FEBRUARY

MEETING

EQUIPMENT
MARCH

MEETING

SEED YIELDS AT R. I. STATION
TESTS OF PEOSPHATIC

MARCH
1932

FERTILIZERS

This N E W S L E T T E R is published
monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of
New England, and sent free to its members and their Greens' Chairmen. Subscription price ten cents a copy, or a
dollar a year.
GUY C. WEST
Editor

ature must be favorable; moisture is
necessary. The fertilizer program may
have something to do with the amount
of disease; too much Nitrogen may be
harmful. Certain strains are more susceptible than others.
The action of the fungicide upon the
fungi is that it kills the mycelia if in
312 Mt. P l e a s a n t St., Pall River, Mass.
sufficient concentration; the sclerotia
present are able to resist the fungicide.
MARSTON
BURNETT
Business
Mgr.
330 W a l t h a m St., W e s t N e w t o n , Mass.
Fungicide strong enough to kill the
sclerotia would probably kill the turf.
A heavy rainfall will make the concenMarch, 1932
Vol. 4, No. 3 tration
light; also cutting the grass
and watering reduce the amount of
fungicide. There comes a time when the
FEBRUARY MEET5NG
concentration is so light that mycelia
can grow again.
The February meeting was held at
Barbak 211 had been tested in 1930,
Horticultural Hall, Boston, on Feb. 8th. but 1931 was a much different season.
Mr. R. W. Clark of the Braintres Golf The 42 days control reported was in
Club was elected an Associate Member. 1930. with little rainfall; in year such
The first speaker was Mr. Kenneth as 1931 this would not hold;—for this
Welton of the Green Section. Mr. Wel- reason it is impossible to predict
ton gave a resume of his talk given at length of time that fungicide will prothe Convention in New York, and dis- tect. Barbak 211 now has 50% more
cussed the importance of the structure mercury than in 1931.
of the soil used for putting greens.
From reports gathererd from Barbak
He brought out that because a soil is users, 63% of those using it were satisfertile for corn or crops does not mean fied. Reports of duration were from 2
that it will be fertile under putting to 27 days, average was 10 days. Margreen conditions. Under these conditions gin of safety for Barbak 211 is 500%
some soils seal up, sink, giving less without burning grass. Barbak 211 is
pore space, ruining the structure.
9.5% metallic mercury; also has some
It is best to have greenkeeper on fertilizer value. Barbak xx contains
hand during- construction to look after 19% metallic mercury, rest is inert
soil used; if this has not been done, and matter.
construction has been poor, greenkeeper
should go on record in regard to the
Mr. M. V. Bailey of the same comcondition, knowing that play will ruin pany gave a short talk on Fertilizers.
the greens. Then two or three greens It is possibly not right to use nitrogen
may be rebuilt yearly, taking up the alone. Other plant nutrients are
sod and changing the soil; or, they may gradually being used up. Complete
be built up gradually by spike rolling fertilizers are even now giving better
and top-dressing with sandy soil.
results in some places. Heavy appliWhere greens are to be built, soil cations of potash are bringing in white
samples should be made. Mr. Welton clover, hence go light with potash on
described tests recently made with soil greens. The use of phosphate on putsamples. A mold of Arlington silt loam ting greens will build up the root systook 8 pounds to break, while a similar tem. The continued use of nitrogen
mold of same silt loam with 50% sand makes soils acid. In such soils phostook 6% pounds, and another of silt phate is combined as salts of iron and
loam and 50% peat only took lVk aluminum. In neutral or alkaline soils
pounds to break. A mold of a third each phosphates are combined as salts of
silt loam, sand, and peat took less than calcium, and are much more available.
two pounds.
Phosphorus as supplied by superphosphate is held by soil, thus when used
Dr. J. L. Horsfall of the American on greens is held near surface. AmmonCyanamid Co. gave an interesting talk ium phosphate is more available phoson diseases and control with Barbak phorus, hence causes deeper root system.
211. Turf diseases are caused by fungi; The ammonia forms of nitrogen cause
other conditions must be right for more acidity than the nitrate forms of
fungi to work. The range of temper- nitrogen fertilizers. The system of

making
worked
keepers
ure for

artificial manure has now been
out well, may help those greenwho are unable to secure mantheir compost piles.
EQUIPMENT

