KIEW
OCTOBER MEETING
WHITE GRUBS
NEW NURSERIES AT MEADOWBROOK
TEE MAINTENANCE
FALL WORK AT HIGHLAND

OCTOBER
1932

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. P l e a s a n t St., Fall River, Mass.
MARSTON
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W y a n t e n u c k G. C., Great Barring-ton, Mass.
October, 1932
OCTOBER

Vol. 4, No. 10
MEETING

Forty-four teams competed in the
first greenkeeper-pro tournament, sponsored by the Greenkeepers Club of
New England, and held at the Bear
Hill Country Club, Stoneham, Mass. on
October 3rd. The tournament was run
on the basis of pros playing at scratch,
and greenkeeper partners playing twothirds of their handicap, strokes to be
taken where they came on the card, for
the net prize; with gross scores as a
four ball, best ball tournament.
A fine 71, put together by the
Unicorn team, James McCormack and
Roland Hancock, won first gross. First
net was won by Joseph Oldfield and
Jack Curley of Stony Brae with a 74-71.
Prizes for best first nine were split
between the teams of John Fitzpatrick
and Jack Leary of Scituate and Paul
Wanbery and A. Johnson of Weston,
with scores of 36.
The team of Masciocchi and Briggs
from Oak Hill took the best second nine
with a 35.
The scores follow:
J. McCormack—R. Hancock
Unicorn—71-69.
E. Masciocchi—Briggs
Oak Hill—73-73.
J. Oldfield—J. Curley
Stoney Brae—74-71.
P. Wanberg—A. Johnson
Weston—75-73.

J. Darling—G. Anderson
Colonial—75-74.
M. McDonough—R. Bronson
Oyster Harbors—76-73.
F. Wilson—J. Bernardi
Charles River—76-74.
H. Farrant—Brookline
D. Hackney—Vesper—76-75.
J. Fitzpatrick—J. Leary
Scituate—76-76.
R. W. Peckham—Sachuest
E. Burke—Wanumetonemy—77-75.
C. Sowerby—J. Linehan
Marlboro—78-76.
J. Latvis—D. Morrow
Tatnuck—79-75.
G. West—M. Higgins
Fall River—79-77.
L. Stott—E. Anderson
Meadowbrook—79-78.
M. O'Grady—J. Gilholm
New Bedford—80-76.
T. Mattus—H. Nettlebladt
Auburn—80-77.
E. Fuller—F. Gilholm
Highland—80-79.
W. Lindsay—J. Hendry
Manchester, (N. H.)—81-78.
J. McDonough—I. Drysdale
Salem—81-78.
Spence—J. Harvey
Stow—81-79.
T. Swanson—L. Cottrell
Bear Hill—81-79.
M. Maxwell—A. Bird
Marshfield—81-81.
J. Sullivan—B. Cay
Waltham—82-79.
E. Phinney—L. Cole
Paskamansett—82-79.
M. Burnett—Lineberry
Wyantenuck—82-80.

E. Allen—J. Capello
Hyannisport—83-80.
C. Treat—C. Burgess
Woodland—84-82.
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C. Parker—B. Nicoll
Belmont Springs—84-83.
C. O'Keefe—L. Hansberry
Charles River—85-83.
H. Darling—Elphick
Juniper Hill—88-80.
P. Hayden—J. Bagley
Woodland—86-80.
Durkin—W. Duffey
Albermarle—86-81.
T. Murray—W. Nash
Tedesco—86-81.
D. W. Fuller—Hannon
Winnesocket—86-83.
H. Browning—Tollman
Point Judith—89-84.
E. Hansen —W. Cahoon
Concord—90-83.
O. Wendell—A. Wendell
Locust Valley—97-85.
No cards: A. Barney—F. Norman,
Wampancag; E. Stephenson—J. O'Rouke
Ledgemont; T. Galvin—T. Jones, Rhode
Island; E. Polhamus—T. Bishop, Wildwood; P. Cassidy—Delaney, Needham;
W. McBride, Nashua—J. Shea, Kernwood; A. Anderson—F. Lowe, Braeburn.

