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T h e r e is no business, no avocation whatever, which will not permit a m a n , w h o has the
inclination, to give a little time, every day, to
study,
—Daniel Wyttenbach.

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This NEWSLETTER is published
monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of
New England, and sent free to its members and their Green's 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.

JAMES McCORMACK . . Business Mgr.
450 William St., Stoneham, Mass.

January, 1937

Vol. 9, No. 1

ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting was held at the
Hotel Statler, Boston on January 4th.
Reports of officers and committees were
presented. The following were elected
to office for 1937:
President
Robert A. Mitchell
1st Y. Pres
John L. Counsell
2nd V. Pres
T. W. Swanson
3rd V. Pres
Homer C. Darling
Secretary
Philip I. Cassidy
Treasurer
Frank H. Wilson
Trustee 3 years . . . Charles W. Parker
Entertainment Committee

Leslie Wildgust
Harold A. Mosher
Samuel S. Mitchell Lloyd G. Stott
Paul G. Wanberg
Golf C o m m i t t e e

Arthur Anderson
Paul P. Hayden
Thomas T. Mattus N. J. Sperandio
Nicholas Bruno
Auditing Committee

George Rommell
Joseph Johnston
The speaker for the meeting was
Mr. Ralph Underwood of the New England Council. Mr. Underwood spoke in
part as follows:
I am not going to bore you with
ancient history concerning the recreational development movement in this
region, but will confine myself to reporting on the New England Council's
1936 All-New England Recreational
Advertising and Publicity Campaign.
The purpose of this campaign obviously is to maintain and increase New

England's annual income received from
persons from outside New England who
come into these states each year for the
sole purpose of relaxing and having a
good time. The money they bring here
and spend is so much velvet and
amounts to about one half a billion
dollars each year. Our efforts are confined almost entirely to getting people
from outside New England to come into this region for their recreation and
to working with various recreational interests to see that the proper facilities
are available to satisfy these guests of
ours when they get here.
For a period of several years the New
England Council has been advertising
the recreational assets of New England
with funds raised from private sources.
This work has been done so well that
last year an additional $100,000 was
made available by legislative action of
the six New England states to be expended under the direction of the New
England Council to promote recreation
in New England. This is the first time
in the history of this country that six
states have appropriated money for a
joint advertising effort and we consider
it a real tribute to the work the New
England Council has already done in
the field of recreational development.
This enlarged fund has enabled us to
place our promotional activities on a
year round basis and work for the development of New England as a year
round vacationland. The rapid development of winter sports in New England,
for example, has not come of itself. It
has required promotion and publicity
and the New England Council has been
very active in this effort in addition to
promoting summer recreation.
In telling the rest of the country
about New England as a vacationland
every type of media has been used.—
Nationally circulated magazines, radio,
the principal newspapers on the eastern
seaboard outside of New England and
in Chicago. Since our principal aim is
to bring in people from outside of New
England, no money is spent in New
England newspapers or for other media
reaching only New England people.
Our primary market for the sale of
New England vacations is New York
City, and that area outside of New England lying east of the Mississippi and
north of the Ohio River including eastern Canada. This area is covered intensively in our advertising and publicity. The remainder of the United
States and Canada which we consider

