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5

" Whereas we find that in all lines of endeavor
concentrated thought and action amongst men gathered togeth er in the interest of any one vocation are
of great benefit; therefore the object of this club shall
be the advancement by co-operation of the interests
and welfare of its members and the establishment
of uplifting standards of dignity and skill among
greenkeepers by co-operative education and training
in the varied requirements of our profession and the
education and training of employees under us in
the various departments of our work."
from Constitution and By-laws.

FEBRUARY
I»31

tj^g^i tj^g^j

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.

HOWARD D. FARRANT Business Mgr.
132 R u s s e t t Rd., W e s t Roxbury, Mass.

February, 1934
OUR TENTH

Vol. 6, No. 2
ANNIVERSARY

In reporting the Tenth Anniversary
celebration, we would prefer getting away from the editorial "we", and make
this as a report of the Chairman of the
Committee to all our members.
As planned, the anniversary was held
at the Woodland Golf Club, Auburndale,
Mass. on Feb. 5, ten years to the day
after the first meeting which was the
beginning of the Club. We were
especially pleased at this anniversary
meeting to have with us both of the
two men who were the real organizers,
Alec Bryce, now of the Aronomink C. C.,
Philadelphia, and Tom Fahey; also
eight of the original nine organizers;
and all the past presidents.
The menu provided by the Woodland
chefs, under the able direction of Carl
Treat, is worthy of mention:
Enlarged Hole Rims, Supreme
Cream of Fungus Soup
Green Balls
Skinned Flag Poles
Rollers and Grease
Large Broiled Nursery Sod
Snow Mold Spuds
"Nugreen" Peas
Hearts of South German Bent
Compost Dressing
Frozen Ant Hills, Covered with Humus
and
Frosted Divots
Worm Eradicator
Sprayed Brown Patch
Following dinner, a short time was
devoted to serious commemoration, with
short talks by Alec Bryce and Tom
Fahey, and an anniversary tribute by

Secretary Charles Parker of the Belmont Springs C. C. Mr. Parker said in
in part:
"It is very doubtful if the nine men
who met here ten years ago to-night
and founded this Greenkeepers Club of
New England thought much about, or
even attempted to visualize, at that time,
what the next ten years might bring.
Had they done so I am sure that they
would have been entirely satisfied with
this picture, here before us all, as the
consumation of their hopes and ideals.
"These men conceived, and have
built courageously and well and what is
of equal importance are still setting the
example for us all to follow.
"We can best appreciate how the
Greenkeepers Club of New England has
progressed these past few years by
quickly reviewing a few of the high
lights.
"The early history of any organization is apt to be somewhat obscure.
I believe the few facts I am giving
are correct though. Previous to 1924
Alex Bryce and Thomas Fahey did considerable missionary work in introducing the idea of a greenkeeper organization. We must always remember the
debt we owe these two men for theirs
was the difficult task of introducing a
new idea. In January 1924, Carl Treat
and Frank Wilson meeting at a session
of the U. S. G. A. G. S. picked up the
idea and from the interest and work of
these two sets of individuals came the
meeting of the nine founders at Woodland, ten years ago this very night.
From this meeting came the organization meeting of the Greenkeepers Club
of New England at Cottrelle's restaurant in Boston on February 25, 1924.
Since then regular monthly meetings
have been held with the membership
growing from 23 to 97.
"It is definitely a fact, proved by the
fate of similar organizations that the
Greenkeepers Club of New England
could not have progressed and grown to
the stature which it has had not its
foundation been well laid with the
corner stone of this foundation being
what the Club has set up as its entertainment policy. This name is hardly
apt for while it has conceived or cooperated in innumerable features which
though they may be classed as entertainment have been and still are definite
contributions to the profession of
greenkeeping and to the promotion of
golf.

