K l i w s [LIEWiEß THIRD ANNUAL GREENKEEPERS' FIELD DAY MAY MEETING WINTER SCHOOL FOR GREENKEEPERS DECIDUOUS TREES AND SHRUBS THE TREE OPTIMIST vs. TREE M A Y 1933 PESSIMIST This NEWSLETTER 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 312 Mt. Pleasant St., Fall River, Mass. MARSTON Business Mass. Mgr. Wyanteimck BURNETT G. CV, Great .Barring-ton, May, 1932 Vol. 4, No. 3 THIRD ANNUAL GREENKEEPERS' FIELD DAY at the Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station, Kingston, R. I., Monday, May 23, 1932. The Third Annual Greenkeepers' Field Day will be held at the Rhode Island Experiment Station on Monday, May 23rd. The program will include visits to the grass experimental plats, a dinner with speaking program and demonstrations of golf course equipment. Everyone interested in turf problems whether for lawns, estates, golf courses or other purposes are invited. The program planned is as follows: 10:00-10:30 Registration - Experiment Station. 11:03-12:30 Visit to Experimental plats. 12:45 - 2:30 Lunch—Dining Hall. "Soil Conditions and Plant Growth" by Dr. Howard B. Sprague, Agronomist, New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Discussion and question box. Golf course problems—Everybody. 2:30 Annual business meeting of R. I. Greenkeepers' Club. 2:30 Exhibits and demonstrations— College Campus. The experimental plats include various fertilizer treatments, lime tests, wesd and worm control in lawns, Brown Patch control, different varieties and strains of bent grass, bent grass breeding experiments and others. A number of new plats have been added during the past year. Commercial firms dealing in golf course and other turf equipment are invited to exhibit and demonstrate their different lines. The local management has received excellent cooperation from a number of firms in these field days. The demonstrations will be held on the College Campus. A cordial invitation is extended to greenkeepers, greens section chairmen, and all others interested in turf or turf problems in any way. MAY MEETING The May meeting was held at the Woodland Golf Club, Auburndale, Mass. ^ s cn May 2nd. The first tournament of the year was held, and prizes were awarded: 1st gross—Emil Masciocchi—80 1st net—Guy West—91-18-73 2nd net—Philip Cassidy—93-24-74 3rd net—Marston Burnett—104-30-74 ¿th net—William McBride—95-20-75 5th net—William Lindsay—94-19-75 The June meeting will be held at the Oysters Haibors Country Club, Osterville, Mass. on June 6th. Here is your onp'rtunity to plav a very fine course. Make the most of it! George J. Rommell, Jr., assistant to Frank Wilson Charles River Country Club, greenkeeper at the Greenfield Club, Greenfield, Mass. formerly at the is now Country Professor Lawrence S. Dickinson of Massachusetts State College was elected an Honorary Member at the Feb. 29th mee'.ing, in consideration of the valuable work he has done in helping the greenkeepers of the country. Herbert Moran recently left for the Sleepy Hollow Country Club, Scarborough-on-Hudson, N. Y., where he will try to keep busy. Phil Cassidy reports that work has been started clear'ng land for the second nine at Needham. The April meeting of the Rhode Island Greenkeepers Association was held at the Pawtucket Country Club, on April 25th. WINTER SCHOOL FOR GREENKEEPERS Statistical Data Prepared by L. S. Dickinson March 21, 1932 Class 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 Unknown Temporary In the Out of No. of O u t of W o r k Graduates Profession Profession 1 1 9 8 2 1 2 11 15 13 1 1 1 15 1 1 1 16 18 20 20 19 19 4 4 5 87 Total 96 Registration limit. 