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The NATION ALGREENKEEPER

Official Organ of The National Association of Greenl~eepers of AmericaPublished monthly at 405 Caxton Building, Cleveland, Ohio.

Contents copyright, 1928, by The National Greenkeeper, Inc., Publishers.Robert E. Power, President and Editor; Franl~ H. Pelton, Sec'y.; C. F. Lowe, Treas.; 1\1. J. Fox, Asst.-Sec'y

Entered as second-class matter, Aug. 25, 1928, at the post office, Clevelalld, Ohio, 1mder act of March 3, 1879All Rights Reserved-None of the contents of this Magazine, either wholly or in part. may be reprinted without permission.

VOLUME III. No. Xl

ContentsASSOCIATION FACES CRUCIAL YEAR

By John Morley __n n n __

HOW WE MAINTAINED OUR GOLF COURSES iN 1919By

Joseph O'Grady, North Dartmouth. Mass. 6E. J. Clare, West Boylston. Mass. . __. 7Carl J. Coy, Leesburg. Ind. n n_ 7Hugh C. Moore, Saint Simons Island. Ga. 8A. G. McKay, Louisville, Ky. __n • n _u 9Alex McWhinnie, Morrison, 111._n ._ u 9Oscar Johnson, Omaha, Nebr. - 10J. O. Campbell, Wethersneld, Con;]. __ . _. nnu_. __ 10Joseph Foeger, Thiensville, Wis._n n n_ u 11A. W. Creed, Winnipeg, Manitoba un IISam Barbarossa, Portland. Maine 12Charles S. Kesselring, Moundsville, West Va. __ n 12Wm. Mayne, Morton Grove, IlI. n_nnnn n __ 13Frank W. Ermer, Cleveland u nn n 14W. A. Bostic, Asheville, N. C. n n n n __n 14

John M. Coutre, Winnetka. Ill. n . u _n __nn _n_15Arthur Stephen, Erie Downs, Ontario, Canada u 15Joseph Ball, Crafton, Pa. n_n nn n n > __ n 16Alex MilJer, Put-in-Bay, O.n.n n n n 17Tom K. McClenahan, Edmondton, Alberta. Canada n 17Sanders Bedford. Massena, N. y._nn n n n18Fred W. Sherwood, Birmingham, Mich.n u_n 19Dick Deckert, Southington, Conn. n h 19R. C. Chaplin, LaGrange, IlL n_n n_ 20D. C. Bunker, Galesburg, 111._n n_n_u 20Harold Stodola, St. Paul, Minn. n __n u 21Samuel II'litchell, Green Lake, Wis. __ .. n n 21M. D. LaMoreaux, Willoughby, Ohion_n u n __ 22G. F. Jacob, Pittsburgh, P"' 22Otto Schael, Schoneld, Wis. n_n 22

AROUND THE OFFICE DESKJersey Greenkeepers Visit PhiladelphiaBy John Anderson n_ •• __ n n 24

MARKET PLACE AND BUYERS' GUIDE n n 25

Emil Loeffler, TreasurerOakmont Country ClubOakmont, Penna.

John Quaill, SecretaryHighland Country Club426 Highland AvenueWest View, Pittsburgh, Penna.

Officers-National Ass'n of Greenkeepers of AmericaJohn Morley, Presidellt John MacGregor, First Vice Pres. Lewis M. Evans, Secolld Vice Pres.

Youngstown Country Oub Chicago Gol f Club Cedar brook Country Club2248 Selma Avenue B 717 V.lh t n III Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Penna.Youngstown, Ohio ox , ea 0, . William J. Sansom, Third Vice

Pres., Toronto Golf Club,Long Branch, Ontario, Can.

