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Defines and Descrihes the Culture ofTurf in Park, Golfing and Home areas.

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SEPTEMBER, 1932VOLUMEVI-No.9

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Official Organ of the National Association of Greenkeepers of AmericaPublished monthly at 405 Caxton Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

Contents copyright, 1932, by The National Greenkeeper, Inc., Publishers.Entered as second-class matter, Aug. ~5, 19~8, at the post office, Cleveland, Ohio, under act of March~, 1879

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ContentsMY EXPEHIKNCE WITH FEHTILlZEHS

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~IINNESOTA BOYS TAKE JOY HIDEBy L. J. Fl'.•er .

SOME CO~I~IENTS FHO~I AN OL))-TI~IEHIly jimmy O'Neill , '" .

PHOS WILL PLAY KELLEH CLUBIly If. E. Stodo/u .

TIlE S1'I,\IULATION OF PLANT GHOWTH BY "lEANS OF WEAK\'OIS0NS

By Colo"el Joh" ,\lorlt~, .

GOLF TOUHNAMENTS.

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NEWS FHOM TliE SOUTHLANDBy Merle Zll"eifd .

CANADIAN NEWSBy j. II. Emil" .

PACIFIC COAST GOSSI\'Ily Arthur IAlII~t(11l .•..•..•.

ALL-STAH GHEENKEEPEHS ,\IEETlly ju('1.- Gormley .

.\JAHKE'!' PLACE AND BUYEHS' GUIDE ..

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Officers---National Ass"n of Greenkeepers of AmericaJohn Morley, President

Youngstown Country Club2248 Selma AvenueYoungstown. Ohio

Fred A. Burkhardt, Sec'y.-Treas.Westwood Country ClubBox "A"-Rocky River Sta.Cleveland, Ohio

ELMER F AFFELDT, Engineers'Country Club, Roslyn, Long Island,New York.

A. E. ARNOLD, Masonic Country Club,Grand Rapids, Michigan.

C. J. AUGUSTO, Del Monte CountryClub, Del Monte, Calif.

G. W. BARNES, Banff Springs GolfCourse, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

C. G. BARTON, Sylvania Golf Club,'Toledo, Ohio.

ALEX BINNIE, Shoreacres Golf Club,Lake Bluff, Ill.

JAMES BOLTON, Berkshire CountryClub, Reading, Pennsylvania.

MICHAEL BISSEL, Montclair GolfClub, Montclair, New Jersey.

ALEX BOYD, Rainier Country Club,Seattle, Washington.

A. L. BRANDON, Saint Charles Coun-try Club, Saint Charles, Illinois.

PAUL BROCKHAUSEN, New BlueMound Country Club, Wauwatosa,Wi!lconsin.

THOMAS BRYDON, Kahkwa CountryClub, Erie, Pennsylvania.

J. O. CAMPBELL, Wethersfield Coun-try Club, Hartford, Conecticut.

JAMES CONNAUGHTON, Monroe GolfClub, Pittsford, New York.

CARL DAVIS, Moonbrook CountryClub, Jamestown, New York.

E. E. DAVIS, Meadville Country Club,Meadville, Pennsylvania.

M. L. DePARLIEN, Gulf Stream GolfClub, Delray Beach, Florida.

THOS. E. DOUGHERTY, SpringhavenCountry Club, Chester, Pennsylvania.

GORDON W. EARL, Ogdensburg Coun-try Club, Ogdensburg, New York.

CHARLES ERICKSON, MinikahdaClub. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

FRANK W. ERMER, Rid~ewood-Willo-wick Golf Clubs, Cleveland, Ohio.

LEWIS M. EVANS, Tam O'ShanterGolf Club, Canton, Ohio.

O. E. EVANS, Country Club, York-town, Virginia.

John MacGregor, Vice-PresidentChicago Golf ClubP. O. Box 717Wheaton, Illinois

DIRECTORS

John Anderson, West Orange, N. J.Carl Bretzlaff, Indianapolis, IndianaEdward B. Dearie, Chicago, Ill.M. E. Farnham, Philadelphia, Penna.Leo J. Feser, \Vayzata, Minn.

DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENTSR. E. FARMER, Brynwood Country

Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.D. ALLEN FRASER, Berkshire Hunt

and Country Club, Lenox, Mass.FORD GOODRICH, Flint Country Club,

Flint, Michigan.JACK GORMLEY, Van Schiack Island

Country Club, Cohoes, New York.JOHN GRAY, Essex Golf and Country

Club, Sandwich, Ontario, Canada.J. E. HAMMER, JR., Memphis Coun-

try Club, Memphis, Tennessee.HARRY HANSON, Maple Bluff Coun-

try Club, Madison, Wisconsin.H. HAWKINS. Lal;eview Golf Club,

Port Credit, Ontario.ROBERT HENDERSON, Country Club

of Buffalo, Williamsville, N. Y.G. HOLMQUIST, Fort Wayne Country

Club, Fort Wayne, Indiana.FRANK J. HOSNER. Glendale Golf and

Country Club, Saginaw, Michigan.ARTHUR J. JENSEN, Fargo Country

Club, Fargo, N. D.CHAS. S. KESSELRING, Moundsville

Country Club, Moundsville, WestVirginia.

FRED LARRENCE, Deal Golf Club,Oakhurst, New Jersey.

M. W. LAWRENCE, West End Coun-try Club. New Orleans, Louisiana..

GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, Bell MeadeCountry Club, Nashville, Tennessee.

HUGH LUKE, Garden City CountryClub, Garden City, New York.

SAMUEL LYLE, Nnrth Hills CountryClub. Ferguson. Missouri.

JEROME MACDONALD, PalmettoGolf Club, Aiken, South Carolina.

TOM K. McCLENAHAN, Mayfair Golfand Country Club, Edmonton, Al-berta, Canada.

JOE P. MAYO, Pebble Beach CountryClub, Pebble Beach, California.

CHESTER MENDENHALL, WichitaCountry Club, Wichita, Kansas.

John Quaill, Pittsburgh, Penna.Wm. Sansom, 'foronto, Ontario, Can.

TRUSTEESJoseph Williamson, Chairman,

Columbus, Ohio, (1 year)

John Pressler, Pittsburgh, Penn., (2years)

Grange Alves, Cleveland, Ohio, (3years)

T. H. RIGGS MILLER, Willow BrookCountry Club, Staten Island. NewYork.

HUGH C. MOORE, St. Simon's IslandGolf Club, St. Simon's Island, Ga.

JAMES MUIRDEN, Rjdgewood GolfClub, Cincinnati, Ohiet.

L. T. PARKER, Pasadena Golf Club,Pasadena. California.

WILLIAM E. PERKINS, Yale AthleticAss'n .• New Haven, Connecticut.

JOHN PIRIE, Whippoorwill CountryClub. Chappaqua. N. Y.

CLARENCE PLOSS, Salem, Mass.EDWIN O. PRATT, Mission Hills

Country Club, Kansas City, Kansas.ROBERT SCOTT, Baltimore Country

Club, Ba.ltimore, Maryland.H. E. SHAVE, Oakland Hills Country

Club, Birmingham, Michigan.CLARENCE W. STROUSI-~, Hll{hland

Country Club, Grand Rapids, Mich.DAVID TAIT, Northwood Country

Club, Meridian. Mississippi.RALPH THOMAS, Sandy Burr Coun-

try Club. Waltham. Massachusetts.D. R. VALENTINE, Beaumont Cnuntry

Club, Beaumont, Texas.JOSEPH VALENTINE. Merion Cricket

Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.TOM VARDON, Yacht Club, White

Bear, Minnesota.RICHARD WATSON, Chevy Chase

Golf Club, Washington, D. C.BONNIE WEAVER, Burlington Golf

Club. Burlington. Iowa.GEORGE WELLIN, Tumblebrook

Country Club, New Britain, Conn.JACK WELSH, Wakonda Country

Club. Des Moines, Iowa.SAM WHITING, Olympic Club, San

Francisco, California.WALTER WOODWARD, Senneville

Country Club. Montreal, Quebec,Canada.

GROVER C. ZWEIFEL, Indian HillsCountry Club. Catoosa. Oklahoma.

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1932

VOLUME VI

NUMBER IX

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GREE NIEE PEROfficial Organ of The

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My Experience With FertilizersBy ARTHUR STEPHEN, Greenkeeper

Erie Down's Golf and Country Club, Ltd.

ARTHUR STEPHEN

EXCEPT in rare instances thereis very little evidence supportingthe plea for so-called ttcom-plete" or {(balanced" fertilizerson fairways. Improved turfgrowth does not result from ad-ditions of plant food elementsalready sufficiently abundant inthe soil. An economical andra tional program is one designedto satisfy soil deficiencies what-ever they may be.

The words {(complete" andttbalanced" carry an especial ap-peal and is usually supported bya misleading comparison withhuman feeding requirement.Because a balanced diet is essen-tial to human well being, it isargued that plants required bal-anced feeding. So far the analogyis strictly true, but the fact thatplant roots permeate a medium which containsabundant supplies of many of the essential ele-ments is ignored. Feeding practices need supplyonly those elements which are deficient in the soil,whereas the human diet must be well-balanced toprovide all the essentials of life.