our secondary market, is covered only
by the coverage of national magazines.
This most recent campaign ran from
September, 1935 to October, 1936, or
throughout a period of one year and
featured fall travel, hunting and fall
foliage, winter sports, spring fishing,
school openings and then the summer
season. In addition a supplementary
campaign was carried on during August
to increase travel in this area after
Labor Day.
Besides the purely paid advertising
our own publicity department has been
active throughout the whole period of
the campaign with activities supplementing the advertising copy. Such
activities as news service, feature service, picture service, writers service,
speakers bureau, radio and posters have
all served to support the said advertising in newspapers and magazines. Moreover our own advertising was further
strengthened by the cooperation of
private business concerns who featured
New England vacations in their own
advertising.
Now you may say—what tangible results were realized in 1936 from these
many promotional activities?
Of course, we don't know about all
the persons who were influenced by our
advertising and who came to New England as a result of it. We do know
about some of them, however. There
were 27,000 people who took the trouble
to tell us they had read our advertising
and were coming to New England for
their vacations. They told us that on
the average they planned to stay at
least 18 days and to spend about $26.00
a week for accommodations alone.
If we conservatively estimate that
each of these persons spent $100.00 in
New England, then we know that our
advertising brought in at least $2,625,
000 to New England this past year.
Furthermore 11,800 of these people
told us they were coming to New England for the first time. 11,800 new
customers. $1,181,000 in new business.
These figures are based on definite
information. How many more were
similarly influenced we don't know but
probably a considerable number.
We do know that 98,000 persons who
saw our advertising were sufficiently interested to write and ask for more inform a t i o n — 98,000 potential customers.
Each of these was written a personalized
letter and furnished with sales and descriptive literature about New England.

Lists of these inquiries were also furnished to the state development organizations and to subscribers to the advertising fund for further follow up.
The campaign has placed an invitation to visit New England before approximately 65 million people — 40
million advertising messages. It has
made this large audience more receptive
to the supplementary advertising of the
several New England states, communities, hotels, transportation agencies, oil
companies, etc., all of whom are interested in promoting recreational travel.
The cumulative results of five years
of promotional effort were very evident
this year and the New England Council
is becoming definitely established in the
mind of the traveler as an authoritative
source for important information concerning New England.
The campaign secured for New England recreation hundreds of thousands
of dollars worth of publicity—valuable
space that can't be bought—hundreds
of editorials, pictures, news items, and
magazine articles. This sort of publicity
is probably equally as valuable to New
England as the amount expended for
advertising space.
We distributed more than 700,000
pieces of promotional literature about
recreational New England and the bulk
of this distribution was made direct to
the prospect, not uncontrolled hand
outs.
We feel, and, we are supported in
this belief by substantial interests
throughout New England, that this
campaign which has operated during
five years of sub-normal business activity has produced such tangible results
that we hope to increase our recreational development activities during 1937.
This coming year promises to be the
most prosperous year that New England
business has experienced since 1929. A
sustained recovery has been in progress
since the spring of 1935 and seems
likely to continue. All types of industry, trade and commerce will join
in the upswing and along with these our
recreational business.
You people here are interested in a
particular kind of recreation. A kind
of recreation that was extremely popular before the crash and which reached
a peak of interest with not too much
organized promotional activity. Golf
took it on the chin very definitely during the depression for a good many reasons. Time is too short to examine

these reasons in detail now. In my
opinion golf will not regain the peak of
interest it reached in 1927-8-9 without
some rather well organized promotional
effort directed and financed by those
who are most closely tied to the game.
Too many competing attractions have
developed with well organized advertising and publicity pushing them along.
You people, it seems to me, must
take similar action if you are to get
your share of the recreational dollar.
Offhand I should say that you must
go after the mass market more strenuously than you have in the past. The
detail of how you will do this you
yourselves must work out making use
of the best advice you can obtain from
those who have made a business of this
sort" of promotion and whose experience
is invaluable.
Prom your name you are a New England-wide organization. I would suggest
that if you really want to promote interest in the game of golf that you organize a development committee representative of all sections of New England.
Having such a committee organized, I
am sure that if you came to the Recreational Development Committee of the
New England Council and said "We are
organized and ready to go ahead with
a program of stimulating interest in the
game of golf. We would like the advantage of your experience as a starter.
How about it"? If you do that, I can
assure you we will be glad to lend you
every assistance we can.
It is with extreme regret that we
announce , the death on December 28th
of Mr. I. C. Judkins of Needham. Mr.
Judkins was for many years Chairman
of the Greens Committee of the Needham Country Club, a frequent visitor
at our meetings, and a friend to all
greenkeepers. We shall miss his presence and counsell.
The Ponkapoag Golf Club in Canton
is doing the preliminary work, clearing
and drainage, on a third nine holes.
This work is being done as a WPA job
under the supervision of Capt. Joseph
Rooney, with the designing and layout
by Donald Ross, who also designed the
present 18 hole layout. It is expected
that actual construction will start in
the Spring.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT
T o t h e m e m b e r s of t h e G r e e n k e e p e r s
C l u b of N e w E n g l a n d