George Davies, Fourth Vice Pres.Big Spring Golf ClubLouisville, Kentucky

DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENTSH. HAWKINS, Lakeview Golf Club, J. E. ARMSTRONG, Tippecanoe Coun- J. H. ELLIFF, Winged Foot Golf

Port Credit, Ontario try Club, Leesburg, Indiana Club, Mamaroneck, New YorkJOSEPH VALENTINE Merion Cricket A. E. ARNOLD, Masonic Country JOHN GRAY, Essex Golf and Country

Club, Philadelphia, Penna. Club, Grand Rapids, Mich. Club, Sandwich, OntarioCHARLES ERICKSON, Minekahda JOliN ANDERSON, Crestmont Coun- W. Gl~EGG, Rock Creek Park Country

Club, Minneapolis, J\linn. try Club, \V. Orange, N. J. Club, Washington, D. C.CHESTER MENDENHALL, Sim Park C. G. BARTON, Sylvania Golf Club, JOSEPH F. HINES, Orchard Ridge

GoIf Club, Wichita, Kansas Toledo, Ohio Country Club, Fort \Vayne, Ind.JAl\IES l\IUIRDEN, Ridgewood GoIf C. BASHA1\I, River Crest Country JOliN G. JONES, Onondaga Golf and

Club, Cincinnati, Ohio Club, Fort \Vorth, Texas Country Club, Syracuse, New YorkGEORGE SARGENT, Scioto Country EL~IER F. BIGGS, Country Club of ALBERT KE~IP, Westwood GoIf

Ciub, Columbus, Ohio Peoria, Peoria, Ill. Course, Richmond, Va.FRED A. BURKI-IAI~DT, Westwood JA~IES BOLTON, Berkshire Country HUGH LUKE, Garden City Country

Country Club, Cleveland, Ohio Club, Reading, Penna. Club, Garden City, N. Y.CAPT. DAVID L. REES, Progress W. A. BOSTIC, Biltmore Forest Coun- WILLIAM MAYNE, Jasper Park

Country Club, Purchase, New York try Club, Biltmore, N. C. Lodge, Alberta, CanadaGEORGE WELLIN, Tumblebrook CARL A. BRETZLAFF, Meridian T. H. RIGGS MILLER, Richmond

Country Club, New Britain, Conn. Hills Country Club, Indianapolis, Ind. Country Club, Staten Island, N. Y.J. O. CA~IPBELL, Wethersfield Coun- CARL DAVIS, ~Ioonbrook Country JOSEPH O'GHADY, New Bedford

try Club, Hartford, Conn. Club, Jamestown, New York Country Club, New Bedford, Mass.JOE 1'. ~IAYO, Pebble Beach Coun- Tl-IOS. F, FAHEY, Winchester Coun- H. E. SHAVE, Oakland Hills Country

try Club, Pebble Beach, Calif. try Club, \Vinchester, Mass. Club, Birmingham, ~[ich.ROB ERT HENDERSON,. Country TI-IO~IAS J. GALVIN, Rhode Island CAHL E. Tl{EST, Woodland Golf Club,

Club of Buffalo, \Villialllsv\))e, N. Y. Country Club, \Vest Barrington, Auburndale, Mass.HUGH C. MOORE, St. Simon's Is- Rhode Island JACK WELCII, Wakonda Country

land Golf Club, 51. Simons Island, Ga. E. E. DAVIS, :\Ieadville Country Club, Club, Des :\Ioines, Iowa. C ~Ieadville, Penna. WALTER C. REED, Westwood Count

I:ORD GOODRICH, Fhnt ountry try Club, St. Louis, Mo.Club, Flint, Michigan. THOS. E. DOUGHERTY, Spring- ALEX. llINNIE, Shoreacres Golf

ELM ER F. AFFELDT, Glenn Oak haven Country Club, Chester, Penna. Club. Lake Bluff. Ill.Golf & Country Club, Great Neck, JOHN E. DUSTIN, Kalamazoo Count JAMES CONNAUGHTON MonroeL. I., I\ew York. try Club, Kalamazoo, Mich. Golf Club, Pittsford, N. Y.