Soils differ inavailable and total plant food con-tent. If grass always required a complete fertilizer,it seems hardly reasonable to expect a ttcomplete"fertilizer of one special analysis to prove equallysatisfactory on all types of soil.

Truthfully speaking, it is easier to follow the linesof least resistance, apply a complete fertilizer andthereby correct soil deficiencies; but it is far more

satisfying and certainly moreeconomical to build programs ona sounder foundation, that is,one designed to overcome soildeficiencies, taking into accounttype of soil, previous croppinghistory, and the growth require-ments of the particular crop.

P ASTURE FERTILIZER TRIALS

MISLEADING

q-'HERE are a few turf fertilizertrials which give pleasing infor-mation applicable to fairwaypractices and which take intoaccount conditions as they per-form on a golf course. Consider-ing these conditions we musthave the type of turf best suitedfor the golfer. Using fertilizerpractices originated for pastureturf on fairways is dangerous.

\X1e must recognize that there are at least three out-standing differences.

On pastures, quick growth and heavy yields ofgrass lengthen the pasture season, but on the fair-ways this simply needs more frequent mowing. Aslow and continuous growth is the ideal conditionfor fairways. The quick-acting nitrogen starts earlygrowth on pastures, while the slow -acting organicnitrogen promotes a more even and continuousgrowth on fairways. On pastures, removal of theclippings by grazing does away with plant foodlosses, especially phosphorus and potash, but as fair-way clippings fall to the ground and decay, theyrelease all the phosphorus and potash, so the losses

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are only that of nitrogen. This is often overlookedby turf experts and others.

Clover is highly recommended for pastures, sopotash is used to encourage its growth, and on fair-ways clover is the last thing we want as it will nothold the ball up and it will not stand the draught insummer or the severe winters, thereby leaving uglybare spots. So, when inspecting pastures this mustnot be overlooked. One should not get the wrongidea and think that they don't need phosphorus be-

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cause you absolutely need it for new seeding, but itdoes not prove that it must be continuously used onestablished fairways.

NITROGEN IS THE CHIEF ELEMENT

NOT only is nitrogen 'responsible for dark greencolor and active vegetative growth but it is the ele-ment which encourages grass to spread and form adense tight sod, free from cuppy lies. Nitrogenfavors a denser root structure and is not responsiblefor shallow root system. Over-watering the tighthard soil or cutting your fairways too close may bethe causes of poor root system.

It is impossible to get a root system without nitro-gen. The sole use of quick-acting nitrogen fertiliz-ers produce a rapid lush growth which soon disap-pears or is taken up by the excessive leaf growth oris leached from the soil.

For the information of my fellow-greenkeepersI want to say that I have used milorganite because Ihave found that its organic material promotes uni-form and long sustained growth of sturdy, wear-resisting turf. Its water insoluble organic nitrogenis slowly changed into available forms as needed bythe grass. When weather conditions are right,effects from milorganite applications will show upin from ten to fourteen days.

If quicker results are desired, I would advise mix-ing the milorganite with sulphate of ammonia, andwhen the effects of the quick-acting fertilizer dis-appear, milorganite continues to promote and sus-tain growth, and as for mixing these two fertilizers,no time will be lost.

POTASH IS LESS IMPORTANT

EXCEPT on peat, muck or sandy soil there is noreason to apply potash to fairways; as the turf ex-perts have already told us, the quantity of potash isalready in the soil. Another point which deservesconsideration is that its use tends to favor thegrcwth of clover which can be overcome by nitro-gen feeding.

I would appreciate hearing from my brothergreenkeepers regarding this article.

Texarkana, Texas.Prospect of a Country Club for the younger athletic set has

bce~ m.uch agitated recently and bids fair to develop into areality In the very near future. The main promotors are mem-bers of the Texarkana Golf Club, who have secured a most de-sirable location at the park for a club house and golf links.

Minnesota Boys Take Joy RideBy L. J. FESER, Vice-president

Minnesota Greenkee pers' Association

L. J. FESER

MINNESOTA BOYS AT ROCHESTER, MINN.

just one of those pinch hitters thatrelies on Lady Luck. rIowever, asrIarold couldn't make the trip, I hopethat you will accept this report asbeing a more or less true account ofour Journey.