Your Club introduced and subsequently co-operated in an annual out
door equipment demonstration and show.
Eventually, when this feature proved
to be of questionable value, the Club in
the face of strong outside opposition
withdrew its co-operation and this type
of demonstration has been entirely
dropped. Your Club has always co-operated with the State Colleges of Rhode
Island and Massachusetts and with the
U. S. G. A. G. S. in their educational
and experimental work for the improvement of golf turf. Three members of
your Club serve on the Service Section
Committee of the M. G. A., assuring
you of direct representation before the
officials of golf in Massachusetts. In the
past ten years your Club has presented
to you and to all who were interested an
array of speakers on subjects directly
connected or allied to the design, construction and maintenance of golf
courses which I do not believe has ever
been duplicated in any other part of the
golfing world.
"The conception and ultimate production of a professional paper peculiar to
this Club is a very outstanding feature.
Your NEWSLETTER
and its success
can be laid directly to its first and only
editor, Guy C. West, your recently
elected President. I am not forgetting
the Business Managers, first Marston
Burnett and now Howard Farrant.
Their work is not too well known, it is
very thankless but nevertheless of decided importance. Just how large a place
this paper fills I trust we shall never be
able to appreciate for we cannot do that
until it ceases to be published; and Guy
we are looking to you never to let the
light fail. .
,
"To the three former Presidents
serving on the Service Section committee of the M. G. A., James McCormack,
Carl Treat and Frank Wilson, may I
say to you, you have added in no small
way to the stature of this Club. You are
our representatives before the officials
of golf, by precept and example you
have brought nothing but credit and
honor to us individually and to our profession. Accept our sincere thanks for
the job that you are doing.
"The future of this Club is to be
written and I shall not attempt to
prophesy but may I offer this for your
approval. What if the record of our
first ten years was not so glorious, what
if we were not as we are today, the most
soundly conceived, strongest and most
wisely administered greenkeeper organ1

ization in America; what if we were not
all that we are, we are still set apart
and unique for we number one among
us who since the very beginning has
been wrapped up in the well-being of
the Club and the welfare of the individual members. One whose modesty is
exceeded only by his record in greenkeeping, and that is second to none.
Whose loveable manner and sterling
actions will be a guide and inspiration
to us always. It is a rare privilege to
convey this tribute to our Honorary
President, the Dean of American Greenkeepers, John Shanahan."
An entertainment was provided by
Herbert A. Clark and Miss June Newell
of Waltham. Dancing was enjoyed until
an early hour.
I should like to close this report with
that little thought in verse, written by
our gifted fellow committeeman, Carl
Treat.
"How little did these nine men think
As they sat down to eat and drink
Just ten years ago, this very night
Of how much they were starting
right.
They that night sure did their best
To plan, organize, and all the rest
A good job they did, we'll all agree
For the club has grown in prosperity.
We offer now much homage due
To this little band—the chosen few".
LAWN MOWER GRINDING
AND GRINDERS
At one of the Greenkeepers meetings
a year or two ago, the question, "How
often should lawn mowers be sharpened",
was asked.
"Sharpening" as the word is used today, usually means grinding. Sharpening or grinding should not be resorted to
any oftener than necessary, but when
needed, the operation should not be deferred. To make the meaning of this
clear, let us discuss lawn mowers for a
moment.
A lawn mower consists of a revolving
cutter assembly, called a reel, and a
fixed shear blade, called a bottom
knife, with the necessary bearings,
frames, and drive mechanism.
The revolving cutters, or reel, are
rotated above the bottom knife which is
adjusted to lightly touch the revolving
cutters. With these units in proper ad-

justment the lawn mower will shear the
grass with a clean cut. If the correct adjustment of the revolving cutters and
the bottom knife is not maintained,
trouble develops.
Too loose an adjustment will cause
the mower to tear or crush the grass instead of shearing it clean. Too tight an
adjustment will cause rapid wear of the
knives, bearings and drive mechanism,
and place an unnecessary load on the
tractor or man supplying the motive
power.
A mower which will not hold its adjustment is in need of repairs. One of
the most common troubles with lawn
mowers is loose or worn reel bearings.
No lawn mower can give satisfactory
service with loose or worn reel bearings.
The reel of the average mower revolves
at approximately six hundred revolutions a minute. If the reel bearings are
worn or need adjusting the reel will
vibrate and wear the bottom knife with
a series of waves or ridges. The vibration of the reel will also hasten the complete destruction of the reel bearings
and cause excessive wear on the rest of
the mower. In many cases the operator
of a mower with defective bearings will
resort to tightening the adjustment between the reel and bottom knife to
remedy the trouble. This treatment
makes matters worse.
Reel bearings are often damaged by
failure to true up a blade in the revolving cutter assembly which has been
sprung out of true. A bent or sprung
reel blade can be quickly trued with a
file so that it does not strike the bottom
knife with unnecessary force.
The importance of proper adjustment of the knives, and the value of
good reel bearings cannot be emphasized too much. Careful attention to
lubrication and adjustments, coupled
with reasonable care in using tractor
units or hand mowers should make interseason grinding unnecessary.
It is good economy for any golf
course to have all of its mowing equipment overhauled every winter. A lawn
mower is used in all kinds of weather.
The dampness from rains and heavy
dews cause rust to form in places impossible to protect with oil or paint. In
dry weather the grass is coated with
dust and grit which works into the
bearings and drive mechanism in spite
of the efforts of manufacturers to make
these parts dust proof.