Official communication, membership dues, employment, etc., should be mailed direct to theSecretary, Editorial articles, photos, subscriptions and golf show requests mail to 405

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Shawnee......A Playspot for Sportsmen

SOME OF THE WORTHINGTON "FAMILY"At the top is Edward H. \Vorthington and Reginald S. \Vorthington. Centeris R. \\1. Sawtelle who has just become a benedict. Lower left is Bernard Fair-

fax and right is Robert Vander Beken

A GLiMPSE OF SHAWNEE'S CHAMPIONSHIP COURSEThis view shows the 16th green which is a one-shot hole OVer the river. On

the left is the 17th fairway and in the distance Buckwood Inn

November

1929

Volume I II

Number 11

'Jhe NATIONAL

GREENKEEPERTht Lwdin& Journal of tJu World em TUTf CultUTt and Golf CouTS' Maintenance

Official Organ of The

~ ational Association

of Greenkeepers of

America

Association Faces Crucial YearBY JOHN MORLEY, President

The National Association of Greenkeepers of America

IHAVE been prompted to write this article These green keepers represent the foundationfrom the inspiration which I have received of our structure. That our methods are soundlately from leading members of our fratern- and progressive with a willingness and a de-

ity throughout the United States and Canada. sire to co-operate with others interested in golfIt is a well known fact that the third year of maintenance, is demonstrated by the fact thatany new organization \vhether it is social, civic every president of the United States Golf As-or fraternal is the crucial period which often sociation since our institution has been and isdenotes whether an association will live or die. now in accord with our aims and objects andThe third year often brings out the true char- all three of these presidents, Messrs. Fownes,acteristics of its membership. If the large per- Traylor and Douglas are honorary memberscentage of membership during this period is of our association.con1posed of men of an arbi- .-------------.. Never in the history of golftrary and disagreeable disposi- Reduced Fares to Louisville has there been a closer tie be-tion, as a general rule such John Morley, president of the tween the greenkeeper and the

National Association of Green-an association soon dies a nat- chairman of the Green com-keepers of America has made ar-ural death. If the membership rangements with Geo. Jones, mittee. To a large extent thishas a large percentage that are City Passenger Agent of the has been brought about by our

Bal timore and Ohio R y., to se-loyal to its aims and objects, cure reduced fares "for all who association and the publicityyou can look forward to one attend the Louisville Conven- given ou t by the magazine pub-that will prosper and live. tion of Greenkeepers in Feb- lished in our behalf. Among

ruary. Complete in formationSufficient time has now will be furnished to those who the n1any communications re-

elapsed since our institution for plan to attend by writing the ceived from men in all walks ofoffice of the Show Committee,

the average member, as well as 405 Caxton Bldg., Cleveland. life interested in golf and golffor many outside of our associa- L- -' maintenance I often get a fe\\rtion, to realize the facts that I acted wisel y in that appear to me amusing. Please pardon meour infancy to proceed slowly and to the best for quoting one of these; he said that he wouldof our ability to select for our membership like to belong to the association but we did notthose whom we believed were greenkeepers, not practice what we preached. That we had ain name only but in deeds also. A glance over committee on Standards but have done noth-our official stationery will reveal to you over ing towards stan"dardization of the wages of ahalf a hundred greenkeepers representing the greenkeeper.Executive Committee and District vice-presi- To this co-\vorker and to others who mayden ts, as well as various im portan t commi ttee- share his views I can simply sta te that he hasmen. As far as I can learn not one is a dis- been misinformed, or else looks at it from acredit to the association or our profession. (Continued on page 26)

How We Maintained OUfA resume of experiences by America's most prominent greenkeepers.

Practical stories by practical menEDITOR'S NOTE :-Stories omitted in this issue will be published in (he December number.

Brown Patch in New EnglandBy JOSEPH O'GRADY, Greenkeeper

Country Club of New Bedford, North Dartmouth,i\1ass.

THE brown patchseason IS now overand all of its wor-

ries bu t it has left in itswake some beautifulpictures of destructionto keep its evil workstill bright in the green-

JOSEPH O'GRADY keeper's memory. Re-seeding and resodding

is often necessary bu tat this time resodding isthe best policy as it is getting too near thewin ter for seeding due to tbe sudden change inthe weather. Resodding is able at this latedate to withstand easily frost or snow betterthan seed.