Fellow Members:
It is nice to hear people say that
things are getting better all over the
country, especially to know that New
England is among the leaders and that
we may not hear so much about reduced budgets, as golf, the past season, has taken on renewed life.
In turning back the pages covering
the past twelve months, I would like
to touch briefly on a few things that
have passed. I think my first words to
you members as your president, were to
urge you to attend our meetings and let
loose your thoughts, but it seems we
must still find some other way to pry
out your ideas.
I feel that the Greenkeepers Club
made a step forward when they decided
to sponsor the afternoon program and
booth at "Amherst" last year. A great
deal of favorable comment was heard
on our clubs activity at the past conference. I hope it may continue.
The fourth annual dinner of the Service Section of the Massachusetts Golf
Association and Greenkeepers Club of
New England at the Woodland Golf
Club was the second step forward when
we made our first presentation of the
John Shanahan Memorial Award of
Merit for 1935 to the Massachusetts
Golf Association. To me it is the spirit
and interest of always looking ahead
which will keep us all eager for greater
things and help in our many duties.
I—[
Our membership is not at the highest peak at present due to the hard
times of the past few years, but I feel
sure the New Year will see our membership back to and pass our old mark.
And this can be done if each and every
one will get busy. I would like to make
a plea to ex-members who have dropped
out for one reason or another to get
back in the group. We need you. We
may be able to help you. One member,
Carleton Treat, moved from New England, but we shall not forget him as
one of the hardest workers for the good
of our club.
The annual John Shanahan Memorial
Tournament was well attended at Brae
Burn Country Club and what a grand
offer on the part of this club to have
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this tournament held there annually.
Every greenkeeper should be proud.
This alone is another incentive to go
forward.
Our second annual Frolic was well
attended and the club has tried to give
the members what they want.
The new project along experimental
lines, that the club is now Working
on, shall be, if successful, the greatest
step forward undertaken by any organization for the advancement of better
turf and soil conditions and I urge you,
one and all, to get behind your committee and make this venture a success.
The Newsletter has come through the
year with flying colors and Mr. West
and Mr. McCormack are to be congratulated on their splendid work. This
monthly leaflet has made a spot of its
own, let us try to help the Editor more.
In conclusion I wish to thank the directors, all committees and fellow
members for their untiring efforts in
guiding our steps in the right way and
to the incoming president I extend my
best wishes. It has been an honor to
act as your president. Please accept
my humble thanks.
Respectfully submitted,
HOWARD D. FARRANT,
President.
January 4, 1937.
PRESIDENT'S

MESSAGE

I wish to take this opportunity to
thank the members of the Greenkeepers
Club of New England for the honor of
being elected to serve them as their
President.
As a Charter member, I have continued in the practice of Greenkeeping
during the life of this organization.
This association was a pioneer in the
organizing of greenkeepers, and our
State College was a pioneer in the organizing of Winter Schools for Greenkeepers.
Compared with the various past
activities of our Club, the move to get
an appropriation to start research and
experimental work on turf grasses at
the Waltham Field Station of the

Massachusetts State College, is, J believe, the most important piece of work
we have ever attempted.
The members who have done the
initial work and are continuing it deserve great credit.
If it is carried thru to success, it will
be a great measure of progress towards
our objective, the furtherance of the
good of Golf.
As President-elect I feel that I have
a great responsibility to do all I can to
help carry thru this project.
Let us all do all that we can to help,
so that it will not fail from lack of
support that might have been given.
There are other projects that are much
worth while to be attended to, but this
is the urgent interest of the hour.
Robert A. Mitchell.
R. I. A S S O C . M E E T I N G