1927—10; 1928-29-30— -15; 1931-32—20. One man left in 1932 because of illness. Classification When registering Club Managers Greenkeepers Pro-Greenkeepers Professionals Ass't Greenkeepers Stockbridge students Others Total Present position 1 32 4 6 21 26 6 .96 1 60 4 6 13 3 (Out) 9 96 Stockbridge Student Record Greenkeepers Ass't Greenkeepers Out of profession Unknown In school Temporarily out of work (Gk.) . . . . 13 2 4 3 3 1 26 G e o g r a p h i c a l D i s t r i b u t i o n of G r a d u a t e s W o r k i n g in R e g i s t e r e d f r o m 1 Minnesota 1 Canada (Banff) 1 New Hampshire Canal Zone (Balboa) 1 Registered from Connecticut Illinois Indiana Iowa Kentucky Maine Massachusetts Michigan 6 5 2 1 2 1 62 1 5 4 2 2 2 2 41 1 1 1 W o r k i n g in 1 New York 6 Ohio 1 Pennsylvania 3 Vermont 2 Wisconsin Students, Unknown, Out of work Total 96 — 2 7 1 3 4 1 16 — 96 DECIDUOUS TREES & SHRUBS (A list recommended by Mr. Daniel A. Clarke, nurseryman, at Rhode Island Field Day, 1931.) Note:—The botanical names given the preference are according- to "Standardized Plant Names" (S. P. D.) after the common name indicates that "Standardized Plant Names" recommends the use of the common name only. Large S Praxinus americana Liriodendron tulipifera Tilia, americana Tilia vulgaris (europaea) Acer Platanoides Acer rubrum Acer saccharum Cy., S. P. N. (saccharinum) Liquidambar Styraciflua Nyssa sylvatica Sassafras variifolium (officinalis) Platanus orientalis Celtis occidentalis Khints americana Hickoria ovata (alba) Juglans nigra Betula lenta Betula lutea Betula nigra Betula papyrifera Betula populifolia Quercus alba Quercus coccinea Quercus palustris Quercus rubra Fagus americana (grandifolia, ferruginea) Salix alba Salix pentandra Salix vitellina var. surea (Cy) Populus monilifera (deltoides monilifera) le T r e e s White Ash Tulip Tree, White Wood Yellow Poplar American Linden European Linden, Common Linden Norway Maple Red Maple Sugar Maple Sweet Gum Common Tupelo, Sour Gum Sassafras Oriental Plane Tree Hackberry American Elm Shagbark Black Walnut Cherry, Sweet, Black Birch Yellow, or Silver Birch Red, or River Birch Paper or Canoe Birch Grey Birch White Oak Scarlet Oak Pin Oak Red Oak American Beech White Willow Laurel Legf Willow Russian Golden Willow Cottonwood Small Shade and Ornamental Trees Magnolia acuminata Cercidiphyllum japonicum Acer ginnala (tatarica var. ginnala) Acer negundo Acer pennsylvanicum Acer Spicatum Cornus Florida Cornus var. rubra Amelanchier canadensis Laburnum vulgare Cladrastis lutea (tinctoria) Cercis canadensis Cucumber Trees Kadsura Tree Amur Maple Box Elder Striped Maple Mountain Maple Flowering Dogwood Red Flowering Dogwood Shad Bush, June Berry Golden Chain Yellowwood Red Bud, Judas Tree ^ FERTILIZE and ECONOMIZE Exclusive N e w E n g l a n d Distributors For: Premier Brand Pulverized Poultry Manure Rams Head Brand Pulverized V. 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Cy.) atrosanguinea Malus coronaria Malus floribunda Malus halliana parkmanni (cy) Malus ioensis fl. pl. Malus theifera Sorbus americana Crataegus cordata Crataegus crus-galli Syringa japónica Oriental Cherry, Japanese Carmen Crab (S. P. N.) Wild Crabapple Japanese Flowering Crab Parkman Crab (S. P. N.) Bechtel's Crab (S. P. N., Cy.) American Mountain Ash Washington Thorn Cockspur Thorn Tree Lilac Flowering Shrubs Berberís thunbergi Berberís vulgaris Ilex verticillata Euonymus alatus Euonymus atropurpureus Euonymus bungeanus Rhamnus frangula Rhus copallinas Rhus glabra Rhus typhina Caragana arborescens Prunus maritima Spiraea salicifolia Spiraea tomentosa Spiraea van houttei (cy) Physocarpus opulifolius (Spiraea opulifolia) Physocarpus opulifolius var. aurea Rosa lucida (virginiana) Rosa multiflora Rosa rugosa Rosa setigera Aronia arbutifolia (Pyrus arbutifolia) Philadelphus grandiflorus (inodorus gr. fl.) Philadelphus