checks
THREE
Grass

YEAR

64
65
40
64
40
58
43
52
65
77
33
20

NOTES

ON TURF

No. 14276 Velvet bent
Kernwood Velvet
Metropolitan
Velvet bent (Washington)
Seaside bent
Colonial bent (New Zealand)
Velvet bent (P. E. I.)
Colonial bent (Washington)
Unicorn bent
Columbia bent
South German mixed bent
Colonial bent (R. I.)
Velvet bent (Peckham)
Highland Velvet
Washington bent
Seaside bent (Kittansett)
Native bent
Poa annua
Chewings fescue
Virginia bent
Red fescue
A

CORRECTION

The Consolidated Rendering Company
of 40 North Market St., Boston, has
put out a circular to their salesmen,
p a r t of which I shall quote:
"New

England Putting
Special 8-6-2"

years.
Many of the above grasses ranked 80
at some time during the growing season, but snow mold, brown-patch, and
leaf spot reduced this high mark, and
the figures given are averages f o r the
season.
In the appended tables, 80 is excellent; 60, good; 40, f a i r ; and 20, poor.

Green

"The Massachusetts Department of
Agriculture at Amherst in cooperation
with the U. S. Department of Agriculture, the various golf clubs, and their
allied associations, have f o r some time

GREENS LENGTH
1931
Average

80
72
50
60
46
60
48
60
65
63
40
20
GRASSES
1929

64
77
70
56
50
53
56
43
30
58
40
40
52
34
57
37
40
47
34
30
27

77
63
45
60
36
53
54
56
53
53
43
20
FOR

GREENS
1930

80
79
41
57
70
60
55
58
60
57
55
50
43
48
52
50
43
40
40
27
20

74
67
45
61
41
57
48
56
61.
64
39
20
1931

78
60
60
60
51
55
50
51
60
35
53
53
48
55
25
43
40
20
28
30
20

been conducting experimental plots at
the Charles River Country Club, under
the supervision of Mr. Charles Wilson,
greenskeeper, the aim of which is to
improve their fertilization program, and
incidentally the quality of the grass."
This statement is incorrect as the
plots are conducted by the U. S. Golf
Association, Green Section, and the
Massachusetts Golf Association, Service
Section.
"Practically all the mixtures of all
the companies have been tried, as well
as some of the specialties such as Milor-

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ganite, and the final outcome is that
they are convinced a mixed fertilizer is
the proper plant food, and that a grade
analyzing
8N-6-2
is
the
proper
analysis."
This statement again is not correct.
No mixture of any company is tried.
Milorganite, under that name, is not
used, and there is no evidence that an
8-6-2
fertilizer
has
the
proper
analysis.
"This brand will be made without any
filler and will contain Castor Pomace,
Cottonseed Meal, Dried Blood, Sulphate
of Ammonia, Superphosphate, and Muriate of Potash, all of which are recommended by Mr. Wilson as a result of
his experiments".
Nothing in the plots gives evidence
t h a t this combination is the best. The
above letter, by the Consolidated Rendering Company, was written without
knowledge or sanction on my part, and
regardless of my personal feeling regarding the fertilizer, it has no basis
of merit on experiments conducted at
the Demonstration Turf Garden at the
Charles River Country Club.
P r a n k H. Wilson, Jr.

A R E W E R E A D Y FOR OUR

JOB?

(Being the rambling thoughts of
Greenkeeper as the busy season
approaches!)

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Now t h a t the wonderful meeting in
New York is over, and Spring is nearing, I guess we are ready f o r our job.
I, f o r one, learned a lot and was confirmed on what I already was sure of,
and I want to make use of it to save
every dollar possible. If I can save any
more money f o r our course this year
than I did last I will have to hustle.
Our greens went thru the Winter in
good condition, but I always dread the
next f e w weeks most, as I always claim
t h a t snow on greens not frozen is very
bad. While in New York I was told by
several greenkeepers that they were
worried about greens, f o r the reason
t h a t grass was growing during the Winter. I, f o r one, want to see grass grow
at any time, and I haven't noticed any
bad effect in all my experience growing
grass. If snow covers greens a f t e r the
ground softens, I am always watching
f o r trouble. If the snow stays on more
than three days, clean it off to give the
green air, or you may have a reseeding
job.