The R. I. Greenkeepers Assoc. met
on January 18th at the Narragansett
Hotel, Providence. A large part of the
business meeting was devoted to discussing the possibilities of getting an
appropriation from the R. I. Legislature
for further turf work at the Rhode
Island State College. The Association
went on record as in favor of such
work, and voted to petition for it this
year.
For the educational program, various
members talked on subjects of interest.
Guy West spoke on "What the Depression has Taught the Greenkeeper",
Martin Greene on "Opening the Course
in the Spring", R. Wallace Peckham on
"Labor Management", Dr. L. E. Erwin
on "Diseases and their Control", Woodworth Bradley and Mr. Patt on "New
Equipment". The principal address was
given by Dr. De France of the State
College, and is appended.
The Eleventh Annual National Greenkeepers Convention and Golf S h o w will
b e h e l d at t h e W a r d m a n P a r k H o t e l in
W a s h i n g t o n , D . C., F e b r u a r y 2 n d t o 5 t h
i n c l u s i v e . C h a i r m a n F . W . E r m e r of
t h e S h o w C o m m i t t e e r e p o r t s t h a t it w i l l
be the largest convention for several
years.

W H A T IS N E W I N W E E D C O N T R O L ?

Compiled by J. A. DeFrance

Results of R. I. Experiment Station,
Kingston—Jan. 1, 1937
C o n t r o l of W e e d s o n G r e e n s

An abnormal number of crabgrass
plants appeared on all plats during
June of 1932. No doubt these came
largely from the use of weedy compost.
Plans have since been made to sterilize
the compost with steam. Steaming was
begun in September, 1932, and will be
continued in the hope that the weeds
or grass seeds in the compost may be
eliminated. The apparatus used for
sterilizing the compost consists of a tip
body fitted on the rear wheels of a
wagon running gear. It has a wooden
cover which clamps on tightly. This
body can also be used on a Ford chassis.
It is fitted with perforated galvanized
pipe and connected by a short length
of steam hose to a steam boiler. Roughly, with a pressure of 60 pounds, it requires 30 minutes to steam a load of
compost.
Twice as much time was required to
weed the crabgrass out of the seaside
creeping bent as it took among the velvet bents. The better strains of creeping bent were more economically weeded
than the colonial and seaside bents.
Mountain Ridge and 14,276 were most
easily weeded of the velvet bents;
Rhode Island colonial bent among the
colonials, and Metropolitan and Flossmore in the creeping bents. It required
more than fifty times as long to weed
the crabgrass out of Columbia creeping
bent as it took to do the same job on
Mountain Ridge, a velvet bent. This
can be explained on a basis of the difference in the density of turf.
Clover may be largely eliminated by
the use of fertilizer carrying more
nitrogen than phosphorus and potash
and by applying adequate amounts of
nitrogen. Sulfate of ammonia has been
found very effective in the control of
clover, possibly as a result of the acidity
produced as well as by the burning. In
general weeds will be found more
readily controlled by the use of sulfate
of ammonia or ammonium phosphate
than by the use of other common nitrogen fertilizers.