coronarius Philadelphus lemoinei & Vars. Hamamelis virginiana Hamamelis vernalis Acanthopanax pentaphyllum (Aralia pontaphylla) Cornus alba var siberica (C. siberica) Cornus amomum (sericea) Cornus mas Cornus paniculata (racemosa) Cornus stolonifera Sambucus canadensis Sambucus racemosa Viburnum americanum Viburnum cassinoides Viburnum dentatum Viburnam lentago Viburnam opulus Symphoricarpos racemosus Symphoricarpos vulgaris Lonicera Morrowi •Japanese Barberry Common Barberry Black Alder Japanese winged Euonymus Burning Bush Shining, Mountain or Dwarf Sumac Smooth Sumac Staghorn Sumac Siberian Pea Tree Beach Plum Meadowsweet Hardhack Van Houtte Spiraea Ninebark Wild Rose Japanese Rose Japanese Rose Prairie Rose Red Chokeberry Large-Flowered Mockorange Common or Sweet Mockorange or Syringa Witch Hazel Red Twigged Dog-wood Silky Dogwood Cornelian Cherry Panicled Dogwood Red Osier Dogwood Common Elder Red Fruited Elder American Cranberry Bush Witherod Arrowwood Sheepberry, Nannyberry European Cranberry Bush, High Bush Cranberry Snowberry Indian Current, Coralberry H O V E Y & CO. 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Complete Catalog Mailed On Request Lonicera tatarica Cephalanthus occidentalis Vaccinium corymbosum Kalmia latifolia Azalea arborescens Azalea calendulacea Azalea Kaempferi Azalea nudiflora Azalea vaseyi Azalea viscosa Rhododendron carolinianum Rhododendron maximum Clothra alnifolia Forsythia suspensa var. íortunei (F. fortunei) Syringa chinensis (rothomagensis) Syringa vulgaris Chionanthus virginica Ligustrum ibota Ligustrum ovalifolium Benzoin aestivale (lindera benzoin) Actinidia arguta Celastrus orbiculatus (articulatus) Celastrus scandens Vitis coignetiae Vitis labrusca Ampélopsis heterophylla (vitis heterophylla) Ampélopsis quinquefolia (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) Lonicera japónica var. halliana Lycium Chinense Taxus cuspidata Taxus cuspidata nana (cy) (brevifolia) Taxus canadensis Pinus montana mugli (is Pinus nigra (nigra sustriaca) Pinus resinosa Pinus Strobus Pinus sylvestris Larix laricina (americana) Picea canadensis Picea excelsa Picea orientalis Abies concolor Tsuga. canadensis Pseudo tsuga doug'lasi (taxifolia) Juniperus chinensis pfitzeriana Juniperus communis depressa Juniperus horizontalis Juniperus sabina tamariscifolia Juniperus virginiana Juniperus virginiana glauca Tartarian Honeysuckle Button Bush Common Swamp Blueberry, High Bush Blueberry Mountain Laurel Pinxter Flower White Swamp Honeysuckle Great Laurel Sweet Pepper Bush Chinese Lilac Common Lilac Fringe Tree Asiatic Privet California Privet Spice Bush Vines Actinidia Oriental Bittersweet American Bittersweet, Waxwork Crimson Glory Vine Fox Grape Porcelain Ampélopsis Virginia Creeper Hall Japanese Honeysuckle (S. 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F a i r w a y M o w e r s F. & N . P u t t i n g G r e e n M o w e r s Locke Power Lawn Mowers 6 0 C O N G R E S S STREET Boston, Mass. a n d B r a n c h Office Cedar S w a m p Road G l e n H e a d , L. I., N. Y . Price List Sent On Request. CARL H. A N D E R S O N 5 Robin Rd. West Hartford, Conn. N e w Y o r k Office CLINTON K. BRADLEY 91 Wisner Ave. N e w b u r g h , N. Y. Mr. Advertiser Do you wish to get your advertising before those who buy golf course equipment and supplies in New England? The NEWSLETTER goes directly, and is read by, the Greenkeepers and Green Chairmen of New England Clubs. For space and rates in the 1932 NEWSLETTER, write:— Business M a n a g e r — N e w s l e t t e r WYANTENUCK GOLF CLUB Great Harrington, Mass. AND THE TREE OPTIMIST THE TREE PESSIMIST Optimist—The white pine is a beautiful tree, especially on light sandy soil. If conditions are right, it