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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

Editor

312 Mt. P l e a s a n t St., F a l l River,

Mass.

HOWARD D. F A R R A N T Business Mgr.
132 R u s s e t t R d „ W e s t R o x b u r y , M a s s .

December, 1933

Vol. 5, No. 12

"When a bit of sunshine hits ye,
A f t e r passing of a cloud,
When a fit of laughter gits ye
And ye'r spine is feelin' proud,
Don't forget to up and fling it
At a soul that's feelin' blue,
For the nrinit t h a t ye sling it
It's a boomerang to you."
f r o m "The Boomerang"
by Capt. Jack Crawford.
NOTES

FROM

THE

PROVIDENCE

MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSE
At this time of year, I don't see how
anyone can refuse to write a few notes
about his course. I like to review my
worK once each season and believe t h a t
one issue of our N E W S L E T T E R
should be devoted to news of the work
done at the several courses represented
m our organization.
A municipal course is in a class by
itself. Although it is a public course,
its problems are different f r o m those
encountered at a privately owned public
coarse or a private club.
My work at the Providence Municipal
is twofold: (1) Operation, or the regulation and supervision of the players,
and (2) Maintenance, or the upkeep of
the course and grounds.
The operation organization includes
two cashiers, two starters, who s t a r t
the players and assign caddies, and two
rangers who regulate play out on the
course. Three of these men are on duty
at one time. At a privately owned
public course, there would probably be
three instead of six in the operation
organization, but they would be on duty

longer hours. This is just one of the
many differences between the municipal
and the private or the privately owned
public course organization.
This year our fees were 50 cents for
18 holes on week days, and 75 cents f o r
18 holes on Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays. There are no memberships or
season tickets, and nobody plays f r e e .
In this way, I find it easier to treat
everyone the same. F a i r treatment for
all the
players,
with
no
special
privileges f o r any, is the first commandment
in
successful
municipal
course operation.
Last season there were 33,398 players.
This season, with two days to go before
December first, official closing date,
tnsre have been 32,759 players.
On weekends and holidays, the players
used to be held up at the short holes.
Now I have signs at the short hole tees
which read: "When you reach the green,
allow players following to tee off before
you putt." This has successfully relieved the congestion and, so f a r , no
accidents have been reported.
I t is difficult to get the players to replace divots. "Please Replace Divots"
signs were placed where 200 yard
markers should be, but there is no way
of estimating the extent of their appeal.
However, I am going to leave the signs
until I can find a better system. Each
morning our caddies go out with the
ranger and put the divots back. To compensate them for this work, they are allowed to play golf on Monday mornings.
The boys are willing to do this work f o r
us, and they enthusiastically await the
arrival of each Monday. In years to
come, some of these boys are going to
be right in the running f o r golfing
honors.
The maintenance of the course and
grounds is to me the most interesting
p a r t of the job. My greens average 6400
square feet which sounds large enough,
and yet I have three greens that are
much too small for the amount of play.
These have only 4000 square feet and I
find t h a t cupping space is scarce. Any
pablic course certainly needs plenty of
cupping space. Here the cups are
changed almost daily. My No. 7 green
has always been too small so this fall I
enlarged it by 1400 square feet, using
turf f r o m my nursery. Although it
would have been better to have laid the
turf in September or early October, it
was necessary to wait until November
•when there were not so many players.

