Minimize friction and create harmony.
You can get friction for nothing, but harmony costs
courtesy and self-control.
-ELBERT

J U N E

HUBBARD

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. WEST

Editor

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

HOWARD D. FARRANT Business Mgr.
132 R u s s e t t Rcl., W e s t R o x b u r y , M a s s .

June, 1935

Vol. 7, No. 6

R. I. F I E L D

DAY

H. F . A . N o r t h

The Sixth Annual Greenkeeper's Field
Day was held at the Rhode Island State
College, May 27th. The Greenkeepers
have been enthusiastic in their support
of this field day. The weather was particularly fine. A number of research
men f r o m neighboring colleges were
present; a number of green committee
chairmen attended in company with their
greenkeepers; and exhibitors were well
represented. Sprinklers, spike rollers
and mowers were demonstrated.
The inspection of the experimental
area is always an interesting part of
the program. This year the killing effect
of sodium arsenite spray treatments on
the chickweed in old lawn turf was
striking. A set of plats to compare
grasses under heavy play planted in
1933 and badly worn in late fall of
1934 was severly injured during the
winter and demonstrated the value of
Kentucky bluegrass as a constituent in
mixtures f o r this use.
A f t e r lunch in the college banquet
room the speakers were introduced by
Dean G. F. Adams as follows:
"Sports and Their Turf Requirements" by C. W. Perkins, Superintendent Yale University Athletic
Fields.
"Cooperation" by Guy C. West,
Greenkeeper, Fall River Country
Club; President, New England
Greenkeepers Club; and Editor,
"Newsletter".

"Applying Experimental Results to
Turf Improvement" by E v e r e t t
Pyle,
Greenkeeper,
Providence
Municipal Links.
The speakers all are greenkeepers
with a practical knowledge of subjects
which were discussed. Dr. H. J. Wheeler, early director of the Experiment
Station, sketched briefly the advance in
general knowledge of soils and fertlizers that has taken place since one set
of lawn plats was planted thirty years
ago. He mentioned that today' the
average progressive greenkeeper "has a
great deal better insight into the problems of soil fertility than the best soils
specialists in 1905.
At the annual meeting of the Rhode
Island Greenkeepers Club (the 6th) the
following officers were reelected:
President—E. J. Pyle, Triggs Memorial Golf Course, Providence, R. I.;
Vice President—H. D. Hall, Gloucester
Country Club, Harmony, R. I.; Secret a r y — H . F. A. North, R. I. Agr. Exp.
Station, Kingston, R. I . | T r e a s u r e r —
Martin Greene, Wannomoisett Country
Club, Rumford, R. I.

THE

PRACTICAL

TURF RESEARCH

Everett

APPLICATION

OF

DEVELOPMENTS

J.

Pyle

(R. I. Field Day)
At no time in the history of greenkeeping has research work on turf
problems been of more value to the
greenkeeper. This work is so important
t h a t it cannot be discontinued without
materially affecting the high standards
of turf maintenance. The practical turf
man is dependent upon the results of
the experiments carried on by the Green
Section of the U. S. G. A., the Department of Agriculture, the various experiment stations a t our Agricultural
Colleges, commercial seed houses and
others, to guide him in his maintenance
work on the golf course. Without the
help f r o m these organizations, he would
soon find himself confronted by problems which he could not alone overcome. New insects and diseases are
certain to appear to attack turf grasses.
New varieties and strains of grasses

must be developed which will be resista n t to these attacks, or which are demanded by the players or greenkeepers
to improve conditions. The greenkeeper looks to the turf expert to experiment with these problems and to advise
him.
Successful practical application of
turf research developments depends
largely upon the intelligent interpretation of these developments by the greenkeeper. I t is up to him to decide if he
can make use of the information revealed by experimental work and just
how he is to proceed. Many of the suggestions made by turf research men
o f t e n fail, not because they are wrong
but because the greenkeeper doesn't
know how to utilize them under his particular conditions.
The research men are doing unusually
well in attempting to use the language
of the greenkeeper in explaining their
work, yet f e w of us realize how difficult
this may be f o r them. Most of the research men are highly trained in scientific fields—they must be to approach our
problems intelligently—and have at
their command technical terms which
they are good enough to discard so that,
the greenkeeper may more closely
understand their explanations. It is a
tribute to the turf research men that
they speak our language.
Before the greenkeeper can make use
of turf research developments, he must
have some means of contact with the
organizations which are able to give him
this information. Probably the simplest
way to gain this contact is through
membership in some greenkeeper's club,
f o r in such an organization he is not
only in a position to get research bulletins, circulars, news letters, professional
magazines, etc. but he is able to coordinate his ideas with those of his fellow greenkeepers and with those of the
research men. The right contacts are
just as valuable to the greenkeeper as
to other professional men, and every
opportunity to keep in touch with upto-date turf research work should be
utilized by him.
A greenkeeper should visit golf
courses f r e q u e n t l y where he may see
how others are making practical use of
research developments. Here again the
best way to accomplish this is through
membership in a greenkeeper's club.
The