Every lawn mower should be taken
completely apart and all grease and dirt
removed. While the mower is apart, the
bottom knife should be replaced with a
new one if badly worn. If the bottom
knife promises to last another season it
should be ground.
Make a practice of grinding both the
front and the surface of the bottom
knife. This is necessary to insure a true
cutting edge. It is preferable to grind
bottom knives after they are fastened
to the bottom knife casting. Most of
these bottom knife castings are slightly
warped or bowed and this method of
grinding assures a perfectly straight
knife edge.
An automatic cupped wheel grinder
with water cooling is the best type of
machine for grinding bottom knives.
This type of grinder was developed
after the discovery that a knife will
warp with very little heat, and as no
grinder can work without generating
heat, some means to remove the heat
had to be provided on the grinder. This
grinder, by means of a circulating pump,
keeps a small stream of water running
onto the knife during the grinding, protecting the temper and insuring straightness.
Many clubs which do their own labor
work and reel grinding on their mowers
may find it desirable to have their bottom knives trued at some shop that is
equipped to do the type of grinding
just described.
The grinding of the revolving cutters
or reel may be done by several methods.
Before grinding the reel, examine the
reel bearings. Replace worn bearings
with new ones, or if the mower has adjustable bearings, set them so that the
reel will turn as free as possible without any end or side motion noticeable.
The regular lawn mower grinding
machines with the movable stone, or the
type with the fixed stone and a traveling carriage, will do a very satisfactory
job if the operator is careful.
Remember that a grinding wheel can
remove a lot of metal in a short time.
A number of light cuts with a grinding
wheel will do a better job than one
heavy cut.
Most mower manufacturers now
grind the reels on an accurate cylindrical grinder which grinds all the
blades in the reel assembly at once as
the reel turns on its bearings.
Inspect the next new mower you see
and you will observe that the reel

blades are not bevel ground; they are
cylindrical ground. Fairway units
should be ground by this method to get
the best and longest service from them.
A machine built for cylindrical grinding
is too costly to be a profitable investment for a golf course, and as yet few
repair shops have adopted this type of
grinder.
The advantage of cylindrical grinding lies in the small amount of metal
which is removed in bringing the reel
into true, and in the absence of all
danger of damaging the temper of the
blades by overheating. Cylindrical
grinding will become popular as it
means longer, more satisfactory service
from lawn mowers.
Putting green mowers should have
their reels both cylindrical and bevel
ground to assure light running.
As with bottom knives, clubs who use
their own labor to overhaul mowers can
have their reels ground by the cylindrical method at very reasonable cost, at
chops equipped to give this service.
With a properly trued bottom knife
and a cylindrical ground reel no trouble
is experienced in adjusting the mower
to shear along its entire length.
The Shop Manager.

1934
SENSATION

The
Silent
Yardman

RHODE ISLAND SHORT COURSE
FOR G R E E N K E E P E R S

The second annual Short Course for
Greenkeepers was held at the Rhode
Island State College from Jan. 29 to
Feb. 2, inclusive. Some twenty greenkeepers from Rhode Island, Connecticut,
and Massachusetts spent a profitable
week, listening to the various lectures,
and taking part in the discussions.
Highlights of the week were a lecture
on "Selection and Care of Trees" by A.
W. Dodge of the Bartlett Tree Expert
Co. and an afternoon on "Greenkeepers'
Problems" with Kenneth Welton of the
Green Section doing the talking for the
most part. Other subjects offered included Soils, Fertilizers, Soil Tests,
Grasses, Insect Pests, Diseases, Golf
Course Machinery, Cost Accounts, etc.
We shall endeavor to give more concerning the various subjects in this
course in future issues.
In recognition of his ten years of service to his club, Frank H. Wilson,
greenkeeper at the Charles River
Country Club, has recently been elected
to membership in the club.