may grow to a diameter of three feet and of great height. Pessimist—Yeah, but you have some fun every year when the needles fall on putting greens, and a n y h o w it may have blister rust. Optimist—What a graceful and dainty foliage has the hemlock. We would be crazy about them if they were imported from a foreign country. Pessimist—Yeah, but you better not try to plant them except in a cool, moist partly shady place. They might grow on the north side of something. Optiviist—Why not plant oaks if you want a monument to your memory? Have you seen those on the Jamaica Way, on the way from Back Bay Fens to Franklin Park? Pessimist—Yes. but you have your troubles cleaning up the leaves. Optimist—Did you notice that masses of tree foliage seem veined from a distance, and have different textures and colors, especially the young foliage greens of Spring? One of the handsomest foliage textures is the honey locust. Its finely divided leaves are very beautiful in the mass. Pessimist—Yeah, but the foliage comes late and goes early. It has a little green worm to chew it and nice fat borers to mine its trunk. Optimist—But can't I sell you some birches? There are many kinds; the paper birch, the bark of which the early American made his canoe; the grey or broom birch; the red or river birch; the black or sweet birch; and the grey shaggy birch. Pessimist—0. K. but what are you going to do for two or three kinds of diseases and insects that spoil their beauty? Optimist—Well, anyway, I shall plant some of various kinds and find out which will grow in clay soil, on dry shale, in the wind-swept situation, and other difficult places. The ash is one that don't make much work raking leaves and the gypsy moths don't love it. Robert A. Mitchell. WHAT IS T H I S GOLF Golf is a form of work made expensive enough for a man to enjoy it. It is physical and mental exertion made attractive by the fact that you have to dress for it in a $200,000 clubhouse. Golf is what letter-carrying, ditch digging, and carpet-beating would be if those three tasks had to be performed on the same hot afternoon in short pants and colored socks by gouty-looking gentlemen who required a different implement for every mood. Golf is the simplest looking game in the world when you decide to take it up, and the toughest looking after you have been at it ten or twelve years. It is probably the only known game a man can play as long as. a quarter of a century and then discover that it was too deep for him in the first place. The game is played on carefully selected grass with little white balls and as many clubs as the player can afford. These little balls cost from seventy-five cents to $25.00, and it is possible to support a family of ten people (all adults) for five months on the money represented by the balls lost by some golfers in a single afternoon. A golf course has eighteen holes, seventeen of which are unnecessary and put in to make the game harder. A "hole" is a tin cup in the center of a "green." A "green" is a small parcel of grass costing about $1.98 a blade and usually located between a brook and a couple of apple trees, or a lot of "unfinished excavation." The idea is to get the golf ball from a given point into each of the eighteen cups in the fewest strokes and the greatest number of words. The ball must not be thrown, pushed or carried. It must be propelled by about $200.00 worth of curious looking implements, especially designed to provoke the owner. Each implement has a specific purpose and ultimately some golfers get to know what that purpose is. They are the exceptions. After each hole has been completed the golfer counts his strokes. Then he subtracts six and says, "Made that in five. That's one above par. Shall