I have had very little trouble f r o m
weeds in my German Bent greens.
Clover, crab grass, and yarrow have
been the most persistent. I do not consider Poa annua a weed here. Although the greenkeeper can not always
get sufficient help to pull the weeds,
especially the three mentioned, I believe that they can be most successfully
controlled by constant weeding in the
spring, and when the greens are young.
Of course it is necessary to take all precautions against re-infestation through
top-dressing and weed seeds getting onto the greens f r o m the edges. It is
possible to d r a g seeds or pieces of
clover stems onto a green while working
in the top-dressing with steel mats if
the mats are pulled off the green and
back on again. There is heavy clover on
the edges of some of my greens so t h a t
it is best to drag the mats round and
round on the greens instead of cross
ways.
This year I topdressed the greens only
three times because the players find
f a u l t everytime this work is done.
Most of the greens here showed a pH
of between 4.0 and 5.0 when tested this
spring so I spiked these and applied
limestone at the rate of 25 pounds per
1000 square feet. The compost t h a t I
will use for topdressing is one year old
now and has a pH. of 6.5. The sand is
all mixed in the pile and there is enough
f o r five years.
I like my Buel P e r f o r a t o r and use it
often, especially on the smaller greens
which become packed and impervious to
water unless they are spiked. These
Stnp.ll greens are spiked before being
topdressed. In this way, I hope to get
some of the compost down into the
holes, although it is certain to be a slow
job.
Every year I keep a record f o r each
green. This shows me how much topdressing, fertilizer, insecticides
and
fungicides have been applied and when
and under what conditions the applications were made. At the end of
each year, I know how many times a
green has been topdressed, how much
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash
have been used on a certain green, as
well as the amount of arsenate of lead
and mercury.
Tees are a problem on any public
course. At the Municipal, grass tees
were built. I tried to keep grass on them
by changing the marks and by resodding, but it was useless. Most of the

players disregard the tee markers and
always tee up a t the f r o n t of the tee.
I tried an 8' x 8' f r a m e sunk in the
ground to the tee level and filled it
with a clay loam. This was an improvement, but required too much attention
to keep in condition. The final solution,
was to put the entire forward half of
each tee in clay loam without the f r a m e ,
which gave a teeing space approximately 12' x 12', and which left the
r e a r half of the tee in turf to be used
f o r special events. These tees are
smoothed every morning and it is
necessary to add screened loam only
three times during the season.
The f a i r w a y s are easier to keep in
condition by mowing only when absolutely necessary and by cutting IV2".
There is a large percentage of fescue
in my f a i r w a y s and I have noticed this
grass does better if not clipped too
closely. By cutting a little high, the
fairways do not dry out and bake up uo
easily in summer. I have noticed clover
patches on some of the f a i r w a y s t h a t
have been attacked by some fungus. A
yellow ring about 1" - 2" wide appears
in the clover, and underneath this ring
is a thick, creamy-white mold. So f a r
there has been no damage, but if anyone can tell me what this is I would like
very much to know.
My roughs were bad. Rocks and stumps
were very popular, but last winter I
had a gang of welfare workers and we
cleaned up these roughs so t h a t it is now
possible to mow them with 3-gang f a i r way mowers. This reduces the maintenance cost of the roughs considerably
and makes it almost impossible f o r the
players to lose balls, which helps a great
deal to speed up play and relieve congestion.
I have done much landscape work on
the course and around the club house
and parking grounds, but it is too long
a story to tell here.
Besides enlarging No. 7 green this
fall, I have done considerable drainage
work. The biggest job was laying 600
feet of 8" tile through No. 4 and No. 6
fairways, with two 18" catch basins in
the roughs to take the surface water
under, instead of over these fairways.
Last spring this whole area was wet
until June first. Next year we shall see
what we shall see. I have also built
concrete hose boxes near the spikets at
each green. These keep the hose and
sprinklers out of the sun and out of the
players' way when not in use.
I still have several hundred welfare
workers. They have built my compost

pile, and have helped to clean the rocks
out of the roughs. J u s t west of the
course, the P a r k Department, under
which my course comes, has about
t h i r t y acres of land. The welfare
workers have built nearly two miles of
stone wall and have finished about vonehalf the grading work on a football
field and a brace of eight tennis courts.
The welfare workers here have been a
big problem. I hope t h a t when this
C. W. A. gets under way, it will be
possible to organize them properly.
Come down some time and let's talk
over some of our mutual problems. I
hope to be here at the Providence
Municipal all winter.
Everett J. Pyle.