There are a large number of the differentbrown patch controls on the market today asall of us green keepers know, but it is often awise thing to study weather conditions beforeapplying same. I have tried some of the var-ious kinds and have found them very usefuland a help to bring back the greens bu t don'tforget that the \veather is responsible for onehundred percent of the damage done by brovlnpatch. In ninety percent of the cases the dif-ferent chemicals are very useful but old MotherNature is on the big side of it all. I know ofone case of a greenkeeper friend of mine whoseNo. 9 green happens to be in front of hishouse. He has been on it all summer treatingit like you would treat a chicken with a brokenleg and he had finer and bigger brown pa tch onthat particular green than any of the otherseventeen.

Most of the boys in this section of NewEngland got plenty of the disease this summerthemselves and the ones that escaped it can call

Here is the letter Mr. John Morley wroteto the members of the National Associa-tion of Greenkeepers of America:

Y ollngstown) OhioOctober f, 1929

FELLOW l'vIENIBERS:fF ell-an oth er golf season is be hind

liS. And what happened?Did YOll get 11111Ch bro:zon patch and

how did YOll co 111 e 011 t 'i£..'l'th it? Werethere tillY 0 t Iz er diseases )'011 had to fight?

Did YOll ha've more 'i.veeds than llsllal?IF e sa'w a lot of crab qrass and chick'i.veeddue probably to the -drollght.

fJ7 ere worms troublesome and 'i.vhatdid )'ou use to work them?

Have YOll done an)' /le'7.VcOllstruction'7.oork this year that YOll could tell abollt?

These are all questions of interest togreell!?eepers. Le(s all tell briefly ourexperiences of the past season. [(s help-ful to olle another find bespeaks thefriendly spirit of our profession

The NATIONAL GREENKEEPER) ourofficial organ} has agreed to collecl,arrange and publish the answers.

] 0 t do '7.0n so met h in g tI nd 111 a i I backinIhe enclosed relurn ewvelope before Oc-lobeI' 12.

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themselves lucky, not experts. It certainly likesthe different strains of bent. I have two greensthat are mostly Southern German bent; theywere formerly fescue and both of those got itvery bad. I treated them every month begin-ning in May and it did not seem to stop it.When it came I used a spiked roller both waysand seeded them with German bent in compost.the results were good, but there will be some-

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Golf Courses In 1929How various problems of construction and upkeep were solved.told in their own languageFurther contributions will be welcome and should be mailed not later than November 10.

thing to be done on them in the spring beforethey are in good condition.

As to crabgrass I will say we got plenty ofit this past season. Some of the boys used arake on it and cu tit close after raking it. Iweed it out of my greens going over themtwice. I had it so bad on one or two of thegreens that there wasn't much to look at afterthey were weeded. I have no doubt but thatthe dry weather is responsible for the amountof crabgrass we got this season and I am livingin hopes that we had ninety percent of it thispast season. Watch for 1930; if we get plentyof rain we will only have the other ten per-cent. The big crabgrass is bad but the smallcrabgrass is worse.

There were plenty of worms this fall dueprobably to the dry weather all season. Theydid not bother me this summer but I gotplen ty of them this fall. I have tried Electricworm eradicator with good results as it cer-tainly brings them up. I am bothered most onmy fairways and I would like to know if anymember has any suggestion to offer on takingworms out of fairways without great cost. Iam using arsenate of lead but I am of the op-inion that it kills the worms down below andthat would make a banquet for ants. If so Iwould prefer the worms.

This is the time to do construction and fixall the traps, tees, fairways and greens and havea jump on the game in the spring.

Yours for bigger crabgrass and smallerbrown patch in 1930. Face the bright sideanyway.

Lecco Is BestBy E. J. CLARE, Greenkeeper

West Boylston, At/ass.