Spring
1934

F e r t i l i z e y o u r soil w i t h :

VICTORY Putting Green 6-8-2
VICTORY Fairgreen 4-8-4
VICTORY Humus
HUBBARD'S Golf Course 8-6-2

Sow:

Hovey's Fancy Recleaned Grass
Seed.

And:

Be rewarded with a fine velvety
turf.
Y o u will r e c e i v e o u r n e w g o l f
booklet shortly.

Hovey & Company

150 Milk Street, Boston, Mass.
Han. 1454

GOLF SECTION PROGRAM
Recreation Conference
F r i d a y , M a r c h 18, 1 9 3 4

General Exhibition 9.00 A. M. to 10.30 P. M. Physical Education Bldg.
Special program for women: Movies, tea, bowling, pingpong,
bridge, entertainment—in Memorial Hall.
Golf Course Maintenance Division

9.00 A. M. - 12 M. Inspect Exhibits;
10.30 A. M. Park Superintendents. "Municipal Golf Courses from a
Park Superintendent's Viewpoint."
Mr. C. A. Hollister, Park Dept., Hartford, Conn.
1.30 P. M. "Testing Soils for Nutrient Deficiencies."
Dr. A. B. Beaumont, Agronomy Dept., M. S. C.
2.00 P. M. Park Superintendents. Special Program.
2.00 P. M. "Greenkeepers and the Increase in Leisure Time."
Mr. Guy C. West, Pres. Greenkeepers Club of N. E.
2.30 P. M. "Peats and Mucks in Golf Construction and Maintenance."
Dr. Dachnoski-Stokes, U. S. D. A.
3.30 P. M. "Experiments in the Control of Brown Patch Disease."
Prof. North, R. L State College.
4.00 P. M. "Maximum Maintenance Capacity and Maximum Playing
Capacity of Golf Courses."
Mr. Casper McCullough, C. P. R. Golf Courses, Banff Springs.
Club Managers' Division

9.00 - 11.00 A. M. Inspect Exhibits.
11.00 A. M. "Fundamental Facts About Meats."
Mr. R. C. Foley, Animal Husbandry Dept., M. S. C.
3.30 P. M. "How to Know Safe Canned Foods."
Dr. C. R. Fellers, Hort. Mfg. Dept., M. S. C.
Special Programs are Being Arranged for Park Superintendents
and by the Professional Golfers' Association.
Evening Program for Combined Sections

7.00
7.30
8.15
9.00

Chairman, Mr. C. Adrian Sawyer, Massachusetts Golf Association
P. M. Music.
P. M. Mr. George R. Jacobus, Pres. Prof. Golfers' Assoc. of America.
P. M. Mr. S. A. York, Commissioner of Conservation.
P. M. Mr. Harris A. Reynolds, Sec. Mass. Forest and Park Association.
S a t u r d a y , M a r c h 16, 1 9 3 4

General Exhibition 8.30 A. M. to 10.30 P. M. Physical Education Bldg.
Special program for women: Movies, tea, bowling, pingpong,
bridge, entertainment—in Memorial Hall.
Golf Course Maintenance Division

8.30 - 10.00 A. M. Inspect Exhibits.
10.30 A. M. ^Influence of More Leisure Time on Golf Course Design
and Construction."
Mr. Walter B. Hatch, Golf Architect, Donald Ross Associates.
11.00 A. M. 'The Use of Golf Courses as Practice Slopes."
Kenneth D. Cuddebeck, Springfield Ski Club.
11.15 A. M. 'The Desirability of Winter Sports at Golf Clubs."
Dr. Ernst Hermann, Director of Sargent School.
11.45 A. M. 'Winter Sports and the Grounds Crew."
By a Greenkeeper.
:

The
New Buel
Perforator
Better
Greens
Hue!

