Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf A'ssociation a MONTHLY PERIODICAL to PROMOTE the BETTERMENT of GOLF COURSES PUBLISHED by the GREEN COMMITTEE of the U

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Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf A'ssociation A MONTHLY PERIODICAL TO PROMOTE THE BETTERMENT OF GOLF COURSES PUBLISHED BY THE GREEN COMMITTEE OF THE U. S. GOLF ASSOCIATION AT 423 G ST. N. W., WASHINGTON, D. C.

Entered as second-class matter December 16, 1921. at the post office at Washington, D. C., nnder Act of March 3, 1879. EDITORIAL OFFICES: P. O. Box 313. PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE STATION, WASHINGTON, D. C.

WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 15, 1924. (SUPPLEMENT)

Index \0 VolunieIV (1924)

Acapulco grass, 272. Bait, poison, in insect control, 168. Acetic acid as earthworm exterminator, 116. Baltimore Country Club, crab grass con- Achyranthes repens (chaff-head), 284. trol, 118.. Acid. phosphate,22. Banks, plants for holding, 231. . Acidity of soils, 4,.81, 174, 301. . B~etle .(see Japauese beetle; Ju'~e beetle~. May Agawam Hunt Club, No.2 hole, 214~ beetle) •.. Alkaline- and acid-reacting fertilizers, 174.. Bent grass: Alysicarpus vaginalis, 274. . Colonial; characteristics, value, and use, Amateur golf championship of the United 293.... . States, 28th, 199. Coloni~l; seeding rate, 293. Ammonia, household, in earthworm extermi- creeping: .. nation, 116. brown-patch; immunity of certain Ammonium sulfate (see Fertilizers). strains to, 92, 105. 298. Anderson, John G., on the work and needs greens: of the Green. Section, 222.. care of, 13. Andropogon caricosus, 274. patching with stolons, 106.. Annual bluegrass, 250. vegetative 'planting (see Vege- Annual meeting of Green Section, 1924, 26; tative plallting). 1925, 282... introduced into Bermuda greens, 302. Annual report of chairman of green commit- introduced into greens of other tee. U. S. Golf Assn., 1923, 2. grasses. 105, 152. Ants, 101, 126, 165, 302. nursery (see Vegetative Planting). Approaches, care of, 125, 131. reporter's weird tale of, 212. Architecture (see also Lan4scapi,lg; also seed, impossibility of getting, 178. last page each issue). seed-producing stolons in nursery, alterations in, need for, 6. 165. books on, English, 150. stol?ns (see Vegetative planting). fairway, size of, 175. strams: putting green. perfect, 16. named; confusion in identify- Army worm, damage to turf by, 166. ing, 265. Arsenic, 'crude, in insect control, 168. . named; list of principal, 240. selecting and comparing, .210 Arsenite, sodium, in weed control, 131, 170. 297•. , Ashes, wood: encouraging weeds, 121. . winterhardiness of, 82. fertilizer value of, 127. fairway uses and seeding rate, 176. Association, greenkeepers', Cleveland, 221; fertilizers for, 81. . New England, 282. German 1l1ixed: Atlanta Bermuda grass, 34, 251, 300. characteristics. value, and use, 293. Atlantic City Country Club: i n t rod u c i n g into redtop-fescue quick sodding at .. 163. greens, 105. turf maintenance at, 28. seed: . Axonopus eompressus, fureatus, and. pur- constituents of. 178, 293. . .pusi, 271. producti?n and importation, 293. yarrow m. 254. Bahia. grass, 271. seeding rate, 46, 105. INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924)