C o n t r o l of W e e d s o n F a i r w a y s
and Lawns

General Control Methods
Chickweed and practically all the
weeds except crabgrass have been controlled by the soluble and toxic aluminum of the soil in highly acid plats.
However, it is more desirable to kill
weeds without resorting to highly acid
soil conditions, especially on a Kentucky
bluegrass turf. Fall dandelion and
crabgrass are shown to be capable of
growth in medium-acid to highly-acid
soil in which soluble aluminum is usually
present. Most of the other weeds are
less tolerant of aluminum than is colonial bent.
Individual Control Measures
Arsenate of lead as compared with
iron or aluminum sulphate.
Arsenate of lead was applied in 1932
at the rate of nine pounds mixed with
three pails of soil per 1000 square feet.
Iron and aluminum sulphates were applied in May and August 1932 at the
rate of three pounds and in 1933 at the
rate of one pound per 1000 square feet
and were not removed from the leaves
by watering since moderate burning
was desired. The arsenate of lead reduced the weeds much more than the
iron or aluminum sulphates. The turf
was not injured by the arsenate of lead,
but was slightly injured by the iron and
aluminum sulphates. The latter reduced
the vigor of the uncomposted acid turf,
and the iron sulphate caused a temporary unsightly black appearance.
The effect of the arsenate of lead was
more pronounced on the acid turf as
the chickweed was completely killed_ the ^ ^
first year after treatment and remained
out during the four succeeding years.
Chickweed and other weeds were less
completely killed in the neutral and
basic plats and have begun to creep in
again. Very good results were secured
with the arsenate of lead at a cost of
approximately one dollar per 1000 sq.
ft. of area for the material.
Caution: Handle arsenate of lead as
you would any other highly poisonous
powder. Mix in the open and do not
inhale the dust. There is little danger
during or after the spreading if it is
mixed with damp sand or soil. Obviously, children must be warned about applications of this poison.
Arsenate of lead vs. Sodium arsenite:
In April, 1935, sodium arsenite was ap:

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plied at the rate of 4 ounces in 10 gallons of water as a spray and the arsenate of lead at 10 pounds mixed with
soil, per 1000 sq. ft. The amount of
water could have been reduced to 5
gallons per 1000 sq. ft.
The sodium arsenite injured the turf
temporarily and this injury may have
allowed more crabgrass to come in.
Arsenate of lead had no injurious effect. The treated areas had a higher
seasons rating than the checks.
The sodium arsenite killed the mousear ehickweed in approximately one
month's time. By August the arsenate
of lead subplats were relatively free.
The control of chickweed as an average
of all subplats was 88 per cent for the
sodium arsenite and 86 per cent for
arsenate of lead.
Crabgrass was more prevalent where
sodium arsenite was applied but greatly
reduced by the arsenate of lead treatment. It is believed that the arsenate of
lead delays the germination of the seeds
for some time.
Crabgrass has been a difficult weed to
combat. The control of applying arsenate of lead is relatively new. As an

W h e n a country club seeks the
s e r v i c e s of a g r e e n k e e p e r it is
f a c e d w i t h t h e t e d i o u s t a s k o f investigating the records and refere n c e s of n u m e r o u s a p p l i c a n t s ,
m a n y of w h o m l a c k t h e p r o p e r
qualifications.
Our E m p l o y m e n t Committee off e r s a h a p p y s o l u t i o n t o t h i s problem by placing the country club
in c o n t a c t t h r u w r i t t e n a p p l i c a tion or personal interview, with
m e n w h o s e q u a l i f i c a t i o n s fit t h e m
f o r t h e p a r t i c u l a r p o s i t i o n to b e
filled.
G u y C. W e s t , C h r .

average of all plats the control was 80
per cent. Greenkeepers have been using
this material for the control of chickweed and earthworms for several years.
There is no assurance that it will be
successful on crabgrass in other sections
of the United States.
The control of weeds during the season was 66 per cent for arsenate of
lead and 32 per cent for sodium arsenite. Sodium arsenite, applied in the fall
rather than spring, would probably not
injure the turf and hence not allow the
entrance of crabgrass. It is a herbicide
of great value for other weeds also and
is very cheap. The material to treat an
acre costs (in 1936) only one dollar at
the rate given above. (4 oz. in 10 gals,
water).
Caution: Sodium arsenite is extremely poisonous and must be as carefully
handled as arsenate of lead. It is a wise
precaution to cover the mouth and nose
with a handkerchief if much spraying
is to be done.
Sodium Chlorate: This is a very effective general weed killer. Two pounds
per 1000 sq. ft. applied mixed with soil
eliminates the weeds and also causes
serious temporary injury to the grass.
It should be applied at the time fertilizer is applied and in cool rather than
warm weather, preferably before or
during the seedling stage of the crabgrass.
Kerosene (water white) : This rather
unusual weed killer has been found to
kill dandelions in the middle west with
only temporary injury to the lawn
grass. It is applied at the rate of 4%
to 7 gallons per 1 0 0 0 sq. ft. in f r o s t y
weather.