first

step

towards

practical

utilization of research results has been
taken when these contacts are made.
The next step taken by the experienced
greenkeeper is to t r y out new ideas
f r o m the research man, on his own
course and on a small scale, before
adopting them as p a r t of his maintenance program. A turf nursery or a
small section of a green, tee or fairway, is a good place to make these
tests.
Intelligent
experimentation
under one's own conditions is the
simplest and safest way to proceed.
The greenkeeper cannot successfully
utilize new developments in turf research until he has familiarized himself with the details of the experiments
responsible f o r these developments, and
has tested the recommendations of the
research man in his own way, on his own
golf course.
So many of the developments in turf
research are now in general practical
use on most golf courses that we are
likely to f o r g e t t h a t these developments
are the results of years of experimental
work by turf experts. The research man
demonstrated t h a t commercial fertilizers could be used on turf more cheaply and more effectively than animal
manures. Today most greenkeepers are
using these highly concentrated commercial fertilizers with safety.
The
greenkeeper has learned the meaning
and value of a complete fertilizer—that
nitrogen is nitrogen, whether it comes
f r o m Sulphate of Ammonia or f r o m
Fish Scrap, and that the real value, so
f a r as he is concerned, is based on units
of plant food in the fertilizer and not
on fancy trade names or secret formulas. This information has been given
him by the research worker, and he has
applied it in managing his golf course.
Among other research developments
which have been put to use by greenkeepers is the practice of poisoning the
soil with arsenate of lead to control
such insects as grubs, earthworms, cutworms, webworms, etc. Those in charge
of turf who use this method know just
the amounts to apply and when to apply,
because the research man has worked
out the details in his experiments and
has passed them on to the greenkeeper.
The research men found that copper
sulphate, which was being used to some
extent f o r the control of brown patch,
was injurious to turf and, if used long
enough, would finally kill the turf entirely. The greenkeepers applied this
discovery by discontinuing the use of

this material, and used the mercury compounds instead for the control of brown
patch and snow-mould. At first this
t r e a t m e n t was very expensive but the
research men went to work and proved
that most of the mercury compounds
would check these diseases if applied
properly, and t h a t the less expensive
inorganic mercury salts were just as
effective as the more expensive compounds. As a direct result of this work,
greenkeepers found it possible to save
money f o r their clubs by the practical
application of this new development.
Experiment to show how various conditions in the soil affect the growth of
t u r f , have done much f o r the greenkeeper. The early experiments indicated that soils should be acid for the
best growth of bent grass. In practice,
this acid soil movement was overdone.
Many greenkeepers followed the erroneous theory that, if a little was good,
a whole lot was better, and the soil on
many greens was made too acid. This
brought on new difficulties which were
studied by the research workers. They
found that many results attributed to
acidity of the soil were due to other
conditions. There naturally followed an
investigation of these other soil chemical conditions which revealed deficiencies or excesses not before suspected.
The records of these experiments have
convinced most greenkeepers of the importance of testing the soil, especially
f o r acidity. So many turf ills may be
traced to this one soil condition that
up-to-date turf men make periodic tests
of their soil. Some greenkeepers are
having their soil tested f o r nitrogen,
available phosphoric acid and potassium
although some of these tests cannot give
him positive information of practical
value. However, there is no doubt t h a t
one big factor in the practical application of this phase of turf research has
been t h a t of making the greenkeeper
conscious of the importance of soil
chemistry.
The research work being done to determine the effectiveness of various
chemical weed killers is certain to be
of great value to the greenkeeper. I
think I am safe in saying, however, that
experiments with these weed killers
have not yet been complete enough to
warrant any great degree of popularity
f o r practical use. There is no doubt
t h a t several of these chemicals are being used by some greenkeepers to control weeds in t u r f , and it is certain

