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Weetiiwj feodum barcfh KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS' I960-I975 •U.S. Plant Patent nP3186 Owarf Varwty The following list of Mid Atlantic meeting locations A professional grass for the last fifteen years was compiled with the help of for professional people Doug Hawes (1967-1975) and Lee Dieter (1960-1966). One reason Baron is the choice of most professionals is We are presently scheduling meeting dates for 1976 the combination of fast germination, slow growing and its ability to quickly form what sod growers call "a and need 10 members to volunteer their clubs for the tight-fisted root system." You can mow Baron as low Mid Atlantic meetings. Please look over the list, and if as %-inch — and that's another reason Baron is ideal- your club has not hosted a meeting recently, call A1 ly suited for golf courses, sod fields, fine lawns, in- Watson to volunteer your club for 1976. dustrial and other land- scaping areas. Since Baron is winter hardy, it I Andrews AFB of Golf Club deep green color ArgyleC.C. the cold months, Army Navy C.C. , , 1974 disease-resistant, 1 Beaver Creek C.C. , , May 1967 May 1971, August 1974 Belle Haven C.C. Bethesda, C.C. , baroh Bonnie View C.C. , A professional grass Bretton Woods Ree Center for professional people Brook Manor C.C. Burning Tree C.C. Cavalier C.C. , Exclusive North American Grower and Distributor: Cedar Crest C.C. , Lofts Pedigreed Seed nC Country Club of Fairfax , , m Bound Brook, N.J. 08805 / (201) 358-8700 Chantilly C.C. , ILOFTSI Your Local Area Representatives: , Mr CharlM Johnson Mr. Joseph Yudin Chartwell Golf & C.C. P.O. Box 342 3104 Sheiburne Road Chestnut Ridge C.C. , Centrsville. Md. 21617 , Md. 21208 Tel: 301-758-0072 Tel: 301-764-1279 Columbia C.C. , Congressional C.C. G.L. Cornell Co. , Crofton G.C. , We can't do anything about Teddy Temper Eagles Nest G.C. , But when weed, insects and disease show up on your ElkridgeC.C. , turf, we have something for almost everyone of them. Elks Club , Chipco Turf Kleen, Chipco Turf MCPP Evergreen C.C. SUP-R-FLO Maneb Flowable, Chipco Microgreen Liquid Fredericksburg C.C. Chip-Cal Granular And Chipco Spot Kleen Ft. Leslie McNair G.C. Everything to help keep your greens (and fairways) in Fountain C.C. , , the pink. Glendale C.C. Golden Horseshoe G.C. April 1974 From Rhodia Chipco Products Goose Creek C.C. Green Hill Yacht & C.C. Green Spring Valley Hunt Club , , IB "He's not just another duffer Hillendale C.C. He's cnairman of the greens committee". Hobbits Glen C.C. Hunt Valley Inn & Golf Course Indian Spring C.C. , Island View G.C. , , Kennett Sqaure C.C. , September 1974 LakewoodC..C. , Laurel Pines C.C. , , November 1974 Loudoun Golf & C.C. Manor C.C. , Golf & C.C. , Naval Academy G.C. May 1974 Norbeck C.C. , Northwest Branch G.C. Ocean City Golf & Yacht Club , Piney Branch G.C. November 1965 Prince Georges Country Club Princeton Turf Farms Richmond C.C. River Bend C.C. Rolling Road, G.C. Mid Atlantic Conference Shannon Green G.C. Shenandoah Retreat C.C. —Big Success Sparrows Point C.C. , , The 47th Annual Conference of the Mid Atlantic Springfield C.C. , , Association of Golf Course Superintendents held at the Suburban C.C. , Belmont Holiday Inn in Baltimore on the 5th and 6th of October 1974 January was the best conference this superintendent has Talbot C.C. Tantallon C.C. , ever attended. Chairman Bob Orazi and his conference committee deserve a hardy 44well done." A vote of Turf Valley C.C. , thanks also goes to our Dr. 44Jack" Hall and the Co- , , operative Extension Service of the University of Mary- University of Maryland , land. Their help in lining up speakers and topics was invaluable. USDA Plots , The first speaker Monday morning was Dr. Alfred , July 1968, Turgeon of the University of . His talk of the im- Golf & C.C. , pact of pesticides and the thatch inducing problems Washingtonian C.C. , created by certain and insecticides made us , all take a long look at our chemical programs. West brier C.C. Westwood Country Club Next on the program was Dr. Roy Blair of V.P.I. As Wilmington C.C. we all know, Dr. Blair is the kind of speaker who always Winchester G.C. produces a great question and answer discussion period. Woodholme C.C. , Woodmont Country Club , The use of nitrogen in terms of too much or too little in , these days and times is not only of agronomic, but , economic importance. , John Gallagher of Amchem Products gave a very informative talk on the uses of pesticides in aquatic weed control and pond maintenance. As with most of our speakers he informed us of problems that we will have with the use of different pesticides. Dr. Frank Gouin's talk on 44 Do you know your trees?" proved to be one of the more entertaining. His 44tell it like it is" style was very refreshing. His slides MOORE GOLF and descriptions of trees gave many of us some fine INCORPORATED ideas for next season. Anyone who keeps up with the Ryegrass vs. Bluegrass GOLF COURSE question knows that it can, at times, take on the dim- CONSTRUCTION ensions of a mountain fued. This topic made for one of IRRIGATION RECREATIONAL the better discussions of the two days. A panel discus- m FACILITIES sion on Bluegrasses and Ryegrasses strength and weak- nesses ended the first day's sessions. Dr. Hall of Mary- P. O. DRAWER 916 • CULPEPER, 22701 • 703/825-9211 land University spoke on Bluegrass testing at Maryland and Dr. Henry Indyk of Rutgers spoke on Ryegrasses and his tests on the new fine blade varieties. Representing the practical experiences were superin- tendents Angelo Cammarota, Lee Dieter, and Ed Quality golf course products Wilson. Both sides of the discussion were done very • Trap stone sand-produced from marble well, and this topic will be hashed over for a long time to to guarantee uniform near-white color... come. ideal texture...no oversize particles. The first day of our conference was topped off by the • CAMELIME dolomitic agricultural lime- stone. fine buffet dinner with Sportscaster Vince Bagli of • Crushed stone and sand aggregates for WBAL in Baltimore as our Toastmaster. The highlight golf course construction and maintenance. of the evening came when the special awards were given. Superintendent Ed Blizzard was presented a special CALL CARROLL DAVIS AT 301-823-7000 award for his many years of service to our association. Campbell Ed is loved by everyone in our association and there is OUARRYMEN HARRY T. CAMPBELL SONS' COMPANY DIVISION OF THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY CONTRACTORS no finer gentlemen that could receive this award. The 100 W. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 44 MANUFACTURERS TOWSON, MARYLAND / 301-823-7000 Superintendent of the Year" award for 1975 went to & Paul Barefoot of the U.S. Soldiers Home. To be elected