mixing with Bermuda turf, 255. Bran, poison, in insect control, 168. proliferation of, 259. Britain, golf turf in, 219. Rhode Island: Brome grass, value and use of, 178. characteristics, value, and use, 293. Brown-patch: sand hill use, 255. controlling: seeding rate, 46. . . by early morning watering, 159, seaside, characteristics; and domestic 246, 266. seed production, 293. by Bordeaux and general methods, seeding on meadows, pastures, and 87, 134, 154. other old turf. 229, 230. by mechanical means, 154. seeding rate, 177, 279. creeping bent strains resistant to, 92, soil acidity, 81. 105, 279, 298. soil requirements. 141, 153, 177. fungus, characteristics of, 87. 154. southern range of, 299. grasses susceptible to, 89. stolons (see Vegetative planting). investigations, 87. tees, suitability for, 46 . reviving turf injured from, 91. turf, mottled or spotted condition of, 259. Buffalo grass, 227. turf, weeds in, 207. Bunkers, eradicating weeds in with salt, 179. velvet, characteristics, value, and use, 293 Bur clover for southern fairways, 171, 201. Bermuda grass: Burning over the rough, 260. Atlanta, characteristics and production Burning with ammonium sulfate, 82. of, 34, 251. 300. Buying, cooperative, 86, 235. fertilizing, 278. Buying from "experts," 37. greens: Byers, J. Frederick, address of at annual construction and care of, 21, 81, 117, meeting. 1924, 27. 251. methods used at eight different Calcium chloride in weed eradication, 169. courses in planting, fertilizing, Canada bluegrass, 49, 291. watering, cutting, top-dress Canadian Green Section clubs, 297. ing, and winter treatment, 285. Canadian National Railways, vegetative introducing bent grass into, 255, 302. greens built by, 264. renovating and fertilizing, 21. Canebreak, eradicating with salt, 106. seeding, 300. Capital City Club, Atlanta; treatment of top-dressing, 251. 277, 285, 300. Bermuda greens, 287. lime applied to, 278. Carabao grass, 273. strains of, 34, 251. Carbon disulfid: Bird grass, 291, 301. in ant control, 126, 165, 302. Bird's-nest fungus, 301. in white grub control, 128. Blaine, James G., Jr., announcing endow Carbon tetrichlorid in ant and grub con ment fund campaign, 242. trol, 230. Blind holes, periscope for, 187. Carpet grass: Blister rust, white pine. 144. for southern fairways, 252, 271. Blue couch grass, 273. giant, 271. Bluegrass: Panama, 271. annual (Poa annua), eradication and Carrier, Lyman: use of, 250. appreciation of his services, 121. Canada, burning over turf in fall and resignation of, 97. winter, 260. Centipede grass, 273. Canada, value, use, and seeding rate, Chaff-head (Achyranthes repens), 284. 49, 291. Championship, 28th Women's Amateur, 197; Kentucky: 28th Amateur, 199. description, value, and use of, 290. Charcoal in ant and worm control, 51. fertilizing and liming, 10, 290. Chemical weed-killers, 169. greens, changing- to bent, 152; tem Chickweed. eradicating, 104, 107, 121. 125, porary. 48. 130, 205. leaf-spot disease of, 172. Cinders, value and use of, 51, 128, 303. seed, weight per bushel, purity, and Clay (see Soil). germination. 291. Cleveland District Greenkeepers' Associa seeding rate, 47, 82, 176, 291. tion, 221. rough-stalked, 291, 301. Cleveland Golf Association, collective buy Bone meal, 50, 81, 204. ing at, 235. Books, English, on golf course construction Clover: and upkeep, 150. Bordeaux: bur, for southern fairways, 171, 201. as brown-patch remedy, 90. 134. effect of fertilizers on, 103. as earthworm exterminator, 116. eradicating, 81, 107. 121, 131, 205. keeping qualities of. 106. Club, greenkeepers'. of New England, 282. Bouteloua americana, 274. Clubs, Green Section, by states and coun tries, 297. INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924)