t h a t this method will be used more each
year, especially on the larger areas.
A new development in turf research,
which will have a great deal of practical value to the greenkeeper, is the
method of identifying turf grasses by
the so-called "finger-print" method.
This method is to be used in the laboratory only, and involves the study of
grass sections under the microscope.
The practical application by the greenkeeper of this development may seem
vague. If he should be able to find out
positively the strains of bent in his
greens, of what use is this information
to him? It is known that some strains
of bent grass are more susceptible to
disease attacks than others and t h a t diseases may attack one grass while another grass would be immune. I t is
also known that it is the n a t u r e of some
grasses to become practically dormant
at a time when others do not show this
tendency, and that some varieties are
permanent while others are only temporary. Certainly it is as beneficial to
the greenkeeper to know the various
grasses on his course, as it is f o r t h e
doctor to know his patients.
The experiments on putting qualities
of various bent grasses and the development of strains more resistant to attacks of insects and diseases should be
carefully studied by the greenkeeper.
This information can be of practical
use to him in his endeavor to improve
the turf on his greens. He should learn
f r o m this research just what to work
for, and f r o m his experience, or his own
personal experiments, just how to do
this work effectively.
It is not the simplest problem to get
greenkeepers to utilize research results.
Many of them are naturally suspicious
of new developments and are loath to
give up the older ideas and methods
with which they are familiar. No one
can condemn them f o r not changing
over immediately to these new ideas,
but any greenkeeper who doesn't t r y
them in an experimental way, on a
small scale, is either unprogressive,
prejudiced or lazy. The practical application of any of the turf research developments depends upon the willingness of the greenkeeper to investigate
their merits.
The practical application of turf research developments has increased the
demand f o r technically-trained men in
the greenkeeping
profession.
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t r e n d is evidenced by the large attendance at the greenkeeping courses established by several of our State and Agricultural Colleges; by the willingness of
most greenkeepers to attend club meetings, conferences and such events as
this; by the realization, on the part of
greens-chairmen, of the necessity f o r the
greenkeeper to attend these meetings
as p a r t of his work, and by the f a c t t h a t
men with scientific educations are taking up greenkeeping as a profession.
The practical application of turf research developments is up to the greenkeeper. He should keep in touch with
all research work, intelligently interp r e t the results of this work ; experiment with ideas which, to him, have
promise of application on his course,
and constantly check his present maintenance practices with research developments.

P. M.—Principal Topic—Cultural
T r e a t m e n t Influence
(a) fertilizer assimilation
(b) the alteration of soil conditions
(c) susceptibility and control of
disease
(cl) Many other important f a c t o r s
Thursday—July 25
P. M.—Principal Topic—Cultural
T r e a t m e n t Influences
The above program as arranged is
unique,
somewhat
spectacular,
and
should not be missed by anyone interested in turf management.
The program will be conducted by
the following members of the department of agronomy:
Lawrence S. Dickinson
Elfriede Klaucke
Benjamin Isgur.

LAWN
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DAY
State

PROGRAM
College

(In Place of the Usual Formal
Lectures)
The entire day will be devoted to a
series of demonstrations and discussions
concerning the important factors influencing
the culture of fine turf
grasses. The demonstrations will show
the correlation of each factor one with
another and will t y p i f y conditions found
in private estates, home grounds, parks,
golf courses and cemeteries.
A f t e r seeing and taking part in these
demonstrations, visitors should be able
to diagnose their own turf problems and
determine the needed f u n d a m e n t a l corrective treatment.
There will be opportunities f o r discussion and f o r the visitors to practice
the theories brought out by the demonstrations.
PROGRAM
Tuesday—July 23
10.00 A. M.—Principal Topic—The Soil
Influence
(a) on variety selection
(b) on disease susceptibility
(c) on fertilizer assimilation
(d) on many other factors

JUNE

MEETING

The annual Greenkeeper-Club Official
meeting was held on June 3rd at the
Wachusett Country Club, West Boylston, Mass. The home team of Braio
and Allstrum won the first net prize
with a reduced score of 68. Second
prize was won by O'Grady and Whiteside of New Bedford a f t e r a toss up,
as they were tied with West and Squire
of Fall River with scores of 70.

Ed Phinney of Acoaxet got "very
h o t " a few days ago and broke the
course record with a snappy 32, which
might have been a little better if a few
more putts had dropped!

Extension Leaflet No. 85, "Lawn
Management" by Prof. Lawrence S.
Dickinson of the Mass. State College
has been recently revised, and carries
a large amount of interest and helpful
advice to any lawn owner or manager.
Copies may be obtained by writing the
Extension Service, Mass. State College,
Amherst, Mass.