Ed Swanlund is the man who takesthe blame for poor lies at RochesterC. C., but Ed sails around the coursein the neighborhood of so, so you canfigure that the poor lies are notalways found in the fairways. Matterof fact, after going around the coursein 132 the boys considered that a poorlie on my part. Rochester is a reallayout, and a mighty well maintained

course in any man's country.Bear in mind that the Drs. in that town are used

to cutting and the way that they practiced onEddie's budget last spring has worried me so muchthat I am going to stay well at least eighty moreyears. They cut everything off of the budget butthe ears, and trimmed them. But Ed has given thema course that looks like the height of prosperity.Plenty long, very good greens, damn sand traps andthere will be a lot of golf ball trees in the outlyingsections if those balls planted by our gang eversprou t and grow.

That is slightly ahead of my story, but I wantedto be honest about that part, and now we will go

back to Mini-kahda club, where

, on the morning ofJuly 19, nineteengreenk eepersclimbed into a char-tered bus and sailedsouthward over somiles of fine pavedroads not includingdetours that werenot paved. Amongthe crowd t hatwaved farewell to

ROCHESTER,MINNESOTA, is themedical center of the western hemi-sphere, and the way that the M. D.'sin that town operate has broughtfame to the city. These medical menget pretty tired of cutting and saw-ing the human frames, and they hitupon the ideal relaxation of slicingand smashing rubber golf balls. Thispractice calls for a bit wider rangethan an operating room, so the boysgot together quite a few years ago andformed the Rochester Country Club.They picked up a piece of land thatrequired a few greens and tees andsand -tra ps placed here and there tomake it one of the finest Is-hole layouts on this sideof the Gulf of Mexico.

Minneapolis and St. Paul are the centers of theMinnesota golfing world, and most of the boys inthe Minnesota association are drawing their paychecks from the clubs in this locality. Once everyyear our boys get tired of looking over such ordi-nary clubs as Minikahda, Keller, Town & Coun-try, Interlachen, Golden Valley or Glenwood, andthey get the itch to move on into the wide-openspaces. This year most of the boys were troubledwith headaches trying to figure out a dollar stretch-ing machine, so it was unanimously decided that weought to consult the Rochester clinic.

Twenty of theboys signed up totake the treatment,bu t our good oldsecretary, rIaroldStodola, got caughtIn a pre-tourna-ment jam and washeld fast. rIaroldis far more capableof telling you abouttha t trip than I am,beca use he is ourscribe, and I am

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Daddy Erickson's tool house was that more or lesswell- known character, Scotty McLar.en. True tohis race, he rode the middle of the bus to save all ofthe bumps possible.

The boys were very polite to each other as usual.Very few arguments that lasted over an hour, andvery few men who did not have a part in the dis-cussions. No black eyes were in evidence when weclimbed off at Rochester, but Frank Anderson losthis set of clubs en route, and Emil Picha ate a verylight dinner, so there must be some cause and effectin this old world.

Swanlund has the inside track with the chef atthe club, and we certainly did take advantage ofthis opportunity. Everyone felt the Rochester C. C.excursion was one of the best. We didn't get into aformal discussion of greenkeeping problems, but

we all learned a few things that will be of somebenefit to us in future years. Swanlund can showa lot of the boys a course that is enviable from themaintenance point of view, and he was very muchpleased to do so.

A few light songs led by our vocal geniuses, VicLarson and Leonard Bloomquist, shortened our rideback to Minikahda. Other events of this home-ward trip are not for publication, but to ourbrother greenkeepers let me suggest that you grabsome Minnesota boy at the Chicago conventionnext winter, and get the story straight.

This man was too busy to note all that happenedon the homeward journey. I do remember thatRochester didn't get any operating practice on anyof us, and for a severe headache I can think of nobetter. remedy than a session with Dr. (?). EdSwanlund, G. K., Rochester, Minn.

Comments [rom An Old-TimerB:y JAMES O'NEILL, Pro-greenkeeper, Cleveland

WELL do I remember when I first reported for very much run down, but thanks to Mars Black andduty as a golf professional and greenkeeper at the A. W. Shell, who were on the Green committee atPortsmouth Golf Club, Portsmouth, Ohio, in the that time, they worked with me in every way pos-year 1899. There were not many greenkeepers in sible. In fact I have been in their homes until verythose days. The professional had to take charge of late hours at night trying to figure how to bring oureverything pertaining to golf. In truth the farmer course back into shape with what money we had towas the green keeper. I, for one, depended a great spend at that time.deal on his judgment as to raising grass and course You may be sure we lost many members as Gran-maintenance. You gave him an idea, of course, of don Road Country Club, where the MacCormickwhat you wanted and made him your foreman. Brothers were, was right up to snuff in every way;