Perforator

attached

to

Park

Special

Can Be
Operated by
Hand or
Attached to your
own
Power

Unit
B u e l P e r f o r a t o r a t t a c h e d to W o r t h i n g t o n

Write Us
for
Information
or
Demonstration

J. F. BUEL
Woburn, Mass.

Buel Perforator attached to Toro Greens Mower

Inspect Exhibition

2.30 P. M. "Turf Maintenance and Appropriations vs. Appropriations
and Turf Maintenance."
L. S. Dickinson, Agronomy Dept., M. S. C.
3.00 P. M. "Figuring Golf Costs."
Mr. Herb Graffis, Editor Golfdom.
4.00 P. M. "Sports Turf Requirements."
Mr. William Perkins, Supt. Yale Univ. Athletic Fields.
4.30 P. M. "Fly Casting as a Club Sport."
Mr. William Edson, N. E. Champion.
Club Managers' Division

8.30 - 11.00 A. M. Inspect Exhibits.
11.00 A. M. "Winter Use of the Club House."
Speaker to be obtained.
3.30 P. M„ "Club House Foods Enhanced by Correct Use of Wines."
Mr. C. A. Ballou, S. S. Pierce Co., Boston.
4.30 P. M. "More Leisure Time. The Club Managers Opportunity."
Mr. S. G. Sleeper, Mgr. The Country Club, Brookline.
Special Programs are Being Arranged for Park Superintendents
and by the Professional Golfers' Association.
7.00
7.30
8.00
8.30
9.00
9.30

P.
P.
P.
P.
P.
P.

M.
M.
M.
M.
M.
M.

Saturday Evening Program

Music.
Mr. Herbert Joques, Pres. U. S. G. A.
Mr. James T. Hammond, Comm. of Conservation, Conn.
N. E. Rep. of Isaac Walton League.
Mr. R. C. Kenney, Mass. Director Fish and Game.
Winter Sports Talk.
Movies.
S u n d a y , M a r c h 18, 1 9 3 4

General Exhibition Opens 9.30 A. M.
Special Program for Women in Memorial Hall.
11.00 A. M. "About Fairway Watering."
L. S. Dickinson, Agronomy Department, M. S. C.
11.30 P. M. "Two 15-minute Papers by Members of the Greenkeepers Class."
Subjects to be announced.
12.00 M. "A Discussion of American Grown Bents."
Afternoon General Conference Program

President Hugh P. Baker, Chairman
1.15 - 1.45 P. M. Music.
1.45 P. M. His Excellency Governor Ely of Massachusetts.
2.00 P. M. Mr. Charles H. Cross, President Mass. Golf Association and
Mr. Francis Ouimet, Past American Amateur and open champion
and Captain U. S. Walker Cup Team.
2.45 P. M. Mr. Paul Reddington, Chief, Bureau of the
Biological Survey, Washington.
3.30 P. M. President Baker. A Summary of Conference.
THIS A D V A N C E

PROGRAM

represents one section of a Recreation Conference to be held at the College on
March 16, 17, 18. Other sections include Fish and Game, Forestry, Landscape,
and Outdoor Sports.
If i n t e r e s t e d , s e n d f o r a c o m p l e t e C o n f e r e n c e P r o g r a m .

NEW ENGLAND GROWN
Winter-hardy,

Acclimated

BENT SEED
for

New England Golf Courses
Direct from the farms of

A. N. PECKHAM
K I N G S T O N , R. I.

GOLF COURSE FLAGS

F l a g s c a n be f u r n i s h e d in s u c h c o l o r s as
Red w i t h
White
numbers,
White
with
Red n u m b e r s , O r a n g e w i t h Black
numb e r s , in f a c t , w e s h a l l be p l e a s e d t o m a k e
u p y o u r f l a g t o o r d e r f o r y o u in
the
c o l o r c o m b i n a t i o n s of y o u r c l u b .

DIRECTION FLAGS

Our Wool
Bunting
Direction
Flags
are
m a d e e i t h e r t r i a n g u l a r o r r e c t a n g u l a r in
s h a p e , in s o l i d c o l o r s , or a c o m b i n a t i o n
of colors, as d e s i r e d w i t h o u t n u m e r a l s .

Ideal Mower Sales
and Service
Tel.

ST.—BROOKLINE,
B e a . 2898 - 2899

They will

Wear Longer
Last Longer
Have Fewer Nicks
Need Fewer Adjustments

Prices:

Fairway units completely overhauled
and painted $10.00
(cylindrical
ground)
30" Reel only $3.50
(cylindrical
ground)
30" Bottom Knife only $1.00
( wetground)
30" Reel and Bottom Knife
together $4.00
We specialize in mower service,
and solicit your patronage.