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BENT

TREATMENT

OF

STOLONS

by W. F. Nye, J r . and
C. W. Baker
The t r u e value and strength of a
creeping bent turf lies in the proper
and destinctive cultural methods used
by the professional greenskeeper in establishing and maintaining a closely
clipped putting green or bowling area.
Bent stolons are not to be recommended f o r lawn purposes because the
ordinary homeowner, who is usually an
ardent admirer of the uniform carpets
of green dotting his golf course, fails
to realize that such uniformity of m a t
and virulence is due only to constant
daily nursing by the greenskeeper.
Lawns, planted vegetatively to bent
stolons and maintained at ordinary lawn
height, appear to f o r m a beautiful
velvety greensward during the first two
years of growth. T h e r e a f t e r , perhaps
due to the apparent tendancy of the
r u n n e r s to lodge in early winter, it has
been observed that the two-year old
lawn weakens and becomes very susceptable to f u n g u s diseases and scald.
The result is that these owners, a f t e r
a year or two of tolerance, throw up
their hands in surrender; tear up the
remaining sod, and seed the area.
I—Consider the vegeative planting
and early culture of creeping bent
stolons (Agrostis stolonifera).
A — F o r an ordinary putting green,
averaging about 5000 sq. ft., an optimum cover may be produced f r o m 500
sq. f t . of nursery sod or a bulk of about
50 bushels of healthy stolons. This r a t e
has been used successfully on our own
proving grounds as well as at the
Middletown Country Club, Cromwell,
Conn.
B—Stolons are succulent plant
material requiring careful protection
f r o m the time of removal f r o m the
nursery until spread over the planting
bed. Upon receipt of stolons plant them
immediately. Serious damage to the
material will result f r o m bacterial
action if it is allowed to stand bagged
f o r any length of time. Fresh air,
moisture and sunlight are necessary
f a c t o r s in keeping such material in a

healthy state. Therefore, if planting
cannot be done immediately, remove
the stolons f r o m the bag and scatter
them in a cool, shady place where they
may be kept moist by sprinkling.
C—The planting bed should be
carefully prepared with consideration
f o r the foundation and subsoil; thoroughly pulverizing the surface to a
depth of at least 4 inches and permitting
it to settle naturally. Roll and smooth
to the desired uniformity of s u r f a c e ;
then rake lightly back and f o r t h in one
direction.
The stolons, having been prepared
by chopping them into 2 or 3 inch
lengths with a butcher knife, f a r m h a y
chopper, or other convenient means,
should be spread uniformly over t h e
area, and a top-dressing of about 2
cubic yards of good garden loam follow. It is not necessary to cover t h e
stolons entirely. For their quick response, it is advisable to use only
enough top-dressing to hold the stolons
in place. Roll immediately with a light
weight wooden rollor or an empty water
roller. This firms the soil about t h e
nodes of the cuttings f r o m which the
new plants are produced.
D — W a t e r is a most important
factor toward insuring rapid growth in
the newly planted area. Apply it by
hand immediately a f t e r rolling, using a
fine spray nozzle to prevent possible
washing; and maintain this moist condition with sprinklers until the stolons
appear well started. Judicious watering t h e r e a f t e r should not be neglected;
and daily watering in the early morning is to be recommended during dry
weather. Always water thoroughly, but
do not permit a soggy turf condition
to result.
E — T h e first mowing should come
when the new growth is about 2 inches
tall; and a well sharpened putting-green
mower, set high, will help minimize
mechanical i n j u r y to the garss blades.
Permit the first cuttings to remain on
the green, top-dressing them lightly
with about a. cubic yard of prepared
compost or garden loam. T h e r e a f t e r ,
the bed-knife of the mower should be
lowered gradually to the p u t t i n g length
of V4, inch. Daily mowing, except in
extreme hot weather, is vital in order
to limit the presence of coarse r u n n e r s
and an uneven playing surface.

The annual Greenkeeper-Pro Championship for the John Shanahan trophy
will be held on July 22nd at Brae Burn.
Be there with your pro.

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The June meeting of the R. I. Greenkeepers' Club was held at the Wanumetonomy Golf Club, Middletown, R. I. on
June 17th.
Due to the political situation in
Rhode Island and Providence, Everett
Pyle is no longer at the Providence
Municipal Course. Some day ability
and not politics will be the reason
whereby greenkeepers and others on
municipal courses hold their positions.
Everett is now situated at Hartford,
Conn, where he is building a new nine
holes at Goodwin Park.