we play for fifty cents on the next hole, too, Ed?" After the final, or eighteenth hole, the golfer adds up his score and stops when he has reached eighty-seven. He then has a swim, a pint of gin, sings "Sweet Adeline" with six or eight other liars and calls it the end of a perfect day. Anonymous. Speaking of publicity, does your local paper boost your club and its doings? Do you get the real cooperation evidenced in the following copied from one New England paper? THE GOLF CLUB "The annual fight for honors at the Golf Club is under way, and it looks as if most of the older players— those who have been playing for years —are in the running. We like once in a while to see a new hand come in and challenge the older men for the honors. The golf course is in fine condition this year. Much work has been done on the 18 holes, and with the rain of the spring and the summer showers the grass has had a good start. It looks as if the people of would be per- mitted to use the 18 holes well into the fall. The greens were never in better condition, and there are those who say that they are the best in and as good as any in New England. The Golf Club is a real asset to the town. Some way should be found to encourage more people to play golf. There are many men and women who should get away from their every day vocation a bit. They should have a hobby, and there is no better one than playing golf and breathing the fresh air from the links and forgetting home anxieties. is the place to do it." Carl Treat, who has been Manager as well as Greenkeeper at the Woodland Golf Club these last few months, has started a fine little club paper, "The Woodlander", "issued now and then by the Woodland Golf Club". This homey paper gives items of interest to the members, and news of parties, etc. at the club. We feel that this is an idea that more clubs could use to stimulate interest and foster the real club spirit. Ask For Demonstration W e will gladly demonstrate t h e Ideal P o w e r G r e e n M o w e r f o r a n y c l u b t o p r o v e t h a t it w i l l d o finer w(ork t h a n a n y m a c h i n e built, c a n n o t p o s s i b l y i n j u r e g r e e n s , a n d is a b i g labor saver. W e c a r r y a c o m p l e t e l i n e of g o l f e q u i p m e n t a n d m a i n t a i n a fully e q u i p p e d service station. The ideal Mower Sales and Service R. E . B r a d l e y , P r o p . 2 7 3 Boylston S t r e e t — B r o o k l i n e , M a s s . W h e n writing oar advertisers, mention N E W S L E T T E R ! MILORGANITE FERTILIZER We are pleased to announce that starting last fall MILORGANITE contains 20 % more organic Nitrogen and this increase in fertilizer value is now coupled with a decrease in the price. It is our belief that MILORGANITE continues to stand above all other materials as an organic fertilizer and certainly more economical to buy. I 1 On April 1st we ordered our tenth solid carload of Milor- ganite for the New England District. Eight of these were | shipped in March and two are ordered for immediate April shipment. New Prices A r e Effective Now F . O. B. W e s t N e w t o n W a r e h o u s e 1 to 5 tons, per ton 5 to 10 tons, per ton 15 ton car, per ton 25 ton ear, per ton F . O. B. Y o u r D e p o t $32.00 $30.00 $26.00 $25.00 Pool cars are now being organized. There may be one for your locality. Write in—giving the tonnage you can use and we will respond quickly. New England Distributors: NEW ENGLAND TORO COMPANY W E S T N E W T O N , MASS. Associates: P h i l i p H. K y l a n d e r , E l m w o o d , C o n n . E d w a r d L o h r , P r o v i d e n c e , R. I. Freeman Nagell, Portland, Maine G u y F. P a t t e r s o n & Co., P i t t s f i e l d , M a s s . iiHHiMiagiasra 1 1 IS H !§ ¡Sj