IWAS not troubled with bro\vn patch thisyear. I had lots of clover and chickweedand I attribute clover to excessive water-

ing on account of drought this'summer and

used sulphate of ammonia but did not seem tocheck same. But on two greens I used Leccoand I must say they are the best today; cloveris very fine and not so noticeable and chick-weed very scarce. In using Lecco I experi-mented by placing it on patches of chickweedand it eliminated it entirely.

This is a new course being built on verystony ground and very little soil. What soilthere is is very thin 'and greens were all raisedand I would say very hard to keep wet, buthope to get them good by topdressing andfertilizing.

I have used Sherwin-William' s arsenate oflead for worm control and same seems to bedoing the work, although not troubled withman y. U sed an average one pound to sevenhundred and fifty sq. ft. per application, ourgreens being Washington bent.

For ants which I had a lot on some greensI used black leaf 40, one teaspoon to one-half pint of water placing in hole with oilcan and it gave very good results, in factnearly perfect as I only had to go over a fewthe second time.

How My New Greens Were BuiltBy CARL J. COy, Greenkeeper,

Tippecanoe Lake Country Club, Leesburg, Indiana

INANSWERING your request of the activi-ties of my club I will give you a brief sum-mary of tDe work and some of the things

I have done.I have eighteen greens of Washington bent,

nine greens tha t are a year old and nine greenstha t I sovved t his fall. On the first nine greensthat are a year old I have had no trouble \vithweeds at all as I believe fall seeding is so muchbetter. 'The \veeds that do come up in the fallfreeze ou t and by the time in spring that theystart the grass is coming in so thick that theydo not have a chance. I have had a little snowmold and also small bro\vn patch. I gave them

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HUGH C. MOORE

an application about once a week with Nu-Green and have had very satisfactory results.

Have had more crab grass this year, especiallyin my grass greens than I have ever had be-fore. The worms did not bother me very muchas I brush or pole my greens every day duringthe playing season.

Here is the way I have handled my nevvgreens that I pu t in a year ago. My greens areall very large and well undulated, tiled, andhave a top of five inches peat and loam mixedand will average six thousand square feet; havetwo that have eight thousand square feet. Onthese greens before putting on stolons I workedinto the top soil five pounds of arsenate of leadand five pounds of sulphate of ammonia toeach thousand square feet. After the bent wasstarted I followed up with one hundred poundsof Armour's fertilizer to a green and just be-fore it froze up I topdressed them about one-half inch and in the spring they came out infine shape.

The process that I went through at this timewas raking lightly with bamboo rakes once aweek and topdressing with fifty percent peatand fifty percen t sand once a week and mow-ing every other day until the greens werecovered over. My object in brushing was toget the bent standing on end so as to topdressfull and level.

My greens were playable on Decoration Day,but don't think they were perfect as they werenot; as you will not get a perfect pu tting sur-face in a day or a week, but I had a great manycomments on how well my greens looked.

On the last nine holes I put in, I closed thesecond nine on the ninth day of September andin ten and one-half days I was through withseeding and my greens are all growing fine sothat you are able to see the bent all over thegreens. Of course they require a lot of water-ing and I do all of my watering in mid-daynow on account of the cool weather and frosts.

I am now building a practice putting greenand am lengthening one hole and building atee, so you see I have had a very busy seasonas the better you can satisfy your members thebetter it is for you. I find that the better re-sults you can show the more money the clubwill give you to use for maintenance. Our

budget was $1200.00 and we are going to staywithin the limit. I operate my course witheight men.

This is the first letter I have ever written tothe National Greenkeeper and if any fellow-greenkeeper has any criticism to offer I will bevery glad to hear it. I hope to see you at theNational Convention at Louisville.

Red Top for Winter Greens.By HUGH C. MOORE, Pro-Green keeper

Saint Simons Island, Georgia

IAM not botheredmuch with brownpatch. I have a

light touch of it eachwin ter in my red top\vhich I use for win tergreens. I use 1 lb. ofSemesan to 50 gallonsof water, fifty gallonsto each 1,000 squa.refeet. On some greensI sprinkle in variousplaces with a wateringpot and have splendidresults.