We are now about through repairing
and painting machinery and tools; and
every day are going over the course
cleaning up to keep ahead of our work.
I noticed in the National Greenkeeper
that there is more talk of keeping accounts. I always do this to check expense where it should be, but I cannot
see why costs should be separated between greens, tees, traps, fairways, etc.,
as it is all golf course work and expense.
One man said budget your expense so
as to keep down costs, and know what
the costs will be, but ask f o r a thousand
dollars more than needed, and save it
if you can. Anyone who cannot guess
nearer than a thousand dollars, a f t e r
looking over his previous year's expense, is trying to fool himself; and if
he saves the added amount he asks for,
he seems to think he has made a wonderful saving. So f a r as I can see, this
is boys' play!
One of the main subjects of discussion this year seems to be a cut in
salary. Some are cut more than others,
of course, but I was thinking if I got a
cut I may have to pay my employer to
keep me. I hope some of the chairmen
don't make a mistake. Unless a chairman uses good judgment, he may lose
more by changing greenkeepers than he
will save. An up to date greenkeeper,
who has his work a t heart, should be
given some encouragement, and kept on
the same course as long as possible f o r
the benefit of all concerned. It takes a
long time f o r a new man to break in
properly, especially on a large course.
A permanent greenkeeper has his
troubles, but if he tests his soil each
year, he soon finds out the needs of each
green, and is surely more beneficial to
his course than a new man could possibly be f o r a long time. A set of greens
can be ruined in less than a season.
I have missed many greenkeepers'
meetings simply because of some one
of many things t h a t may happen over
night. Golf is with us to stay, and it
is up to us fellows to show our employers we are worthy of our title. I believe my employer sees the benefit of
our meetings to the greenkeeper, and
he seems to want me to attend.
Of
course, this is as it should be, as the
benefit comes back to the course.
Again, by attending the meetings and
enjoying the day with our fellow greenkeepers, we surely are more peppy
toward our work.
I ani very glad to know that Professor North and his associates at the R. I.
State College are to put in additional

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experimental plots this year, using
formulae of the different greenkeepers
under putting green conditions, f o r f u r ther benefit of our courses.
I have noticed a t the different meetings t h a t every greenkeeper wants the
best 1 course, and I hope we all get it!
Let's go, boys, and see what we can do
this season to improve at less expense !
Roland F. Robinson,
Comstock Park G. C.

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The Blue Hill Country Club of Canton, Mass., having completed its 18 hole
course last Summer, at the same time
completed its fairway watering system,
the first in New England, although it is
very common and necessary in other
p a r t s of the country like California and
Florida.
Fortunately our source of
water supply was in the center of the
18 hole course, with nine holes lying
South and nine holes lying North. A
f o u r inch main was r u n f r o m the pump
house North and South. From this pipe
two-inch outlets were installed a t the
necessary intervals to allow this size of
pipe to skirt every fairway, one and
one half inch gate valves were installed
every eighty f e e t along the fairways,
and the water is distributed on the fairways by one and one half inch hose,
using any of the large fairway watering
units. The key to the layout of the
two inch pipe lies in the f a c t t h a t no
dead ends were allowed; each pipe is a
loop and comes back to the f o u r inch
main. This allows water to reach any
given outlet coming in both directions
to said outlet and saved a good many
dollars in piping expense, and also maintains effective pressure at nozzles by
cutting down friction losses and velocity
of flow of the water. The principal expense of the system, of course, lies in
the piping. We used a twenty horsepower motor, directly connected to a
two stage centrifugal pump, of rated
capacity of 100 gals, per minute against
one hundred pounds pressure. The advantage of the centrifugal is that no
relief valves, pressure tanks, or standpipe are necessary. The gallons of water
pumped adjusts itself to the number of
openings in the pipe line. If there are
openings enough to drop the pressure to
75 lbs. the number of gal. increases to
150 gals, per minute; if the openings

are few the pressure rises to 110 lbs.
and the number of gals, pumped drops
to 75 gals, per minute or less; the water
under these circumstances just churns
in the pump. Of course, there must be
some outlets open or the pump will heat
up f r o m this churning action. The disadvantage of the centrifugal pump lies
in the power it consumes which is much
larger than a plunger pump of this
capacity. But a f t e r careful consideration of the problems of the plunger
type we decided t h a t the centrifugal
pump was the simplest, cheapest in cost
and installation expense and maintenance. We ran a three thousand foot,
three No. 6 wire, pole line, carrying
2200 volts to t r a n s f o r m e r s at the pump
house, and have plenty of power, supplied by the Edison Electric Illuminating
Co. of Boston. The present replacement
cost of the watering system would be
about $8,000.00. We are very much
pleased with the system and the way it
operated last year during dry spells.
We are going to be able to maintain the
turf on our fairways during any kind
of a season as a result of this installation.
Wm. W. Partridge.

The Rhode Island Greenkeepers Association held its F e b r u a r y meeting on
the 22nd at the N a r r a g a n s e t t Hotel,
Providence. Following a business meeting, Woodworth Bradley of Providence
started a discussion on fertilizers. Professor H. F. A. North of the Rhode
Island Experiment Station told of recent
work which has been done at the Station. The Station now has available
leaflets on various subjects—Insects,
Fertilizers, Seed Mixtures f o r Lawns,
Fungus Diseases, etc., being the recommendations f r o m this Station.
These
recommendations are especially adapted
to lawn owners who are having trouble.