Spotting: The application of a teaspoonful of sulfate of ammonia to the
crown of a weed such as Dandelion or
Plantain is one method of spotting
weeds. This can be done, while walking over the lawn with economical applicators which are on the market. Another method is that of injecting acid
into the crown by means of an applicator.
Digging: The old reliable method is
highly effective, and if carried on in
moist cool weather is not harmful to
the lawn grass. In the Spring, as soon
as the frost is out of the ground and
the soil loose and moist, is the time to
lift weeds, particularly the mat forming and tap-rooted kinds.
Fertilizing: It is surprising how few
common weeds can compete with grass

when properly fertilized. This method
will work wonders in the sparcely
grassed, neglected lawn. As little as
four pounds of nitrogen have been applied in a complete fertilizer per 1000
square feet in a season with beneficial
results. One pound at a time was applied with a rain between each dose.
Preventive measures: A good program^ of turf management is the best
security from the invasion of weeds.
(1) Clean cultivation of the seed bed
area before planting; (2) seeding in
autumn or early fall; (A lawn properly
planted in Autumn usually remains
relatively free of weeds if well maintabled) ; (3) the use of pure seed;
(4) the use of clean topdressing which
is free of weed seeds and rootstocks
(this may be accomplished by sterilizing
the soil with heat such as steam or electricity or certain chemicals); and (5)
proper and ample fertilization, all tend
to prevent the entrance of weeds. If
any of these measures are neglected,
the weed problem is quite apt to become serious. Occasionally, annual and
biennial weeds occur in a fall seeded
lawn, however, most of these will be
killed by frost or under close cutting
in the spring. It is much easier to prevent weeds than to drive them out.
TURF GROWERS SEEK AID OF
STATE COLLEGE
Senator A. W. Hollis of Newton has
filed a bill in this year's Legislature
providing for an appropriation of fifteen thousand dollars for experiment
work and scientific research in fine turf
and lawn grasses and a study as to the
maintainence of such grasses, and the
construction and originally equipping of
buildings to carry on this work at the
Waltham Field Station of the Massachusetts State College. This bill is
sponsored by the Massachusetts Greenkeepers Association, whose committee is
headed by Frank H. Wilson of Newton.
The work which is desired is in the
interest of all who grow turf, from the
greenlceeper with his fine, closely clipped
putting greens, to the home owner with
his small lawn. It would interest the
men in charge of parks, playgrounds,
athletic fields, cemeteries, and estates.
It would be of help to the more than

half a million home owners in this State
with their lawns of varying sizes.
The sponsors of this bill report a vast
number of difficulties which beset the
turf grower, among which are turf diseases such as brown-patch and snow
mold, chinch bugs, white grubs, sod
webworms, problems of fertilizing, soil
treatment, irrigation, etc.
The idea of experimental plots and
laboratories for the study of fine grasses
and turf problems is not new. The
Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association working with the U. S. D. A. has
for over fifteen years done such work.
Several colleges and experiment stations, notably State Colleges in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Rhode Island,
have done considerable experimental
work on turf problems. The Massachusetts State College at Amherst has done
some work already. The work desired
at Waltham would not duplicate any
work already done, except where the
results obtained might differ because of
different soil and climatic conditions;
but, would supplement work that has
been done and also initiate new experiments.
The sponsors ask that this work be
started at Waltham, where experimental
work is being done for florists, market
gardeners and fruit growers, because of
the fact that the Field Station is so
easily accessible to the whole eastern
part of the State. It is estimated that
seventy-five per cent of the people of
the State live east of Worcester.
By the success of this bill, the Waltham Field Station can save the people
of the State an immense amount of
money by diagnosing soil conditions,
recommending seed mixtures to fit these
conditions, giving directions for the
proper fertilizing of lawns, advice on
weed control, disease and insect control, and buy further experimental work
on demonstration turf plots.
The Ninth Annual Short Course in
Turf Management will be held at Rutgers University, February 15-20th,
under the leadership of Dr. Howard B.
Sprague.
"How many men you disliked at first
sight have come to be friends when you
knew them?"