1've had a consider-able lot of weeds.Most all new coursesdo. For the greens and

tees I keep one man after weeds and crab grassalso using Carbon Bi-Sulphide with a funnelto kill the Porto Ric:ln Cricket Mole and forthese moles on the fairways I use lead arsenate.

Have put in twenty seven new traps in thepast four months. I will revet these traps thiscoming winter to keep the face from crumblingin after heavy rains. I also built one newgreen and this work was a very tedious jobowing to the fact that I couldn't use a sadcutter, I had to take the sad off of the oldgreen by hand and replace it the same wayowing to condition of sandy soil. This kindof soil is very hard to maintain good turf espe-cially through the fairways. You also haveto be very careful when you fertilize becauseif you should get a hard rain right after, morethan likely the fertilizer would be washed be-low the roots.

NOYEMBER,1929 The National Greenkeeper PAGE NINE

In the past six months I have built a verypicturesque lake, leaving a beautiful oak on alittle island in the cen ter of the lake. We alsohave four swans which add to the beauty ofthis lake. At one time this was an alligatorpond and nearby was a place for dipping cat-tle. So you will see that a beauty spot can bemade from an unsightly muddy pond. Thedirt taken from this lake was used to build avery pretty practice green at a very small cost.I used a dr~g line for this work.

I am also top-dressing, fertilizing and put-ting in my winter seed using 200 lbs. of Mil-organi te to each green. My winter greens willbe red top which I've had wonderful resultswi th in the past two win ters.

Caring for Municipal CoursesBy A. G. McKAY, Greenkeeper

Louisville, Kentucky

IHAVE charge of three golf courses here,Cherokee, Shawnee and Crescent Hills andhave forty-five greens under my care. The

brown patch has been very light here this year,I suppose owing to the dry season. I have hada great deal of crab grass on the Cherokeecourse in the greens that are in bluegrass, butnot bothered with it very much on- the bentgreens.

Worms were bad on the Crescent Hillscourse during August and September, mostlygrubs. I gave the greens a liberal dose of arse-nate of lead about thirty pounds to a green andthey have disappeared.

I have done a lot of new work this year, asShawnee is a new course. I laid a completewater line and also built eighteen new greensand planted them to Washington bent. Ihave also built a great many traps, as Shawneeis a fla t course, bu t I believe a very interestingone as it lays along the river. We also builta nice new clubhouse which was opened aboutthe end of June and we have used temporarygreens all summer.

The play has been heavy; some days we hadover three hundred players. Next year I ex-pect Shawnee to be the most popular muni-cipal course around Louisville and I trust youwill take time to look over Shawnee when atthe Convention. I also hope to make youracquaintance there.

I have also built six new greens at Cherokeeand one at Crescent Hills. At Cherokee I havetwelve greens in bent and have other six toremodel and plant to bent next year as thefunds would not permit me to build more thisyear. So I have built twenty-five new greensand laid a pipe line which I consider enoughnew work for one year along with lookingafter the other greens and courses.

Our dues are very cheap here. We chargefor women and boys during week daystwenty-five cents up to twelve noon and fiftycents a day for men. On Saturdays, Sundaysand holidays fifty cents a round or one dollara day for everyone. We also sell tickets for theyear at twenty dollars each which entitles theholder to the use of the three courses.

We have taken in $31,000 this year whichis the most tha t the courses have ever taken inin Louisville. I expect a bigger year next yearas Shawnee will be in good condition. I wasappointed supervisor of the city courses a yearpast and my aim is to improve and make thembetter.

While writing I will tell you somethingabout myself. I am Scotch and came to Amer-ica seven years ago and held positions as pro-fessional for over two years, then I wen t infor building golf courses and built two inRhode Island, from there I went to Audubon,here in Kentucky and from there to the citywork. I have been in Louisville three yearsand hope to be many more. I learned green-keeping and pro business in Scotland, in Aber-deen where the Jews starve to death.