Charles River is planning more Winter Sports this year, with a longer
toboggan shoot, a larger skating pond,
and the erecting of either a log cabin
or portable house near the pond.
Samuel Mitchell, son of Robert of
Kernwood, has recently been appointed
greenkeeper at the State course, Ponkapoag G. C., Canton, Mass.
Ted Swanson had one of the nicest
lots of nursery rows we ever saw at
Bear Hill this year. He has planted a
large area for next year, and has given
several greenkeepers supplies for their
nurseries. The strain was the Green
Section No. 14276, and we understand
that Frank Wilson is planting several
rows at Charles River near the Experimental Plots, so that greenkeepers desiring some of this strain next year can
gst a supply there. Hence, fine cooperation between these two greenkeepers,
and many more can be helped next year.
The Wendell brothers are buildinggrass tees at Locust Valley, and hope to
have all completed before cold weather
sets in. Locust Valley has had some
very fine greens this year.
WHITE GRUBS

During this last Summer and Fall a
great many golf courses have been
troubled by severe infestations of white
grubs. The damage in some cases has
been confined to the rough, but in
the turf in both fairway and
The Board of Directors held a meet- others has
been damaged. Large and
ing on October 10, at Woodland Golf rorgh
small
areas
have been torn up by crows,
Club.
skunks, woodchucks, and foxes, who
Howard Farrant is busy this month feed
the grubs. In cases where the
at the Country Club, rebuilding the roots on
turf are only partially
Primrose 9th green so that the steeple- eaten ofoff,the these
animals dig holes;
chase can go back to the original course. where the roots have
eaten off
He is also digging out several knolls, clean, the turf is often been
turned
upside
and levelling the steeplechase course in down.
several places.
These grubs are distinguished from
Jim Sullivan has been resodding his
other
forms by their habit of lying
tees at Waltham, and has enlarged
curled up in a semi-circle, and the
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large brown head, white body and enlarged abdomen. Altho there are numerous species, they are very similar in
color and form, and are the young oi
the large brown May beetles, or June
bugs, which frequently fly into lights in
late Spring.
The eggs are laid by these beetles
mostly in June, preferably in grass
land. The egg is a broad oval shape,
about 1/10 inch long, and is laid in a
small ball of earth a half inch in
diameter from one to five inches below
the surface. The eggs hatch in about
two weeks, most of them hatching by
the middle of July. The young grubs
feed upon grass roots and grow slowly,
as it requires two years or more for
them to bscome full grown. In the Fall
they burrow down into the soil, until by
the first freeze most of them are 7-14
inches deep. The second year, being
larger, they do the most damage.
When the grub is two or possibly
sometimes three years old, it forms an
oval cell 3 to 10 inches below the surface and there changes to a soft white
pupa, sometime in June or July. The
pupa stage lasts a little over three
weeks, and in August or September the
adult wriggles out of the pupa skin,
but remains in the pupa cell until the
following Spring, when it hardens up
and comes out of the soil. These adult
beetles feed upon the foliage of various
trees. They hide in the soil during the
day, and feed at night. Three years are
occupied by the life cycle of each brood;
the grubs in all stages of development may be found in the soil each
year.
Arsenate of lead is used as a control.
This should be applied in the Spring or
Summer. In the Pall and Winter much
of the effect of the arsenate of lead
is lost and the grubs start down. Spring
is the best time, and the arsenate of lead
should be applied before the beetles
lay their eggs.
The rate of application for fairway
and rough is five pounds of arsenate of
lead to 1000 square feet, which is a

little over 200 pounds to the acre.
Applications to fairways may be mixed
with the Spring fertilizer, applying the
two together, or the arsenate of lead
may be mixed with sand or any convenient carrier. When applying to
rough, mix with sand. Application at
the above rate will grub proof turf for
several years.
Frank H. Wilson, Jr.
NEW NURSERIES AT
MEADOWBROOK