The Rhode Island Greenkeepers Association held its March meeting at the
Narragansett Hotel, Providence, on the
14th. The Association went on record
as being heartily in favor of more f u n d s
f o r experimental work on turf at the
Rhode Island Experimental Station. It
was announced t h a t the annual Field
Day f o r greenkeepers at this Station
would be held on May 23rd. Greens
committee chairmen are especially invited. Exhibits are to be limited to the
smaller eruipment this year.

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Clinton K. Bradley spoke of the Winter School f o r Greenkeepers a t Amherst, which he attended this Winter.
A discussion period followed.

APRIL

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The April meeting was held a t Horticultural Hall, Boston, on April 4th.
The speaker was Mr. O. J. Noer of the
Milwaukee Sewerage Commission. Mr.
Noer gave an interesting talk on conditions which he found in travelling
around the country this past season, and
offered some suggestions f o r assistance.
Mr. Noer pointed out t h a t the belt between Washington and St. Louis probably suffered the most, although there
was much trouble also around Chicago,
and even in Canada. Many greens were
absolutely lost. Most of the i n j u r y was
similar to t h a t which damaged the East
in 1928. No particular strain of grass
was immune f r o m trouble; damage to
poa annua was severe.
The poorer
strains of stolons suffered. Solution of
troubles is not by getting any one grass
or strain. Hot humid weather usually
accompanied by heavy rainfall was the
usual cause of trouble. Immediate loss
of turf was probably due to a variety
of things, hence the variety of causes
and remedies suggested. The sod web
worm did much damage. Two treatm e n t s : lead arsenate spray, or mechanically so as to adhere to leaves; pyrethrum successful but costly. Small and
large brown-patch were common, also
pythium. Sun scald may result f r o m
several different causes. With lack of
water leaves collapse. Most sun scald
appeared on low lying places in greens.
Turf t u r n s brown, usually foul odors;
odors usually result of waterlogging of
soil, usually green scum appears on surf a c e ; this is algae. Very little can be
done in control with insecticides and
fungicides; avoid such conditions as f a r
as possible.
Methods to counteract trouble and
bring back greens.
There are no
methods to work magic. There are very
few live roots l e f t in some cases, folly
to feed grass until new roots f o r m ; root
formation is necessary first. On such
areas help surface soil to dry out by
forking or some such method; light liming may help. Fertilization should wait
until evidences are there t h a t turf is recovering.

How to avoid f u t u r e trouble: It is
not possible to go through Summer without some trouble as long as golfers demand same conditions. Look f o r t r e a t ments to minimize trouble. Discard poor
strains of grass. Have soil with its
drainage condition right. Deep soil bordering on sandy loam is good; have good
surface drainage and underdrainage if
soil doesn't move water down through it
rapidly. Heavily contoured greens are
not easily maintained. Organic matter
is essential constituent of soil. It is
possible to get too much humus material;
the great water holding capacity may
be detrimental. 20-30% of this material
plenty. Feeding practices may be overhauled. It is not possible to lay out a
definite feeding practice or program.
Greens are too often judged by color.
High color blades are soft and succulent. Have sturdy turf to go into July
and August. Control N. feeding and
water. Feed generously in Spring, less
in Summer. Feeding is usually part of
topdressing; this may overfeed. Add
phosphorus and potash required in
Spring. Then regulate according to
color and growth. Use organics in
Spring and Fall, not much during Summer. Use soluble nitrogen in small
quantities in Summer. The tendency is
to overwater. Watering affects root
system and top growth. Greens in shade
and in low lying areas usually give most
trouble; f o r these get soil in best mechanical condition possible with good
drainage; feed and water less than
usual.

At the business meeting Ray Granger
of the Newport (R. I.) Country Club
was elected a regular member, and
George Rommell of the Greenfield
Country Club was elected an associate
member.

We are sending copies of the recently
adopted By-Laws with this issue of the
N E W S L E T T E R . Hand your extra copy
to your chairman; he should be interested in your Club. We have already
sent copies to those green chairmen on
our mailing list. Once more we ask t h a t
you send us the address of your green
chairman, and keep us posted on
changes.