It is customary, I believe, for the
majority of larger golf Clubs to employ
a good, all-round mechanic to care for
all its equipment. This is undoubtedly
to advantage, as there is an almost constant demand for his services, especially
during the playing season, and too,
this removes a bit of the burden from
the shoulders of the Greenkeeper.
But, however, smaller clubs such as
Cohasse are unable to keep a man
solely for this purpose; and yet this important item cannot be overlooked if
the work is to be accomplished in the
alloted time and in a satisfactory manner.
The tractor driver is generally recognized or considered as a sort of handy
man, but he has his work to attend to
and is able to devote little time to work
on other equipment. Hand mowers, for
instance, require considerable attention
through-out the entire season and a
general overhauling during the winter
months in order to have them always
ready for use. Owing to this condition I,
for one, have concluded that in such a
situation the Greenkeeper must so acquaint himself with all types of mowers
as to be not only capable of determining
the trouble, but also to make any required adjustments and minor repairs.
We have a lawn mower sharpener of
a well-known standard make, also a
finishing stand especially built for the
type of putting-green mower used here
and these together with motor-driven
emery wheel and grindstone along with
a small vise, wrenches, screwdrivers,
etc., constitute the equipment of our
workshop. With these items always in
condition I am in a position to "operate on any ailing mower" immediately,
during the busy season and as we do
not have spares to depend on, this
method enables us to keep the work going along with no time lost waiting for
some repairman to make the necessary
repairs and return the mower. We
never send our mowers outside except
in cases of major breakdowns which
require machine shop facilities to set
them going again, and when the greatest care is exercised such mishaps are
few.

Our regular workmen are also taught
the care of tools, especially mowers. No
operator takes out a mower without
first assuring himself that the reel
turns freely yet close enough to the
bottom or bed knife to insure a clean
cut, that no side play exists due to
loose or worn bearing and that all working parts are properly lubricated; a
small wrench is provided each operator,
which he carries for making necessary
roller adjustments for height of cut.
Except in cases of real necessity no
workman continues to operate a mower
when any adjustment has become altered to cause undue noise or difficult
operation until re-adjustment has been
made.
All mowers and other equipment are
thoroughly cleaned and dried before
being returned to their proper places in
the tool house.
Sometime during the winter I pull
down all mowers, clean and sharpen
them, making any necessary replacements, paint them all over (excepting
bolts, nuts, or adjustment screws) and
they are once more ready for use. Other
tools and equipment receive the same
care and I am sure that in addition to
convenience this is a very economical
method.
Ernest B. Lord,
Cohasse C. C.
MARCH

MEETING

The regular March meeting was held
a week early, on February 29th, at
Horticultural Hall, Boston.' Mr. Talbot
Chase, President of the Massachusetts Golf Association, gave an
interesting talk on the newly
organized Service Section of the M. G.
A., what it is, and what it is trying to
do. Mr. Chase pointed out that it is
the function of the M. G. A. to promote the best interests of golf. The old
New England Service Bureau was
taken over, reorganized, name changed,
a Service Section Committee appointed,
with three greenkeepers as members.
The purpose of the Service Section is
almost entirely information; to gather
information about prices, new equipment, certain phases of maintainence,
etc., and to send this information
around in bulletin form. It is hoped
that this work will help to create a
stable market, and show a marked improvement in prices.
The office will be at the M. G. A.
office, 50 State St., Boston, in charge