POWER LAWN MOWER
SERVICE COMPANY

15 T e n n e y Court, Somerville, Mass.
Somerset 0504-W

T h e r e is a v a s t d i f f e r e n c e in g o l f c o u r s e
flags.
Material
and
workmanship
are
m a t t e r s of v i t a l i m p o r t a n c e t o be c o n s i d e r e d if y o u w a n t a f l a g t o w e a r .
C o m e in a n d l e t us s h o w y o u o u r f l a g s .
T h e y a r e m a d e of t h e b e s t g r a d e
Navy
double w a r p w o o l
bunting.
They
are
m a d e w i t h n u m e r a l s or w i t h o u t n u m e r a l s ,
as y o u p r e f e r .
T h e n u m b e r e d sets have
t h e f e l t n u m b e r s s e w e d on b o t h
sides.
Flags are finished w i t h
three
hemmed
edges to i n s u r e a g a i n s t t a t t e r i n g .
The
f o u r t h s i d e is h e a v i l y b o u n d in
White
canvas, with
three
Brass
eyelids
and
w h i t e tie strings.

111 C Y P R E S S

CYLINDRICAL GRINDING

H a v e your reels cylindrical ground:

MASS.

Don't Starve the Grass

FERTILIZE and ECONOMIZE
with

LAN - FER
(8-6-2)

(6-8-2)

Special Golf Course

FERTILIZER
also

Super-Phosphate
Castor Pomace

and

ARSENATE

Bone Meal
Chemicals
OF

LEAD

write for prices.

M. F. LANSILl
Fertilizer

Specialist

86 CHARLES RIVER PKY.
NEWTON, MASS.
Newton North 0992-M

Recreation-Conservation Conference
Massachusetts State College
Amherst, Mass.
M a r c h 1 6 , 1 7 , a n d 18, 1 9 3 4
INFORMATION FOR

EXHIBITORS

The purpose of the exhibition is to
acquaint the conference visitors with
the most recent commercial developments in playing and maintenance
equipment, and to visually present
technical information.
The College will arrange many
technical exhibits, hut relies upon those
commercially interested to display the
playing and maintenance equipment.
The commercial exhibitor will have an
opportunity to display before a large
group of really interested persons who
are attending the conference because of
its educational features. The exhibition
offers a splendid place to meet prospective customers by appointment. The conference should attract at least 900 professionally interested persons. In previous years the golf section alone has
averaged 400 visitors, and in addition
1800 young men and women of this institution and Amherst College.
This year the exhibition will be held
in the physical educational building
"cage". Size 178 ft. x 148 ft. and having
a dirt floor. The daytime and night
lighting of the "cage" is even and adequate.
There is no charge for exhibition
space, and as far as possible the full
amount of desired space will be given
to an exhibitor.
Electricity (110 volt A. C.) will be
furnished free, but all electrical apparatus must be approved by the college
electrician and installations made by his
men. The exhibitor will be expected to
pay installation costs. There will be
tables, furnished for exhibits if desired.
The making of sales is expected, but
as this is an educational exhibition,
without space charges, aggressive salesmanship would be out of order, and the
forming of "parties" that will detract
the visitors from the conference program will be very unethical.
As in past years, all advertising literature will be assembled on a group of
tables, arranged as part of the exhibition, and the only place such literature
will be distributed from. It is very desirable that this suggestion should be

fully supported, as past experience has
proved it to be very successful from both
the visitors' and exhibitors' viewpoint.
The "cage" will be open to receive
exhibits on Thursday, March 15, and it
is necessary that all material should be
removed by noon, Monday, March 19.
The exhibition will be under the immediate direction of Mr. Marston
Burnett acting as manager, and to
whom all inquiries sohuld be made upon
arrival of the exhibitor.
(Signed)
The Committee.
Received at the Tenth Anniversary
party—"Kindly convey to the GreenKeepers Club of New England my congratulations on their tenth anniversary
celebration. Your Club is a credit to
New England and has been a great
help to Golf. Regret I can not be with
you.''
Signed:
(Jhas. H. Cross,
President, Mass. Golf Assoc'n.
R e c e i v e d f r o m t w o of t h e L a d i e s s i n c e
the Celebration

"Don't you think that something
should be put in the NEWSLETTER
in
reference to the wonderful time had by
the ladies at the recent party? While I
am not taking it upon myself to speak
for everyone, certainly the ones with
whom I spoke that evening said the
same thing, that the Greenkeepers Club
had given us a very fine party, and I
hope that we will not have to wait ten
years for the next one".
"I would like to thank the Greenkeepers Club through you for the very
pleasant evening at the Woodland Golf
Club celebrating their 10th anniversary.
It was indeed in my mind a most successful affair, and I trust that the Club
may have another such gathering before February, 1944".
A bulletin of interest which has recently come to our attention is Circular
No. 290, August, 1933, of the U.S.D.A.,
"Grades of Peat and Muck for Soil Improvement" by Dr. Stokes.
Visit the Greenkeepers Club booth at
the Recreational Conference. Let us
know you are there.