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The officers of the Greenkeepers Club
of New England, with their addresses,
are as follows:
President, James McCormack, 450
William St., Stoneham, Mass.
1st V. Pres., Thomas Fahey, 66 T u f t s
St., Arlington, Mass.
2nd V. Pres., Howard F a r r a n t , 132
Russert Rd., West Roxbury, Mass.
3rd V. Pres., James Sullivan, 47 Hammond St., Waltham, Mass.
Secretary, Charles W. Parker, 47
Bowker Rd., Waltham, Mass.
Treasurer, F r a n k H. Wilson, Jr.,
Charles River Country Club, Newton
Centre, Mass.
Trustees, T. W. Swanson, 110 Bedford St., Lexington, Mass.
R. Wallace Peckham, Sachuest Golf
Club, Newport, R. I.
Carlton E. Treat, Woodland Golf
Club, Auburndale, Mass.
Editor, N E W S L E T T E R , Guy C. West,
312 Mt. Pleasant St., Fall River, Mass.
Business Manager, N E W S L E T T E R ,
Marston Burnett, Wyantenuck Golf
Club, Great Barrington, Mass.
E n t e r t a i n m e n t Committee, Chairman,
Robert A. Mitchell, Kernwood Country
Club, Salem, Mass.
Golf Committee, Chairman, Clifton E.
Sowerby, 2 Stow Rd., Marlboro, Mass.,
Tel. Marlboro 120-R.
Membership Committee, Chairman,
John S. Latvis, Tatnuck Country Club,
Worcester, Mass.
Welfare Committee, Chairman, James
C. Sullivan, 47 Hammond St., Waltham,
Mass,
Employment Committee, Chairman,
John Shanahan, 256 Fuller St., West
Newton, Mass.
Educational and Interrelation Committee, Massachusetts section, T. W.
Swanson, Chairman. Rhode Island section, R. Wallace Peckham, Chairman.
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HANDICAP

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April

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Arthur E. Anderson
Thomas Brennan
H. C. Browning
M. B u r n e t t
E v e r e t t Capello
P. Cassidy
A. G. Clark
John Clinton
John L. Counsell
R. B. Cottelle

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W. Darling
Thomas Fahey
Howard F a r r a n t
V. Flood
Elmer Fuller
Tom Galvin
Thomas F. Grady
Martin Green
Ed. Hansen
Lawrence Hay
Paul F. Hayden
James Holden
John Latvis
James Lawson
W. S. Lindsay
E. B. Lord
Charles Mullaney
James McCormack
John McDonough
Louis Marrato
M. D. Maxwell
J. J. Fitzgerald
Harold A. Mosher
T. Murray
Wm. J. McBride
M. J. O'Grady
Alec Ohlsen
Thomas O'Leary
Charles O'Keefe
James O'Malley
Joseph Oldfield
Charles W. Parker
Wm. Patridge
R. Peckham
G. Pettazoni
E. D. Pierce
Earle Polhamus
R. F. Robinson
C. E. Sowerby
L. G. Stott
Pat. Sullivan
James Sullivan
Ted Swanson
Pat Tameo
Carl E. Treat
Geo. Volmer
Paul Wanberg
Guy West
F r a n k Wilson
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During a question-box half hour following the Feb. 29th meeting, the question of cutting wages of the men working on various courses was discussed.
Several clubs have cut or are cutting
wages 5 or 10%, but it is worthy of
mention t h a t several clubs are not planning to cut wages at all.

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MY

PROBLEM

How to make the labor of seven men
equal the work done by ten men and
two boys is my problem.
How well we will succeed remains to
be seen.
I won't let any weeds, especially crab
grass and chickweed, grow on or near
the greens, even though I have to feed
less or mow less often.
Letting rough grow tall will do no
permanent damage, although if you have
to mow with a cutter bar twice or more,
and rake by hand and haul away the
hay, I doubt if it is cheaper than keeping down the rough all the time with
a reel mower.
We expect to mow less width of
rough in 1932. Tees can be mowed
twice a week instead of three times.
Grass may be allowed to grow tall
around tees where players do not walk
and not interfere with play.
We have been generous in the .size
of compost piles so can skip this year
the starting of new piles.
One can neglect traps without serious
trouble, but if weeds get in, we will
have to pay to remove them next year.

Those who have power greens mowers
can perhaps better afford to skip mowing every day the first part or all the
week, as the power machine will not
take any longer probably to cut two
days grass, except for stopping to dump
clippings.
If we must economize, less feeding
will mean less grass to cut and will do
no harm. Some say there will be less
brown-patch to spend time and materials
on.
Robert A. Mitchell.
We are pleased to learn that grass
turf plots and experiments have been
started at the Iowa State College. The
newly formed Iowa Greenkeepers Association is, cooperating with this work
which is under the direction of Dr. Vernon T. Stoutemyer.
FOR

SALE

The Kernwood Country Club will
have available sometime in May about
four thousand square f e e t of mixed bent
sod containing a large percentage of
velvet bent. Anyone interested should
write R. A. Mitchell, % Club, Salem,
Mass.

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