C-ourde ^Superintendents ^Association OF President— JOSEPH BUTLER United Shoe Country Club 3 Ridgewood Terrace Beverly, Mass. Phone WA 2-1263 First Vice-President— LEON V. ST. PIERRE Longmeadow Country Club 51 Fenwood Road Longmeadow 6, Mass. Phone LO 7-5562 Second Vice-President— ANTHONY D. CARANCI, JR. Ledgemont Country Club 22 Hillview Drive North Providence 4, R.I. Phone PA 3-1688 Secretary— JOHN CALLAHAN Spring Valley Country Club 146 Edgehill Road Sharon, Mass. Phone SU 4-6370 Treasurer— ARTHUR L. CODY Wollaston Golf Club Phone Supt. Office at ciub GRanite 2-3535 Home GRanite 2-7913 19 Ardell Street North Quincy, Mass. Trustee— ALBERT L. ALLEN Kernwood Country Club Phone Pi 4-7783 Kernwood Country Club Salem, Mass. Trustee— HOWARD FARRANT Pinebrook Country Club Phone OL 3-5296 Wheeler Lane Natick, Mass. Trustee— JOHN KEALTY The Country Club 209 W, Plain Street Cochituate, Mass. Phone OL 3-1408 Finance Committee Chairman— PHILIP I. CASSIDY Weston Golf Club Phone HI 4-4127 45 Grosvenor Road Needham 92, Mass. Educational Committee Chairman— ROBERT GRANT Supernault National Country Ciub Phone EM 5-5538 Deershorn Road Lancaster, Mass. Golf Committee Chairman— EDWARD J. MURPHY Lexington Country Club 194 Oxbow Road Wayland, Mass. Newsletter Committee Chairman— RICHARD C. BLAKE Mt. Pleasant Country Club Phone 869-2737 211 Sewali Street Boylston, Mass. Past President— N. J. SPERANDIO Concord Country Club Concord, Mass. Phone EM 9-4723 NEW E N G L A N D NEWSLETTER June 1963 The June meeting was held June 3, 1963 at the Country Club of New Bedford. There was a brief business meeting- at 11:00 A.M. All officers and committee chairman present gave their reports. George J. Quimette, Asst. Supt. at Hyannisport Golf Club was voted an Asst. membership. Results of the golf tournament are as follows: Low gross Low net (Tie) Mel Wendell 77 Bill Carter 79-5 H.C. - 74 Stan Brown 80 Floyd Wiget 82 - 8 H.C. - 74 The Host Supt. Mike O'Grady welcomed all and certainly had the course in fine condition. The next meeting—July 15, 1963—Joint New England & Rhode Island Meeting. Wannamoisett C. C., Rumford, R. I. (located off Rte. 1A near the Rumford Baking Soda Co.) Host Supt. Malcom Wendell. Business meeting 11:00 A.M. Lunch 12:00 Golf after lunch Effects of Traffic on Soils I. Traffic can disfigure the soil surface. A. Dry soil will not rut but repeated traffic to remove sod will pile up dust in track. Tracks going up and down slope can cause erosion. B. Traffic on soft soil will cause rutting (degree depends on tire and weight). II. Traffic can press soil particles closer together (compact). A normal soil is about 50% by volume solids and about 50% space occupied by either air or water. Compaction eliminates many of the larger spaces. Compaction is measured by resistance to penetration, change in size of pores, volume weight and others. Amount of compaction depends on many factors other than pressure per square inch and frequency of application of pressure. Some important factors are: A. Soil texture: The fineness of solid particles—how much sand, silt and clay is in the soil—organic matter. Fine-textured soils (clays) are more subject to compaction than coarse-textured soils (sands). Hence the current recommendation for large quantities of coarse sand in greens construction. The texture also influences the amount of large pore space. moisture : When soil is very dry, it is difficult to compact. •n?- i > hydraulic system and will not compact but will displace. Soil is seldom completely saturated in nature. Moist or wet soil will compact. T T T I R S 1S s a t u r a t e d Tt 1S a III. Effects of compaction A. It reduces non-capillary pore space. B. Inhibits infiltration and percolation of water. C. Reduces oxygen diffusion in the soil. D. Inhibits root development. E. Changes plant community - Knotweed, Poa annua, other weeds invade bentgrass or Kentucky bluegrass where there is excess compaction. IV. Unanswered questions. A. Is it better to make twice as many passes over a given spot with a 12-inch wide tire than one-half as many with a tire 6 inches wide? B. Does surface compaction hold over from one year to the next or is the compaction corrected by freezing and thawing in cold areas? C. How much compaction can be tolerated and still be able to produce a good turf? By Dr. R. R. Davis Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station * * * WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? The population of the U.S. is 160 million, 62 million are over 60 years of age. This leaves 98 million people to do the work. 54 million are under 21, so this leaves 44 million to do the work. 21 million are government employees, leaving 23 million to do the work. 6 million are in the armed forces, this leaves 17 million to> do the work. 14 million are in state, county and city offices, this leaves 3 million to do the work. 2,500,000 are in hospitals, asylums, etc., leaving 500,000 to do the work. 450,000 are bums and others who will not work, this leaves 50,000 to do the work. It may interest you to know there are 49,998 people in jails and prisons, this leaves 2 people to do all the work. Brother, that's you and me, and I'm getting tired of doing all the work myself, so let's get with it. from - Northern Ohio Turfgrass News the Editor ^S'iaAe