I remember at Portsmouth we had to build a hole also the Clifton Club, these being the only otherthrough an apple orchard and still save some of the golf clubs in Cincinnati at that time. I went toorchard. As I look back the entire orchard would Cincinnati on September 1, 1900.not make one standard fairway of today. In fact, Getting back to greenkeeping. We raked, cross-the whole golf course was laid out in a ball diamond raked and then raked some more. And, brotherand fruit farm combined and would not make the greenkeepers, imagine the howl from the membersgood golf holes of the present day. (No reflec- when they saw how my greens were torn up. In facttions. ) I did not know whether or not I was going to get a

Because officers and members of the club worked contract for the following year or not.just as hard those days for the good of the club, if TOPDRESSING AND SEEDING DID THE TRICKnot harder than they do today. The golf club was I

b b.d . HUNTED around and finally found some old rot-one happy family. No worries a out n ge partIes, Ih h d ten manure that I mixed with some good top soidinner parties and teas. At Portsmout we a two

and covered my greens about one and one-halfsand greens because we thought turf was too expen- h h h hinc es wit t is mixture, sowing my greens wit

sive at that time. two-thirds of A grade redtop and one-third ofMY FIRST BAPTISM IN GREEN KEEPING Kentucky blue grass. Sowing heavy in the fall and

FROM Portsmouth I went to the Avondale Ath- a light topdressing with light seeding in the spring.letic club, Cincinnati, Ohio, and it was here I got That surely did the trick. High-powered fertilizersmy first baptism in greenkeeping. The course was in those days were unknown.

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Brown patch dangerOver? •

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I remember in those days it was rake, shake androll, but I must confess I never did believe in toomuch rolling at any time. We would not have somany hide-bound greens today if it were not for somuch heavy rolling in the spring.

Well, imagine just how you would feel when themembers start coming back to play and telling youhow well your course looks, especially those whomwe believed were lost to other clubs. And here let'smention to secretaries and chairmen of golf clubs,don't forget to give your greenkeeper a boost oncein a while. It surely lightens the burden he has tocarrying during a playing season. When I sayburden I mean exactly that, regardless of weatherconditions.

Now when I look back-while we seeded moreoften in those days our greens were very good, bothfor the old hard ball and the rubber ball when itcame out. We did not water nearly so much thosedays. Two to three times a week depending on thetime of the season.

As I mentioned before, high-powered fertilizersand fungicides were unknown. Good, old, rottedmanure and top soil were used. A heavy dressingspring and fall with a light dressing in July. Themanure discharged bacteria gradually and gave us auniform turf at all times.

If we were bothered with brown patch, pepperpatch, ferry ring, Japanese beetle or phythium I

had no idea of it. I will leave that for someone elseto think about. True we had worms, winter killand scald. Which makes me think of an instancethat happened to me at Avondale pertaining toscald.

If it was not scald it may have been brown patchor dollar patch. At any rate my No.4 green had anumber of spots on it and they were increasing, so Igave one of my workmen a shot gun and put him towork nights to catch this particular dog or dogs.After the third night he still had no dog and thepatches were increasing. I started doubting whetheror not he was on the job faithfully and called hishand. The next night he had a dog at the side of thegreen with half of his head shot off. There was noblood on the dog or anywhere else as far as I couldsee. I still believe he found a dead dog somewhereand brought him on the course and shot him. Atany rate, Tom, if you are still alive and see this arti-cle I will give you the benefit of the doubt, and thejoke is on me.

I WONDER IF WE DO NOT WATER TOO MUCH

C;; ETTING down to present-day greenkeeping andconstruction of golf courses I sometimes wonder ifwe do not water too much and I wonder if we giveenough attention to the construction of our courses.A few tile here and a little surface drainage therewould seem to me a saving of double the cost of ren-

For GreensSingle-HandleModel, $25.00

Two-HandleModel Illustrated,$30.00

For FairwaysTractor ModelIllustrated, $120.00

Horse Type,$120.00

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A Necessity For Best Results FromReseeding, Fertilizing and Top-Dressing

A Spike Disc Cultivator doubles the effectiveness of reseeding and fertilizing.Seed and fertilizer settle in the close perforations made by the knife-like bladesand are not blown or washed away. No ugly holes with hardened edges as madeby old style implements eq~ipped with round or square spikes. Spike Discs areused on leading courses throughout the season to aerate the turf and producea moisture retaining mulch that offsets the effects of drought and hot sun. Ordernow and gain full benefit on the necessary Fall work.

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JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO., INC., Sales Agents113N Chambers St .• New York, N. Y. 268 Market St., San Francisco, Cal.

565 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill.

Manufactured by WILDER-STRONG COMPANY, Monroe, Michigan