PAKACHOAG

HILL

NEWS

Pakachoag Hill, (in Auburn, Mass.)
enjoyed a fairly successful year, it being the second full season t h a t it has
been open. Our play has been r a t h e r
satisfactory, considering we have a nine
hole layout, (3355), averaging about
20,000 rounds each for the two seasons,
and we feel t h a t our location is ideal,
being about three miles f r o m the center
of Worcester.
TFe greens fees f o r the past two
years have been a dollar a day, or
thirty-five cents a round on week-days,
and $1.50 or fifty cents a round on
Sundays.
We have had very little trouble with
our greens, which a r e stolon, believed
to be a cross between the Washington
and Metropolitan strains. An attack of
scald in the middle of the Summer, and
another in the latter
part,
were
remedied by hand spiking. A slight
attack of sod web worm was controlled
and checked, I believe, by a heavy application of lead in our early Summer
topdressing.
Improvements to the course were
limited to a few spots here and there,
mainly grading a few steep knolls, and
filling in, to improve our fairways, and
to better tractor mowing conditions. We
also set out over fifty red pines, mostly
in the rough, to more definitely outline
our fairways. Eventually we plan to
plant many more trees of various kinds,
but t h a t will come later. An improvement we anticipate is to build a small
dam to improve a w a t e r hazard; we
have one on our last hole, and feel t h a t
another would add interest.

I have been cutting our greens and
f a i r w a y s higher than normal, to give
both a chance if or quicker improvement;
there has been no criticism f r o m
golfers, and I feel sure t h a t this has
been a big factor in the rapid improvement of the playing conditions on the
course.
Thomas T. Mattus.
Tom sends us this news f r o m St.
Petersburg, Fla. where he is spending
the Winter. Look him up at 670%—12th
Ave. S., you who are in Florida this
Winter.
Ed.

NEWS

FROM

WAMPANOAG

A f t e r getting off to a poor start two
years ago the outlook at Wampanoag
is much better, with play nearly doubled
the past season over the previous year,
and difficulties are being ironed out with
time.
Although having no traces of brown
patch or other turf diseases this season
we did run into a lot of trouble on the
greens with angle worms. We overcame
these with a heavy application of arsenate of lead (about 10 lbs. to 1000
sq. f t . ) which was applied with a carrier of milorganite and finely screened
compost and broadcast in a heavy rain.
The improvements next year will be
mostly in the tees. This will be done
by digging up the sod on the f r o n t
quarter of each tee and replacing with
screened medium bodied loam levelled
off and tamped. The grass p a r t of the
tees -will then be subjected to less wear
and t e a r f r o m beginners, who, although
perfectly eligible to use the latter will
not desire to lose those precious f e w
yards. This has another advantage in
t h a t i t allows players to see precisely
t h e distance of the ball f r o m the ground
which cannot be judged as accurately
f r o m grass; they are also easily kept in
p e r f e c t condition.
Our rates this year were 50c week
days and 75c Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays.
Algernon M. Barney.
Don't forget the date of our anniversary celebration, the 5th of February,
a t the Woodland Golf Club, Auburndale, Mass.

WELCOME
NEW ENGLAND
GREENKEEPERS and CHAIRMEN
to the

EIGHTH ANNUAL
NATIONAL GREENKEEPERS'
Golf Show

Convention
and

Educational Conference
to be held at

T H E WILLIAM PENN HOTEL
Pittsburgh, Pa.
J a n u a r y 30 - February 2 - 1934

The National Association of Greenkeepers
of America
Fred A. B u r k h a r d t
Secretary

DECEMBER

MEETING

The December meeting was held a t
the Statler Hotel, Boston, on the 4th.
The program was in charge of Chairman of the E n t e r t a i n m e n t Committee
Mitchell. Various subjects of interest
were discussed—sod web worm, scald,
clover control, depression budgets, etc.
At the business meeting, the Nominating Committee reported the following slate of officers f o r 1934:
President
Guy C. West
1st V. Pres
Howard F a r r a n t
2nd V. Pres
Ted Swanson
3rd V. Pres. .
James Sullivan
Secretary
Charies Parker
Treasurer
F r a n k Wilson
Trustee, 3 yrs
James McCormack
Trustee, 2 yrs
Robert Mitchell
Enteria'siment