Clubs, grooved, slotted, and steel shaft, Economy in size of putting green, 63; fair rulings on, 119. way, 175. Coco (nut grass), eradicating, 300. Employees, winter work for, 211. Collective buying, 86, 235. Endowment fund for the Green Section, 45, Colonial bent, 293. 239, 243. Colonial Country Club, Memphis; treatment England: of Bermuda greens, 285. admirer of Green Section in, 226. Colt, H. S., on need for architectural altera golf turf in, 219. tions. 6. Rothamsted grass experiments, 101. Columbia Country Club, No. 8 hole, 160. Equipment, plea for bet'er care of, 217. Compost: Eremochloa ophiuroides, 273. bed, advantages of, 300. Experience: making and using, 111, 127, 135, 299. , a costly, 37. Rothamsted experiments with, 135. of a green committee chairman, 28. screen, size of mesh for, 130. , Experiments, grass, at Rothamsted, 101. shed at Yorktown Country Club, 164. Experts, seedsmen acting as, 38. straw, use of in compost, 135, 255. Fairways: unsuitability of as a turf bed, 153. bent, planting by machinery, 258. weed seeds in, killing, 179. 277. fertilizing, 82, 204. Cooperative purchasing, 86, 235. meadows and pastures changed to, 229. Corrosive sublimate combined with am mowers, getting service out of, 151. monium sulfate, 130. mowing seedling turf on, 231. Corrosive sublimate in earthworm control, 115. northern: Cost of maintenance, 87. grasses for, 46, 82, 176, 179, 227, 290. Cottonseed-hull greens, 17, 77. renovating, 176. Cottonseed meal, rate of application, 253. sand hill, grasses for, 254. Country Ciub of Atlantic City, quick sodding size of, 175. at, 163. soil preparation for, 253. Country Club of Atlantic City, turf main southern: tenance at, 28. bur clover for, 171, 201. Cowpeas as a green manure crop, 253. grasses for, 81, 252, 270. Crab grass, controlling, 118, 126. salt water grasses, 278. Creeping bent (see Bent grass). spring fertilizing of, 82. Criticism of Green Section invited, 110. watering, 92, 195. Cutting (see Putting greens; Fairzuavs). western dry-land, grasses for, 179, 227. Cyathus (bird's-nest fungus), 301. Fairy rings at Minikahda, 123. Cynodon dactylon, 270. Fall: Dallas Country Club, treatment of Bermuda fertilizing, 231. greens at, 286. top-dressing. 248. Dallis grass, controlJing. 154. Fertilizers (see also Compost): Dandelions, eradicating, 106. acid- and alkaline-reacting, 174. Decisions on rules of golf (see Rules of golf). ammonium sulfate: Dichondra carolinensis, 274. applying: Digitaria didactyla, 273. District Greenkeepers' Association, Cleve method, 17. land, 221; New England. 282. rate, 21, 23, 48, 81, 107, 127, 205. Dornick Hills Country Club, treatment of burning from use_ of, 82. Bermuda greens at, 287. compost made with, 135. Drainage: continuous use of, effects of, 130. cinder bed for tile 303. corrosive sublimate used with, 130. improving, 50, 201. earthworms, effect on, -116. inexpensive, at Kittansett Club, 134 . making, 131. poor, and yellowing of turf, 206, 301. temporary effects from, 83, 105. sand and grass traps. 184. weeds controlled by, 107, 118, 131, tile: 205. depth of laying, 303. ashes, 121, 127. details of, 66. bone meal, 50, 81, 204. Droughty conditions, grasses for, 179, 227. chemical compared with organic, 47, 252. Druid Hills Golf Club, treatment of Ber commercial, mixed. 22, 213. muda greens at, 289. cottonseed meal. 253. Dry-land grasses, 179. 227. experiments with at Rothamsted, 101. Earthworm killers: green manure crops used as, 253. corrosive sublimate, mowrah meal, and . guano. 226. miscellaneous, 115. humus, muck, and peat: mowrah meal, 47, 128. constructing greens with, 51. danger from use of, 20, 48. injury from, correcting, 23. use and value of, 9, 51, 303. 4 INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924)