of Fred Corcoran. Mr. Chase asked for
hearty support of Mr. Corcoran, and
for all factions to work together to give
the Service Section a try for this season.
The Service Section aims to leave
each club, each green chairman, each
greenkeeper, his own independence, but
to furnish information to all.
The second speaker was Mr. C. Adrian
Sawyer, Jr., Chairman of the Greens
Committee at the Braeburn Country
Club. Mr. Sawyer spoke on "Our Problem", and said in part:
"Individually and separately, you and
I have many problems in our connection
with a Golf Club; you, with your care
and maintenance and handling of labor,
I with a thousand rabid golfers, well
meaning critics, suggesting all sorts of
things and changes, the budget officer—
with his eyes on every expenditure, the
tournament committees with their
numerous demands, etc. So when I say
Our Problem, I refer to that which concerns both of us simultaneously: in a
fundamental and yet in a big way.
Now, what is Our Problem?
It is for both of us, collectively, to
b e of t h e g r e a t e s t p o s s i b l e s e r v i c e t o o u r
own club!—and I mean exactly what
I say.
Before analyzing the details of this
problem, that you may see more clearly
the Greens Chairman's responsibilities,
let us examine the background of his
office.
Picture to yourself the annual meeting of a Golf Club. The Directors and
generally the Treasurer are elected by
the members of the club. Later, at a
meeting of the Directors, the President
and other officers are elected. The President then appoints the Chairmen of his
committees, and generally confers with
each chairman as to the personnel of
the respective committees, in order that
the members shall be of definite value
and congenial workers.
Our Brae Burn Grounds Committee
consists of five members, including a
Chairman and a Vice-Chairman. Professionally, we have a lawyer, a merchant, an engineer, an architect, and a
builder. We recognize that we must
have men of varying golfing ability from
the low to the high handicaps, as the
location of a tee or trap or the limit of
rough must be acceptable to the majority of players. Each member of the
Grounds Committee has the welfare of
the club at heart, and is a power among
his friends in selling the program of
the committee, and in defending it from

unjust criticism. The President of the
club generally sits in during the meetings and, in our case, the meeting is not
complete without our Greenkeeper and
his assistant. General policies are discussed every month or two, and then
the burden for successful fulfillment of
these policies is placed squarely on the
shoulders of the Chairman. Don't think
for a moment that this is an idle responsibility. If, through a mistake or
error in judgement of the Greenkeeper,
18 greens are lost over night, it is the
chairman who is held responsible by the
membership of the club, even though
the real cause be generally known.
This is legally true, as well. Article
XI, Sec. 4, of the Brae Burn constitution states: "The Greens Committee
shall have charge of the links and of
matters pertaining to the upkeep for
the maintenance of the grounds."
Your Greens chairman, loaded with
instructions of the Committee, is ready
to act, and now turns to the Greenkeeper, in what should be the m e e t i n g
and not the p a r t i n g of the ways. Here,
shows the stuff that counts in both
Chairman and Greenkeeper.
If there be a club manager, the situation is changed slightly, depending also
on whether the manager is by profession a hotel man, a greenkeeper, a professional, or a paid club member.
If any of you were in the shoes of
this chairman, what under these circumstances would you desire most in
your Greenkeeper?
I want the assistance of a p a r t n e r in
the business of Grounds, and when I
say "partner", I mean one in every
sense of the word. Confidence in each
other, loyalty, a voluntary, unbiased exchange of ideas, and last, but not least,
one hundred per cent co-operation—no
petty politics, no attempts at currying
favor with club officers or the shifting
of burdens. (I am assuming, of course,
that the Greenkeeper's knowledge of his
profession is above question, and that
the Chairman is able to grasp his own
particular problems.)
I believe that the Chairman has not
only the right, but a duty, to discuss
with his Greenkeeper questions affecting the budget, the wage of labor, the
equipment program, and the extent and
character of grooming and beautifying
the course, etc.
In my opinion, there is no limit to
the effectiveness of the Greenkeeper who
steadfastly maintains these relations
with his Chairman. The qualities I have
mentioned are found in some of this
country's most successful men, such as:

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Andrew Carnegie, Charles Schwab, Mr.
Farrell, and countless others, who
started life as poor boys and without
education.
Acquaint yourself with the budget
and what it means. If your club does
not have one, set one up for yourself
and follow it through to the year's end.
Learn what it has to teach you month
by month. The higher up the ladder
you climb, the more you will be obliged
to deal with the budget. Learn to handle
men effectively, and, at the same time,
to keep their respect. Let us hear our
men say that we insist on a good hard
day's work, but with it all, that we are
s q u a r e . In my business, I would hire a
man on no more endorsement than this.
Learn what the different kinds of
work are costing you, and continually
endeavor to reduce this cost. Make your
purchases wisely, and with true economy. Treat your employers' bank account as though it were your own.
Be careful of the little things in life;
our speech, our dress, our considerations of the feelings of others. Let us
train ourselves to think straight and to
the point, and to develop a sound judgment. Be up-to-date. Let us not be
afraid to investigate new methods and
new equipment. Experiment, but experiment well before trying- new things
on a large scale.
Keep in close touch with your Greenkeeper's Club and its members, and assist in keeping it active and progressive.
All the while, prepare yourself for the
duties of management, whether it be
for Golf Club, Municipal Course, or
Park. Perhaps you have a leaning for
work in one of the Federal Bureaus, or,
possibly, in a business connected with
seed, fertilizers, or equipment. No
doubt, some of you good golfers, like
Joe Oldfield, will emulate Donald Ross
in specializing in golf-course construction and in problems of maintenance.
By and large, however, it is my belief that the majority of you will find
greater satisfaction and contentment in
doing your Greenkeeping work so well
that you are assured of your position
with the club of your choice, as long asi
you wish to keep it.
SPORTSMAN'S AND GOLF

SHOW

The annual Sportsman's and Golf
Show was held at Mechanic's Building,
Boston, from February 6th to 13th.
The Golf Show was secondary to the
sports exhibits, and yet there were

several exhibits of interest to the golf
minded. Exhibitors of golf equipment
included Hovey & Co., New England
Toro Co., Breck's, Worthington Mower
Co., Thos. W. Emerson., and J. F. Buel.
There were educational exhibits by
the U. S. G. A. Green Section, with
Kenneth Welton of the Green Section
and T. T. Taylor of the Metropolitan
Green Section in charge; Massachusetts
State College, with Prof. Lawrence S.
Dickinson and several of his students
in charge; Massachusetts Golf Association and by the Greenkeepers Club of
New England. The committee in charge
from the Greenkeepers Club was Frank
H. Wilson, Jr., Chairman, John Shanahan, Howard Farrant, T. W. Swanson,
and Guy C. West. All Directors of the
club helped in taking charge of the
booth.
The Green Section exhibit included
several photographs of turf diseases,
scalds of various kinds, weeds growing
from flats of compost, etc.; various
samples of peats; charts of fertilizer results at Experimental gardens, etc. The
Massachusetts State College exhibit was
arranged to show the work done at the
Winter School for Greenkeepers, to
bring out the many things a greenkeeper is supposed to know, and to show
mounted specimens of seedlings from
Pre-seeding fertilization experiment.
The Massachusetts Golf Association
brought out the activities of its new
Service Section. The Greenkeepers Club
exhibit mainly brought out the many
activities of the club, and the booth
served as a meeting place for greenkeepers attending the show.
A l l c o m m u n i c a t i o n s in r e g a r d t o c l u b
affairs should be addressed to the Secretary, Charles W. Parker, 47 Bowker
Road, Waltham, Mass.

In answer to many inquiries, we wish
to state that the R. E. Bradley who has
recently taken over the Ideal Mower
Sales and Service at 273 Boylston
Street, Brookline, Mass. is not the
Woodworth Bradley who is a Seedsman
and Equipment Dealer in Providence,
R. I.
Elmer Fuller has used the fine winter
weather to put in five large traps at
the Highland Country Club. Elmer
says, "Try to make par now"!
Lloyd Stott is now greenkeeper at
the Meadowbrook Golf Club in Reading, Mass.