Committee:

Homer Darling
Alec Ohlson
Ray Granger
John Latvis
George Volmer
Golf

Committee:

Paul Hayden
Emil Masciocchi
Joseph Oldfield
Thomas Galvin
Arthur Anderson
Auditing

Committee:

Philip Cassidy
Paul W a n b e r g

"TANK

OR

TANKS"

I have often wondered if the average
lawn mower owner stopped to consider
what the t e r m "Modern Equipped Service Station" means in terms of invested
dollars and if the proper application of
these "Modern Equipments" benefits
him. Does he wonder too j u s t what
special items come u n d e r a heading such
as "Modern Lawn Mower Equipment".
I could name quite a group of special
machines b u t to my mind the most imp o r t a n t one is a b a t t e r y of "CLEANING TANKS."
You will note t h a t I say cleaning
tanks and not just cleaning tank. It's
plural and decidedly so. I t makes little
m a t t e r how much care is exercised in
the opening, inspecting, reassembling,

grinding, painting and touching up of a
mower if the interior (heart and lungs)
p a r t s are l e f t to work in a bath of grit
and perhaps old grease mixed with some
new grease and a f e w drops of cleaning
solution. The degree of thoroughness
in both cleaning and flushing predetermines the life of these gears and bearings.
No m a n u f a c t u r e r should
be
blamed f o r the errors and omissions of
a service man of whom he has perhaps
never seen or heard.
I have perhaps visited as many repair
shops as most men in this repair field.
I have seen equipment of all kinds. The
average service man strives to better his
equipment in order that he may better
his work f o r you. He may select a
series of discarded bath tubs, he may
heat them with open fires. He may
flounder about with all kinds of mixtures to secure his desired cleaning solution (there are many excellent materials on the market at reasonable
prices). To my mind the best equipment
t h a t I have seen to date is a b a t t e r y of
two large steel tanks, each connected
to a boiler of sufficient size to maintain
both tanks of solution at a boiling temperature no matter how many pounds
of castings are in them and how quickly
removed. One tank contains a cleaning
solution which will strip the paint and
emulsify the oils or greases, this tank
is also equipped with a mechanical agitator to keep the fluid flowing in and
out of the parts immersed therein.
Our experience based on tests and
trials made with several types of tanks,
solutions, temperatures and methods
has evolved itself into this simple and
thorough
proceedure.
The
mower
should be first scraped of its mud and
clippings; (some owners f o r g e t and
leave this material on the machines),
then given a thorough flushing with cold
clean water under high pressure.
It
should then be taken apart and similar
metal p a r t s immersed into the boiling
solution tank and to remain in this
agitated boiling solution until paint has
been loosened and greases emulsified.
It is then quickly lifted to a rack and
flushed with a high pressure stream of
clean cold water (this removes t h e
paint and greasy residue). I t is then
immersed into the boiling clean water
t a n k and allowed to remain there until
it (the parts) a r e heated through. The
parts can then be removed and allowed
to cool. They will be dry long before
they are cool enough to handle with the
bare hands. Unless the machine is first