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I'.—Test the soil b e f o r e fertilizing
t h e new green. If its r a n g e lies bet w e e n t h e p H of 6.0 and 8.0, indicating very slight acidity to a sweet soil
condition, an acid r e a c t i n g fertilizer
like sulphate of a m m o n i a m a y be applied with top-dressing.
The recomm e n d e d r a t e is not more t h a n 5 pounds
to 1000 sq. f t . , applied in the early
spring and fall. Half of this r a t e m a y
be applied in t h e same m a n n e r on or
a b o u t J u n e 10th. Should the p H r a n g e
lie b e t w e e n 4.5 and 6.0, and acid condition usually tolerable to most grasses,
calcium n i t r a t e should be substituted
a n d the same r a t e s stand. W i t h proper
care, a g r e e n p l a n t e d in September
should be playable about J u n e of the
following year.
I I — N o w to consider the m a i n t e n a n c e
and cultural t r e a t m e n t of a stolon a r e a
of established t u r f t h r o u g h o u t its growing season.
A—Rolling is the first m a j o r operation. This should occur at a time when
t h e roller fails to collect moisture on
its s u r f a c e f r o m land still heavy with
w a t e r . Its purpose is to press the grass
crowns firmly into the soil f r o m which
t h e y were removed by spring heaving.
— M o w i n g should be s t a r t e d as
early as possible and become a daily
routine. P r i o r to each operation a
heavy mesh-metal door-mat should be
d r a g g e d over the g r e e n to b r i n g up
new r u n n e r s which are clipped off prev e n t i n g an uneven coarse
surface,
rebelled at by the players. This m a t t i n g
also breaks u p any worm casts and t e n d s
to destroy the early growth of two
f u n g u s diseases commonly known as
L a r g e Brown P a t c h and Dollar Spot.
All clippings should be caught and
r e m o v e d to the compost pile or field;
and it is advisable f o r the g r e e n s m a n
to choose a new mowing direction each
day. T u r n i n g the mower off the g r e e n
heips m a t e r i a l l y to control mechanical
w e a r o f t e n noticeable n e a r the border
edges.
Stolon r u n n e r s are prolific and m a y
get the best of even the most c a r e f u l
s u p e r i n t e n d a n t . In such an event claw
up the coarse r u n n e r s with m e t a l broom
r a k e s ; mow, and t h e n r e p e a t the process. Follow by top-dressing heavily
with compost containing a light application of ammonium sulphate or calcium
n i t r a t e , and w a t e r in thoroughly.

C — A fertilizer p r o g r a m f o r t h e
y e a r s to follow depends upon the soil
r e a c t i o n as it varies f r o m y e a r to year.
It is advisable, however, to use a complete fertilizer in early spring and fall,
having an analysis of a b o u t 10-6-4.
The n i t r o g e n p e r c e n t a g e should be high
in available organic m a t e r i a l such as
castor bean pomace, cotton seed meal,
dried blood, t a n k a g e , and fish meal.
Such a fertilizer m a y be applied safely
a t the r a t e of 10 pounds to 1000 sq. f t .
j u s t b e f o r e a r a i n f a l l or w a t e r e d in
thoroughly by artificial means. Other
nitrogen fertilizers used t h r o u g h o u t t h e
y e a r as stimulents should be varied f o r
best results in t u r f growth.
In addition to all advice and recomm e n d a t i o n s set f o r t h herein we suggest
also the value of establishing a stolon
n u r s e r y ; not alone as a source of supply
f o r new areas but f o r patching m a t e r i a l
as well.
A — A b o u t 2 square f e e t of sod,
loosened and f r e e d of soil will spread
out sufficiently to f o r m a 100 f o o t n u r sery row.
B — E a c h row m a y be spaced a b o u t
5 f e e t a p a r t and p r e p a r e d by m a k i n g
t h e p l a n t i n g bed s o f t and f r i a b l e . Establish a very shallow t r e n c h and lay
out the m a t e r i a l lengthwise without due
tearing. Then cover it lightly; t a m p
with a hoe; and w a t e r thoroughly without soaking.
C — W a t e r daily t h e r e a f t e r until
the grass s t a r t s to grow well. It is imp o r t a n t to keep the rows well cultivated
and open, and the stolons weeded
t h r o u g h o u t the growing season f o r
m a x i m u m reproduction.
Upon submitting this article, your att e n t i o n is drawn to the t r u t h of an old
adage:
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4 times as difficult to m a i n t a i n
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