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TESTS OF PHOSPHATIC FERTILIZERS
Prof. M. H. Cubbon

So many new fertilizers are being put on the market and highly praised by
those responsible for sales promotion that questions regarding the availability
and value of this or that material are heard from all sides. The fertilizer control
service of the Massachusetts Experiment Station attempts to partially answer
these questions by making actual tests to determine the availability of fertilizer
elements to growing plants. Thus the control service does more than merely
determine if a fertilizer is up to guarantee; it finds out how the plant behaves
when supplied with the fertilizer.
In the case of phosphatic materials the plan is to grow a crop which uses
plenty of phosphorus, on a soil low in phosphorus, and to supply the deficiency
from various phosphatic materials. The amount of crop produced plus the quantity
of phosphorus taken up by the plant are compared with similar figures for some
standard fertilizer such as superphosphate. The figures in the table following show
how some different phosphatic compounds behaved in recent tests. All figures are
relative to superphosphate, which accounts for a few of the numbers exceeding 100.
S o u r c e of p h o s p h o r u s

R e l a t i v e a v a i l a b i l i t y of p h o s p h o r u s
B a s i s of p h o s B a s i s of d r y
m a t t e r yield
phorus recovery

Superphosphate (Standard)
Ammoniated superphosphate
Ammo-Phos (11-46)
Basic Slag Phosphate (16%)
Basic Slag Phosphate (15%)
Calcined Phosphate or available phosphate
Calcined Phosphate or Low Fluorine phosphate
Colloidal Phosphate
Fused Phosphate and Potash
High Grade Residue By-Product
Ober Residue A
Ober Residue B
Precipitated Bone (American Glue Co.)
Precipitated Bone (Imported)
Citratus Precipitated Phosphate
Reform Phosphate
Finely Ground Rock Phosphate
Triple Superphosphate

100.00
99.46
103.74
74.86
89.90
91.24
70.77
22.02
92.42
80.00
108.04
44.67
88.05
101.95
110.92
73.98
13.74
104.81

100.00
110.07
114.92
133.19
128.06
119.86
76.32
38.38
99.35
93.57
116.03
73.71
111.37
109.32
157.89
75.67
35.21
113.24

These figures indicate how poorly the natural phosphates such as rock phosphate and colloidal phosphate show up in comparison with more soluble forms of
phosphorus.
Brief descriptions of the different materials in the above table are to be
found in the fertilizer inspection bulletin, No. 54 in the control series, published
in December, 1930. Copies of this bulletin can be had by writing to the Extension
Service, Massachusetts State College, Amherst, Mass.

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SEED YIELDS OF BENT GRASS AT THE RHODE
E X P E R I M E N T S T A T I O N IN 1931
T. E. Odland a n d H. F. A. N o r t h

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Seed yields were obtained for a second year at the R. I. Experiment Station
in 1931 from a number of different bent grasses and with different amounts and
kinds of fertilizer on Rhode Island (Colonial) bent. Considerable interest has
been evident from a number of sources in the results obtained since very little
work has previously been done anywhere on this problem. In 1930 the seed yields
were considerably higher than had been anticipated with a number of the bents
and the seed was of high quality. The Rhode Island bent, for example, showed
a purity of 97.12 per cent and a germination of 90. Kernwood velvet bent had a
purity of 92.38 per cent and a germination of 89. The yields in 1930 ranged from
28.1 to 323 pounds per acre.
The seed crop in 1931 was very much lighter than in the previous year. The
average yield for all fertilizer treatments on Rhode Island bent was only 34.3
pounds per acre whereas in 1930 the average was 109.4 pounds per acre. In
general, the yields were approximately 1 / 3 of the previous year. The purity and
germination tests have not been completed on the 1931 crop.
The light yields the past year seemed to be due chiefly to poor seed setting—
there was enough hay produced to indicate yields fully as large as the previous
year. In fact from the field appearance of the plats one might have expected fully
as heavy yields as were obtained in 1930. Apparently the light set was due to
the unfavorable weather conditions during the critical period of pollination.
The following tables show the yields obtained during the past year.
T A B L E I. Y i e l d s of s e e d of d i f f e r e n t b e n t g r a s s e s i n 1 9 3 1 . ( S e c t i o n B ) .
Kind
Pounds seed per acre