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scraped and flushed the grit will lodge
in the bearings and corners of the inner
side of gear cases; unless agitated the
solution cannot enter the cases and
carry the old oil out; unless flushed with
cold water a f t e r cleaning, the chemicals
old scum of paint and grease will
adhere to castings and destroy a new
paint job; unless immersed and heated
in a clean hot water bath the parts will
rust and water is liable to remain in
the corners, gear cases and bearings
and later cause severe damage.
It is only natural t h a t a cleaning process of this nature will mean a renewal
of gaskets and packings.
These are
minor parts and quite inexpensive in
comparison to gears and bearings which
may be ruined unless properly cleaned
and dried.
This may seem like a lot of work, and
t h a t you can beat the system. It can
be done and here is a way to do it.
Dip a completely assembled mower into
a solution tank, any old tank will do,
then f r o m t h a t into another t a n k of
hot water, or if you do not have the
t a n k of hot water just flush with a cold
w a t e r stream and set aside to dry. Quite
simple and a lot of time and labor
saved. A cheaper job, but is it cheaper?
Let us see.
In the first place you l e f t the dirt
on the mower, if the solution took it
off then the dirt is either in the solution or in the mower interior parts if
any solution entered the interior of the
mower. If it did then you have grit in
the bearings and gears. If the solution
did not enter the mower then the inside
has not been cleaned and you have just
camouflaged the job of cleaning. If you
did not heat the mower to dry it then
you have allowed rust to f o r m which
will not help the new paint. You can
wash many mowers both inside and outside and do a perfect job f o r less than
the cost of a set of new bearings and
internal gears. And to renew these
parts in the midst of a growing season
is sometimes an inconvenience. Do you
still think it is worth while to half way
do the job? I think you agree t h a t it
is not?
Let us j u s t renew the thought in the
opening paragraph. Have you ever inspected one of these modern cleaning
t a n k s in operation? If not, then let me
suggest t h a t you determine f r o m the
shop having your mowers just what
date your machines will go through the
bath or baths, t h a t you be right there
f r o m s t a r t to finish, t h a t you inspect

the exterior and interior parts both bef o r e and a f t e r the bath. Your repairman will welcome your visit, he has
nothing to hide, and at the same time
you may gather some ideas of how you
will arrange your own equipment when
t h a t time comes.
Remember t h a t this equipment did
cost the shop some money, all in proportion to the size and type equipment
installed. It will take a great many
cleanings to f u n d back his investment.
Remember that today you can get a
thoroughly
cleaned
and
overhauled
machine f o r a labor charge of about
the same as you paid f o r j u s t grinding a
few years ago. Machinery has made
this possible f o r you. The word service
added to a shop means the customer's
interest has not been forgotten. This
extra service preceded the demand
yet you pay nothing extra f o r it. In
f a c t it is given to you, and to back this
statement I have just r e f e r r e d to past
records and And t h a t repair sales are
actually less per unit in operation than
sold f o r these same machines years ago.
Will your records bear this out? I think
they will.
The next subject will be grinders and
grinding if you are interested.
"A Service Station Manager."
Marston B u r n e t t has recently been
appointed General Manager at the
Wyantenuck Golf Club, Great Barrington, Mass.
Oscar Pierce, formerly of the Acoaxit
Club, has recently become greenkeeper
at Kittansett, and thus takes over the
duties of his late father, "Mike" Pierce.
Edward Phinney of the Paskamansett
Golf Club is now at Acoaxit.
We are in receipt of several mimeographed articles dealing with various
phases of turf culture on lawns, issued
by Dr. Howard B. Sprague, Agronomist
at the New Jersey Agri. Experiment
Station, at New Brunswick.
These
sheets are available f o r distribution to
greenkeepers and others interested in
turf f o r lawns.
Ross Sawtelle, now Vice President
and Sales Manager of the Worthington
Mower Company has recently sailed f o r
England to settle contracts with t h e
British Branch Office. Ross's Brother,
Chester M. Sawtelle, is now New England Representative.

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RHODE

ISLAND STATE COLLEGE
K i n g s t o n , R . I.

WINTER COURSE
FOR
GREENKEEPERS
J a n u a r y 2 9 - F e b r u a r y 2, 1 9 3 4

The second annual short course f o r
greenkeepers has been arranged as a
one-week course of lectures and laboratory work designed to assist those interested in the development and maintenance of golf courses in solving the
m a n y problems which arise in this
work.
An applicant f o r this course must
be a member of a greens committee,
a greenkeeper or have had experience
in the work connected with the care
and management of golf courses.

No entrance examinations are required. The number of students is
limited to twenty-four. A registration
fee of $3.00 will be required of all
attending the course.
As accommodations make it necessary to limit the number taking the
course, registrations will not be accepted f r o m residents of other states
previous to J a n u a r y 15, 1934. Applications f o r registration f r o m non-residents
will be received previous to J a n u a r y 15,
and will be accepted in order of receipt
if the enrollment is not complete on
t h a t date.
All lectures and laboratory exercises
will be held in Agricultural Hall.
Lunch may be obtained at the college
cafeteria.