KENT'S COMMENTS
Getting right down to earth, golf turf
maintenance trouble can be divided into two groups, the natural, and the manmade. The latter conditions are the
greater cause of serious effects.
Our greens problems on what to do
about poor drainage, compaction, shallow top soil, drouth and a host of other
headaches can be directly traced to the
original source—faulty design and construction.
"Louzay-layouts" are the asinine aspirations of amateur golf architects.—
In my opinion, there are about a score
of men or firms in this country qualified to design and build a golf course
that will give prime playing conditions,
at minimum maintenance costs. At
present, there is not enough work to
keep more than this number of firms
engaged in the profession long enough
to get sufficient and qualifying experience. Books and articles on the subject
are helpful, but in any phase of this
game, it takes PRACTICE to make perfection !
When you build a house you want a
man to design it who not only knows
how to group the rooms, but everything
else in the structure from foundation
footing to roof. Select men of national
repute, rather than a local yokel whose
only qualifications are the holier-thenthou manner, an ability to bat a ball
and strut around flat-footed in flush
fores!
Beware the ball chip artist who may
be a club GYP artist.
A.P.G.A. pro, or a good Greenskeeper know their limitations when it comes
to course design. My advice to clubs
in course of construction is to appoint
the Greenskeeper before work starts, so
that he can protect your interests, and
he will know the grounds' conditions by
the time it is ready for maintenance.
When remodeling is considered, consult with a reputable architect, your
greenskeeper and your pro, BEFORE
making any change. Alterations are
needed when the original design was not
given sufficient thought to the future.
DON'T MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE
TWICE!
An architect is often omitted for

several reasons, some are; The Club
Officials do not know of a reliable man,
they don't think they can afford the
first and only cost of a good consultant,
or they may be in a hurry to make
changes as a monument to their termin-office, come hail, hell or high water.
Clinton K. Bradley.
GOLF
They do not know what golf may be
Who call it c'hildish play
To drive a globule from a tee
And follow it away.
They do not understand who scoff
And all its virtues miss,
Who think that is all of golf—•
For golf is more than this.
For golf is earth's ambassador
That comes to haunts of men
To lure them from the banking floor,
The counter and the pen,
To lead them gently by the hand
From toil and stress and strife
And guide them through the summer
land,
Along the path of life.
The pastime of philosophers,
For such a man must be
When far away the golf-ball whirs
And hides behind a tree.
A man may see his business fall
And never turn a hair,
But men are strong who lose the ball
And still refuse to swear.
It is a game of honor, too,
That tries the souls of men.
It's easy in the public view
To all be honest then
But he deserves an angel's wings
Who paths of trust has trod
When left alone with just two things—
His score-card and his God.
—Anon.
"People who think straight don't run
around in circles".
"The right word in the right place
will do the job. All the others just detract from the effect.