Red Top
Highland velvet bent
Astoria bent
Seaside (Marshfield) creeping bent
R. I. (Colonial)
Seaside (Coos Co.) creeping bent
Virginia (creeping bent)
Kernwood velvet bent
B. P. I. 14276 velvet bent
Washington creeping bent
Yorkshire velvet bent

T A B L E II.

156.8
126.8
96.7
88.0
82.2
79.6
38.6
26.1
25.8
11.6
9.6

Y i e l d s of R h o d e I s l a n d b e n t w i t h d i f f e r e n t f e r t i l i z e r r a t i o s i n 1 9 3 1 .
Fertilizer Ratio
P o u n d s s e e d Der a c r e
N P K

0— 0—0 (no fertilizer)
7.2
1 _ 6—3
7.2
2— 6—3
10.1
4— 6—3
33.7
6— 6—3
56.6
6— 2—3
45.0
6—10—3
47.7
6— 6—1
59.3
6— 6—5
41.8
The Red Top produced the largest yield of seed. This was also true in 1930.
Virginia creeping bent produced next to the highest in 1930 but was one of the
poorer ones the past year. This was due to poor growth as well as climatic conditions. The same was true of the other creeping bents. It seems as if under our
conditions the creeping bents will not maintain seed production over as long a
period as will Rhode Island Velvet bent. The Metropolitan creeping bent did not
produce enough seed so that any could be harvested last year.
As in 1930 the amount of nitrogen in the fertilizer had the greatest influence
on the seed yield. The yields were almost directly proportional to the amount of
nitrogen used. Variation in the amount of phosphoric acid or potash had very
little effect on the seed yield.
Attention should be called to the fact that these results were obtained on
small experimental plats. Under larger field conditions it would be necessary to
guard against using too much nitrogen and so cause lodging.

President McCormack has appointed
the following committees for 1932:
Welfare Committee:
James Sullvan, Chairman,
47 Hammond St., Waltham, Mass.
Martin Green,
X Ivy St., E. Providence, R. I.
Elliot D. Pierce,
Kittansett Club, Marion, Mass.
Employment Committee:
John Shanahan, Chairman,
253 Fuller St., W. Newton, Mass.
Michael J. O'Grady,
Slocum Rd., N. Dartmouth, Mass.
George Volmer,
Hatherly C. C., Minot, Mass.

James Lawson,
Watch Hill Rd., Westerly, R. I.
Roland F. Robinson,
Scituate Rd., Cranston, R. I.
SPRING WORK ON
GOLF COURSE

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The first thing I do on my course,
just as soon as the frost is out of the
ground, is to rake my greens with very
fine sharp round-toothed rakes. Then I
brush them off with birch brooms, and
spread a quarter inch fine sifted baked
loam over each green. Then I drag a
steel mat both ways over each green
and roll with a heavy water roller.
Educational and Interrelation CommitI sod badly worn tees. Where places
tee, Massachusetts Section:
in fairways are winter killed, I rake out
T. W. Swanson, Chairman,
the old grass, then seed, loam, and roll.
110 Bedford St., Lexington, Mass. I roll all the fairways just as soon as
Prank H. Wilson.
the frost is out of the ground.
Charles River Country Club,
Thomas Murray,
Newton Centre, Mass.
Tedesco Country Club.
Carlton E. Treat,
Woodland Golf Club,
The What Cheer C. C. of Pawtucket,
Auburndale, Mass.
R. I. where Charles Thibault is greenkeeper-manager has a fine bowling
Rhode Island Section:
green, which is much patronized during
R. Wallace Peckham, Chairman,
the season. Probably few country clubs
Sachuest Golf Club,
have such a side-line!
Middletown, R. I.

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