sea weeds used as, 255. boosting the, 214. inorganic, use and value of, 47, 252. criticism of invited, 110. less expensive, 23. endowment fund' for. 45, 241. manure: helping .golf clubs, remarks of. Mr. fungous growths caused by,. 30t. George Low, 151. green crops as, 253. meeting at Overbrook, Pa .. Sept. 24, ~41. liquid, 83. member clubs by states and countrtes, value of. 22. 297. mixed, 22, 213. needs and opportunities of, 42. mowrah meal, 47. work and needs of, 222, 244. muck (see Ht'mJls, above). Grubs (see Japanese beetle, May beetle, ]tme mushroom soil, 51, 83. bee-He, White grub). organic and chemical compared, 252. .Guano, 226. Peat (see Hmnus, above). phosphatic: Hay: acid phosphate. 22. fever; 222, 225. ground rock, 230. litter seed for fairways, 107. use and value of, 50, 213. mulch. 229. potash: Heating compost to kill weed seeds. 277. marl, 130. Herbae Prati. 19. mixed fertilizers containing, 213. Holes: muriate of, 50, 81. blind, periscope for, 187. poultry manure, 130. 279. instructive (see I1tstructive golf holes). sea weeds, 255. measurement of. 74. sodium nitrate; 21, 127. Hollywood Golf Club, No. 15 hole, 138. tankage, 22. Houston Country Club, treatment of Ber- weed control with, 107, 118, 131, 205. muda greens at, 289. Fescue: Humus (see Fertilizers). bent greens converted from, 105, 230. Implements, care of, 217. Chewings' (New Zealand), 294, 296. Important northern golf grasses, 290. meadow, 19, 47, 294. Inglis, John M., death of, 36. psychology of, 296. Injector nozzle for applying carbon disulfid, red: 165. bent used with, 178. Injuries to putting greens by careless mow- fairway value of. 176. ing, 239. seed viability, 295. Insects (see Army worm, Japanese beetle, use of, 176, 255, 294, 296. May beetle, hme beetle, White grub, sheep's, use of, 103, 129, 255, 295. J¥hite pille, Wireworms). turfing, 19. Instructive golf holes: Filtering weed seeds from water, 131. . VII No.3, Inverness Club, 6. Financial interests of Green CommIttee VIII No.3, Pine Valley Golf Oub, 112. members limitation of, 116. IX No. 15, Hollywood Golf Club, 138. Fungus, bird's-'nest, 301. X No.8, Columbia Country Club, 160. Generalizing, the error of, 158. XI No.9, Merion Cricket Club, 188. German mixed bent. 292. XII No.2, Agawam Hunt Club. 214. Golf, rules of (see Rules of golf). XIII No. 17, Merion Cricket Club (West Grama grass, 227, 274.. Course). 236. Grasses (see under respectIve' grass names). XIV No.3. Kittansett Club. 260. Grasses, northern golf, important, 290. Inverness Club, No.3 hole, 6. Gravelly soils, treatment of, 129. ' Iron sulfate: Green committee: in dandelion control, 107. and the greenkeeper, 234. in mushroom control, 104. chairman, experiences of a, 28. Irrigation (see Watering). U. S. Golf Association, restrictions on memberspip. 116. Japanese beetle, 97, 100. Greenkeepers: J ava grass, 272. and green committee, 234. June beetle, 101. appreciating, 40. Kelp as a source of humus, 255. association, Cleveland. 221. Kentucky bluegrass (see Bluegrass). club New England, 282. Kittansett Club, No. 3 hole, 260. nota'hIe, recognition of, 225. Knives, replacing. 160. register of, 36. Knot grass eradication. 179. Greens (see Putting greens). Korean lawn grass, 273. Green Section: admirer of in England, 226. Labor: annual meeting, 1924. 26; 1925, 282. requirements for upkeep of 9-hole course, annual report of chairman, 1923, 2. 87. INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924) 5