Uses Very Little FungicideBy ALEX MCWHINNIE, Greenkeeper

Morrison Country Club, lv/orrison, Ill.

ONE year ago we were reading and talkingof the year just closing (1928), as be-ing a brown pa tch year. Very few

greens escaped it. The attacks were so severeand came with such frequency that it seemed attimes that the use of fungicides was a wasteof money.

If the \vea ther condi tions during the yearjust closing (1929), had been as unfavorableas in 1928, then those of us who took ourgreens through this year in good shape wouldknow with more certainty 'whether the re-

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sult was due to our efforts, or whether it wasbecause of better weather conditions.

During 1928 our greens suffered severelyfrom large brown patch, while this year wedid not have any damage whatever, althoughthe attacks at times were just as bad, and theweather off and on just as unfavorable. Thewell-known smoke ring was in evidence manytimes, bu t no loss of turf resulted.

We used very little fungicide. In early Julyand in mid-September we treated our greensto correct a "small brown patch" conditionwith Calo-Clor mixed with Milorganite asdirected with splendid results. Our greenswere fertilized throughout the year with Mil-organite and at no time did we use more thanfifty pounds to five thousand square feet ofgreen, and top dressed with top soil and sharpsand in equal parts. No compost was used.

A steady healthy growth was maintainedand while they did not have the thick tangleddensity that the dub likes to pitch to, theydid have enough bite to hold a well playedshot, and they were true to putt on.

Of this I am satisfied. A green that can bekept at a density so that the greatest numberof plan ts can get the full benefit of the sunwill be healthy. Whereas a green of over den-sity where the plants overlap and tangle can-not possibly be healthy. On such a greenmany of the plants do not get the sunshine,there being very little or no transparency toa blade of grass.

Omaha Is O. K.By OSCAR JOHNSON, GreenheeperHappy Hol/ow Club, Omaha, Neb.

My EXPERIENCE with my greens thissummer has been very interesting. Ihave not been bothered much with

brown patch this season as I ahvays use pre-ventive fungicides. such as corrosive sublimateand calomel. I did not have any otherdiseases to figh t.

I did not have very man y weeds or wormsthis season and I am sure this was due chieflyto the form of dope I used. namely arsenateof lead.

I have done some construction 'york thisfall. Have reconstructed two greens, planting

TWashington bent stolons in each one. I amstill working on two other greens, which I amgoing to sod with Washington bent from myown nursery as I figure it is too late forstolons to be planted in this locality now andam in hopes that they will be in shape for theopening of next season.

Semesan Eliminates Brown PatchBy J. O. CAMPBELL, Greenheeper

Wethersfield Country Club, Wethersfield, Conn.

IHAD only one slight attack of brownpatch. I used two pounds of Semesan toone hundred gallons of water which cov-

ered approximately six thousand feet of turf.This eliminated the disease.

Yes. my greens were somewhat weedy thisseason. They were mostly dandelion. plantain.chickweed and crab grass. More chickweedthan anything else. I did not spend any extramoney weeding outside of the price of arsenateof lead which I used for chickweed and crabgrass.

We had some trouble with worms in thespring, but after using two pounds of arsenateof lead to each one thousand feet of pu ttingsurface we saw very little sign of. worms untilOctober 1. We are having some trouble withthem at the presen t time bu t have not provedvery troublesome yet.

We have done some new construction workthis year. We built five new greens late last fall.Finished them this spring. Planted abou tApril 17th ,vith Metropolitan bent stolons. Inmy topdressing I used forty pounds arsenate oflead. nventy pounds of sulphate of ammonia.one hundred pounds of tankage and one hun-dred and twenty-five pounds of Milorganite.This was thoroughly mixed with very fine'sandy loan and spread about one inch deep oneach green before our stolons were pu t down.The same mixture was used to cover thestolons.

Now I will tell you some of the grief I ex-perienced with this new work. I planted twogreens twice and three greens five times. Iwould plant them one day and it rained sohard in the night that it washed practically allthe stolons off. Next morning 'with my men