Worthington Equipment
keeps course in top condition-—
pays for itself in labor savings

M a n y G r e e n s k e e p e r s h a v e d o n e w o n d e r s w i t h old, w o r n o u t e q u i p m e n t w h i c h c a n n o t p o s s i b l y c o n t i n u e t o k e e p c o u r s e s in t o p c o n d i t i o n .
W o r t h i n g t o n e q u i p m e n t m a k e s y o u r c o u r s e a d e l i g h t to s e e — a j o y to
p l a y . It r e d u c e s u p k e e p c o s t s , l a s t s l o n g e r , a n d c u t s a g r e a t e r a r e a in less
time with fewer men.
Modern, scientifically designated Worthington machines make a
G r e e n s k e e p e r ' s l i f e e a s i e r a n d r e d u c e t h e w o r r i e s of G r e e n s C o m m i t t e m e n .
W o r t h i n g t o n m a k e s a c o m p l e t e l i n e of g o l f c o u r s e e q u i p m e n t at p r i c e s
you can afford. T r a c t o r s — C u t t i n g U n i t s — G a n g Mowers Putting Green
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Of t h e l a s t 2 7 c o u r s e s o n w h i c h t h e B r i t i s h a n d A m e r i c a n c h a m p i o n ships h a v e b e e n p l a y e d , 1 9 a r e c o n d i t i o n e d w i t h W o r t h i n g t o n e q u i p m e n t .
W o r t h i n g t o n will e n a b l e y o u r G r e e n s k e e p e r t o k e e p Y O U R c o u r s e in
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T h e H o l i d a y S e a s o n j u s t p a s s e d is n o w o n t h e s h e l f a l o n g w i t h last
y e a r s g o l f clubs, to b e e n j o y e d a g a i n w h e n t h e t i m e c o m e s .
A s a r e m i n d e r t h a t t h e s e h a p p y d a y s will c o m e a g a i n w e h a v e j u s t
i s s u e d o u r 1 9 3 7 C a l e n d a r . T h e y a r e r e a d y f o r m a i l i n g a n d if y o u r r e t u r n
c a r d h a s a l r e a d y b e e n r e c e i v e d t h e n y o u r c o p y is in t h e m a i l to y o u . W e
w a n t e d y o u r n a m e a n d a d d r e s s f o r t w o r e a s o n s . F i r s t t o k n o w if y o u
w a n t e d a c a l e n d a r a n d s e c o n d to k n o w y o u r l a t e s t m a i l i n g a d d r e s s in o r d e r
that delivery would be assured.
If y o u like t h e c a l e n d a r a n d w a n t a s i m i l a r t y p e f o r 1 9 3 8 , will y o u
r e m e m b e r t o tell u s a b o u t it s o m e t i m e n e x t O c t o b e r ? W e i n v i t e y o u r
suggestions.
W e h a v e j u s t c o m p l e t e d t h e c o m p i l i n g of a G o l f E q u i p m e n t a n d
S u p p l y C a t a l o g u e w h i c h w e b e l i e v e to b e m o s t u n i q u e . W e h a v e t r i e d to
g i v e y o u all of t h e d a t a insicle t w o c o v e r s a n d t o m a k e it s o m e t h i n g y o u
m a y o f t e n find u s e f u l in y o u r w o r k .
It is o n t h e p r e s s n o w a n d s h o u l d b e r e a d y f o r m a i l i n g w i t h i n the.
next several weeks. Envelopes have already been addressed to those who
h a v e s o r e q u e s t e d o n their r e t u r n c a r d s , o t h e r s a r e b e i n g a d d r e s s e d d a i l y .
If y o u d e s i r e a c o p y a n d h a v e n o t a l r e a d y s e n t in y o u r c a r d w i t h y o u r
l a t e s t a d d r e s s , p l e a s e do s o t o d a y .
W i t h this c a t a l o g u e w e h a v e a r e m i n d e r o f t h e s e v e r a l t h i n g s y o u
m a y h a v e o v e r l o o k e d in y o u r b u d g e t p r e p a r a t i o n . W e h o p e t h i s will b e
u s e f u l to y o u , a n d f u l l d e t a i l s c o v e r i n g all of t h e m will b e f o u n d a m o n g
t h e 9 8 p a g e s of o u r n e w c a t a l o g u e .
W e h a v e r e s e r v e d a C a l e n d a r a n d a C a t a l o g u e f o r e v e r y o n e of y o u
a n d w e h o p e y o u will tell u s w h e r e t o s e n d t h e m .

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