MR. GREENSKEEPER

DO RESULTS AND YOUR JOB GO TOGETHER?

This year don't risk it through buying "low priced" seed. You can't
afford to economize that way.
For 65 years the Emerson Company has made it a practice (ingrained
with the years) to give you only the best. If any criticism was to be had,
usually a competitive one, our price was high. But year in and year out
we've never "cut corners" on our customers (merchants or Golf Clubs,)
by offering less than the finest we could buy, and Emerson's purchasing
power is second to none of them.
Don't wait for our spring prices. Write us today about your requirements (estimated or otherwise) and let us tell you our story in a personal
way.

THOMAS W. EMERSON CO.
"New

England's

BOSTON, MASS.
Largest

Wholesale

Seed

House"

THESE IMPROVEMENTS ON FAIRWAY MOWER UNIT

D e c r e a s e S c a l p i n g — C u t D o w n P a r t s W e a r — M a k e K n i f e A d j u s t m e n t EasyAxle (see No. 1) is larger,
stronger. B a c k of the roller
has been added a s t u r d y
BH
tie-rod (see No. 2). No
H
twisting possible.
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In addition to our usual
quick-acting h a n d - s h i f t
the
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new Unit
now equipped
with one for the cutting
knife (see No. 3). No f u s s ing w i t h wrenches. J u s t a
t u r n of the hand-wheel.
Self-locking in a n y position.
Offer

on

Scout

Overgreen

W e are still stubbornly contending a n d effectually proving, t h a t our Overgreen
P o w e r Mower will p a y for
itself the first year, in savings. In fact, if the savings
don't pay for it, you needn't.
W r i t e for full particulars.

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None but the W o r t h i n g t o n Unit is equipped
with the herring bone reel blade. The alloy
steel blade s t a y s s h a r p longer. L a s t s longer. Does not nick out.

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Office: S t r o u d s b u r g ,

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Equip Your Course
with STANDARD

GOLF EQUIPMENT

Plan your improvements
now—while present low prices for Standard equipment are
offered. There has been no price increase in the Standard line
(with exception of Flags) so Buy Now.
It P a y s t o S t a n d a r d i z e o n S t a n d a r d .
HOLE RIMS

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FLAG

POLES

Special steel, seamless
tub, thoroughly galvanized and reinforced
at bottom. Aluminum
ferrule. Equipped with
special brass Flag fastening rings, or with
swivel if desired. Red
and White, or Orange
and Black. 8 feet long
1 Vs or 1 inch ferrule.
Furnished 1% ferrule,
unless otherwise specified.
Price
Price
Aluminum . . . $2.00 Flag Poles—each $2.00
Swivel,
Cast Iron
$1.00 Duralumin
extra $0.25

Scientifically designed,
cast in one piece. Absolutely true, correct
size. Strongly reinforced — slightly tapered for ease in inserting and extracting.
Will not rust, corrode
—many other exclusive features.

PERMANENT
ALUMINUM SIGNS

395
YDS
PAE 4

HOLE 8 0 16

Signs for every purpose—made from cast
aluminum. Will not
rust, discolor, corrode,
or tarnish. Will give
years of perfect service . . . . Yardage
Markers — "Do" and
"Don't" signs — Tee
Markers — Direction
Signs.
Special Sizes.
Prices on Request.
Anow Marker, illustrated, your wording,
each $1.50

HOLE CUTTER

Cuts clean and
sharp — exactly
right size. Built
strong and rugged
for years of service. Stays sharp.
Regularly furnished with scalloped
cutting edge—but
can be furnished
in plain edge, if
desired.
Price each—$7.00

Above prices D O N O T include Federal excise tax.

NEW ENGLAND TORO COMPANY
1121 W A S H I N G T O N STREET, W E S T N E W T O N ,

MASS.