A move to renew our greens and put
in larger tees was started at the
Meadowbrook Golf Club this past
Spring. Plans were laid to extend this
work over a five year period, and it
was proposed not to deviate from this
plan.
A turf nursery was our first consideration, and the site chosen contained approximately 18000 square feet.
This land had been unused for years,
so was nothing but an area of sod.
A cord and half of rotted cow manure was applied, plowed under, and
constantly harrowed, until most of the
sod was well broken up. Thirty pounds
of cow peas were broadcasted on the
area, and these were harrowed in,
followed by a brushing in, which left
the top soil in a fairly smooth condition.
The cover crop did exceptionally well
considering the drought which followed
the seeding, and by August first (three
months after planting), the peas were
turned under and allowed to rot.
I might add here that altho the site
selected contained a fairly good grade
of loam, it also contained undesirable
rocks, so that our largest job was
screening it, and this was accomplished
with a Toro rotary screen. The weather
for screening was with us, and by
September 5, we had our loam spread
back, minus many, many stones, etc.
Just prior to preparing the seed bed,
a water system was laid parallel to the

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nursery, containing three upright outlets. The loam was spread out in
blocks separated by one foot paths, enabling a man to thoroughly water the
areas, no matter which way or how
hard the wind blew.
To eliminate any pockets and indentations the soil was thoroughly tread
upon, raked, rolled both ways with a
heavy hand roller, and then raked
again. This process brought about a
firm, yet not packed condition.
Arsenate of lead at the rate of three
pounds per thousand square feet was
added, and also a generous supply of
superphosphate (16%) was raked in.
As both manure and cow peas supplied
the added nitrogen to the soil, no preseeding nitrogen fertilizer was used.
With the arsenate and superphosphate
raked in, South German bent at the
rate of eight pounds per thousand
square feet was sown, lightly raked in,
and rolled lightly.
Constant light waterings soon had
the seed showing good progress, and to
date the nurseries are going into the
Winter in good condition.
A tee nursery was also started and
the same condition prevailed.
Lloyd G. Stott.
TEE MAINTAINENCE
Tee maintenance is becoming such a
serious problem at private courses due
to the great increase in women's play
that several courses are considering
installation of mats in some section of
all grass tees.
This line of thought was brought out
in an article in the August issue of
Golfdom, bringing forth one of the
problems of tee maintenance, therefore a problem of the greenkeeper.
We have had considerable difficulty
here at Weston in maintaining turf on
our seventh tee in past seasons, it
being a short hole, and an iron shot,
which is sure death to any turf.

To overcome this difficulty, we reconstructed the front tee, putting in a mixture of 5 parts sand, two parts loam,
and one part screened clay, which has
proven satisfactory to both members
and our professional.
During the season this tee is given a
few minutes attention each morning in
levelling, and is kept moist. The sand
proportion keeps the material from
being skiddy during a wet spell and
prevents compaction of the soil for tee
penetration.
A mixture of this material through
the center of any grass tee, (five feet
wide) does not have an artificial appearance. I consider this better economy
than sodding and repairing a tee continously throughout the season.
I want to mention the fact that this
tee has been played in a Women's State
tournament.
Paul G. Wanberg.
FALL WORK AT HIGHLAND
GOLF CLUB
Considerable work has been done this
Fall along the lines of fairway renovation. We have done considerable seeding
on the fairways, as the drought last
Summer burned out several large
areas. We have used the wheel harrow,
going over them several times, and then
put on new soil, and fertilizer, and
then seeded them. The results have
been very good.
We have taken advantage of the low
price of fertilizer, and have fertilized
all fairways this Fall. We have constructed several new traps and built
one new tee. All these changes will
make the course better to play, and will
make par harder to get.
Elmer B. Fuller.

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snow drifts slowly melt in the spring. High organic matter content of the
soil, tender grass, and snow on unfrozen ground encourage its development.
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and at times the patch is covered with a cotton-like growth or aerial
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