2ND ANNUAL G R E E N K E E P E R S '
RHODE

ISLAND

SHORT

STATE

COURSE

COLLEGE

JANUARY 29—FEBRUARY 2, 1934
Monday, January

9:30 - 10:00

29,

1934

Registration—Room 31, 2nd floor

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11:00 - 12:00
1:00 - 4:00

£ r e e t i n ? + S - ' of'* Soils
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Composition
Fertilizer—Kinds and Use
Soil Tests and Problems

Dean

G
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d a m s
- A.Smith
John- B.
T E Odland
L." A." Keegan

10:00 - 11:00
11:00-12:00
1:00 - 2:00
2:00 - 4:00

How Plants Grow
Grasses f o r the Golf Course
Planting Greens and Fairways
Identification of Grasses and Weeds

10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00

Landscaping the Golf Course
L. A. Keegan
Selection and Care of Trees
A. W Dodge
|
Bartlett Tree Expert Co., Boston, Mass.
Greenkeepers' Problems
. . . Kenneth Welton
U. S. Golf Ass'n., Washington, D. C.

T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 30,

Wednesday,

1:00 - 4:00

January

1934

31,

T h u r s d a y , F e b r u a r y 1,

H W Browning
H. F. A. North
H. F. A North
H. W. Browning
and staff.
1934

1934

10:00 - 11:00
11:00 - 12:00
1:00 - 4:00

Insect Pests and Control
Diseases of Grasses and Their Control
Golf Course Machinery

10:00 - 11:00

A P e r m a n e n t System f o r Maintenance of P u t t i n g Greens

11:00 - 12:00
1:00 - 2:00
2:00 - 4:00

Computing Fertilizer Mixtures
L.^A.^Keegan
Cost Accounts f o r the Greenkeeper
. Guy C. West
Round Table Discussion of Problems
Guy C. West Editor
N. E. Greenkeepers Club N E W S L E T T E R

Friday,

February

2,

G. B. Durham
L. E. Erwin
Dean r ! L.' Wales
and staff

1934

Application blanks may be secured by writing:
Dean G. E. Adams, R. I. State College, Kingston, R. I.

The Season's Greetings

NEW ENGLAND
Winter-hardy,

MODERN LAWN MOWER

BENT

REPAIR SERVICE

GROWN

Acclimated

SEED
for

N e w England Golf Courses
D i r e c t f r o m t h e f a r m s of

Ideal Mower Sales
and Service

A. N. PECKHAM

111 Cypress Street
Brookline,

Mass.

KINGSTON,

R.

I.

The New Standard for Service
The restoring of worn or disabled lawn mowering machinery to a
useful, dependable condition is our business.
We emphasis that we are more than mere factory trained assemblymen. We know lawn mowers and are equipped to do Real Repairing.
Use our experienced workers and our modern methods and equipment to insure longer, trouble f r e e life for your mowers.
The complete taking apart of mowers and power mower engines,
the removal of old paint and dirt, assembling a f t e r repairs and replacements are made, and repainting are standard practices with us.

Special Exclusive Methods
Bottom Knives. Precision ground on f r o n t and top edges with a
wet wheel. This means longer life from each blade and the wet grinding
saves the temper.
Reel Blades. Double ground (Back pitched and cylindrical ground),
We are the only service shop in this section equipped and practising this
type of reel grinding which is standard with most mower manufacturers.
General Repairing. We are equipped to do Brazing, Welding, and
general machine shop work. We can save you many expensive replacements..
Free estimates on request. Free trucking up to 50 miles.

ORDER YOUR WORK DONE NOW

Power Lawn Mower Service Co.
15 T e n n e y

Court,

Somerville,

Mass.

Telephone

Somerset

QS04-W

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NEW ENGLAND TORO COMPANY