winter employment for men, 211.. Mowing (see Fairways and Putting greens). Lake: Mowrah meal: , ridding of vegetation, 255. as earthworm killer. 115. sediment as top-dressing, 303. as fertilizer, and rate of application. 47- Landscaping, desirable trees for, 10. Muck (see Hfl11Hts, under Fertilizers). Leaf-spot disease of bluegrass, 172. Muck land grasses and drainage, 301. Leland Country Club, burning over rough Mulching with straw or hay, 229. 276. , at, 260. Municipal golf courses, list of, 191. Liquid manure, 83. Mushroom soil as fertilizer, 51, 83. Lime: Mushrooms, ridding turf of, 104. Bermuda turf and, 278. experiments with at Rothamsted, lOt. New England greenkeepers' club. 282. moss encouraged by, 122 . Nitrate of soda, 21, 127. Northern: use of, 127. water as an earthworm killer, 116. fairways (see Fairways). Lippia norliflora, 274. golf grasses, important, 290. Long Island Golf Association's cooperative putting greens (see Pflttiug greens). purchasing bureau, 86. Nozzles, injector, for applying carbon di- Low, George, address of at annual meeting, sulfid. 165. 151. ' Nursery (see Vegetative planting). Nut grass control, 300. Machinery: bent stolons planted by, 258. Opizia stolonifera, 272. care of, 217, 275. Osterdamia japonica and matrelIa, 273. Maintenance cost, 87. Paris green in insect .control,168. Manila grass. 273. Paspalum conjugatum, 273. Mankato Golf Club boosting the Green Sec- Paspa1um notatum, 271. tion, 214. Pastures, converting into fairways, 229. Manure (see Fertilizers). Patching greens with bent stolons, 106, 176, Marker, tee, and sand container, 211. 206. Marl, potash. 130. Pearlwort control. 125. Marvel, 274. Peat (see Hfl11lUS under Fertilizers)". Maxwell, P. D., address of at annual meet- Periscope for use with blind holes, 187. ing, 34. Phosphatic fertilizers (see Fertilizers). May beetle control, 100. Pine Valley Golf Club, No.3 hole, 112. Meadows, converting into fairways, 229. Pine. white: . Measuring: blister rust control. 144. golf holes. 74. diseases of. less serious. 147. putting sward, 50. insects injurious to, 148.. Meeting, Green Section: use of and transplanting, 142. annual! 1924, 26; 1925, 282. Piper, C. V .• address of at annual meeting, at Overbrook, Pa., 241. 42. Meibomia supina and triflora, 274. Piper, C. V., foreign trip of, 110. Member clubs of Green Section by states Plantain experiments at Rothamsted. 103. and countries, 297. Poa annua, eradication and use of, '250. Men (see Labor). Poa trivialis, description, value, use, and Merion Cricket Club: seeding rate, 291. 301. club house illustration of, 194. Poison: No.9 hole: 188. bait in insect control. 168. No. 17 hole, West Course, 236. ivy, 203. Mesh for compost screen. size of. 130. sumac, 203. Miami Hialeah Municipal Links, treatment Polo field, seeding a, 49. 178. of Bermuda at, 288. Poly trias praemorsa, 272. Minikahda Club: Pond sediment as top-dressing. 303. 25th anniversary commemoration. book . . Pond vegetation, getting rid of, 255. 225. Potash (see Fertilizers). fairy rings at, 123. Poultry manure, 130, 279. watering fairways at, 92. Proliferation of bent grass. 259. Mixed fertilizers, 22, 213. Public courses, list of, 191. Moist land grasses and treatment, 301. Pump. portable. for watering greens. 9. Moss control, 102, 121, 303. Purchasing, cooperative. 86. 235. Motor equipment, getting efficiency out of, Purchasing from experts, 37. 275.. Putting greens: Mottled condition of bent turf, 259. constructing. soil foundation in, 61, 177, Mowers: 207. 5-unit with caster wheels, 37. constructing. soil preparation in, 20, 51, fairway, getting service out of, 151. 153. 202. 207. 253... knives, replacing. 160. covering in winter, 229, 248. 276. 6 INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924)

cutting: Read, H. K., address of at annual meeting, careless, InJunes from, 239. 28. continuous, benefits from. 120. Recognition of a notable greenkeeper, 225. seedling turf, 231. Redtop: spring, 83. characteristics, use, and value of, 292. fall top-dressing, 248. converting redtop greens into bent, 105. fertilizing, 279. seed, weight of per bushel, 292. fescue, converting to bent, 105, 230. seeding rate~ for fairways, 47, 292. injuries to: temporary greens from. 48. careless cutting, 239. wet land use of. 301. commercial fertilizers, 47. wintergreens of, 231, 288. commercial humus, correcting, 23. winter seeding, 300. measuring, 50. Register, greenkeepers', 36. northern: Report, annual, of Chairman, for 1923, 2. bent introduced by seeding, 177. Reporter's weird tale of creeping bent, 212. bent introduced by ve get a t i v e Roads, weeds in, controlling with chemicals, method, 105, 106, 152. 176, 206; 169. bluegrass greens converted into Rockefeller, Wm. J., recognition of, 225. bent, 152. Rollers, spiked. useless in weed control. 178. fescue-redtop greens converted into Rothamsted compost-making experiments, bent, lOS, 230. 135. grasses for, 46, 80, 279, 290. Rothamsted turf experiments, 101. seeding, 279. Rough: summer care of, 122. burning over in fall and winter, 260. temporary, grasses for, 48. grasses for, 46, 129, 290. winter care of, 229, 248. 276. improving the, 129. winter play, 229.. 278. Rough-stalked bluegrass, 291, 301. patching with bent stolons, 106, 176, 206. Rules of golf, decisions on: perfect, what constitutes a, 16. ball: . planting (see COllstruction. above, seeding, dropping back without penalty, 138. below, and Vegetative planting). hitting, 298.. renovating, 23, 106, 176, 177,206.. 207, 230. in hazard or ditch, 138. rub of the, 125. interchanging, 137. seeding. 202, 279.. lifting, 241, 269. 298. soit preparation, 20, 51, 61, 153, 177, 202, lost. 76. 207, 253. near water pipe, 138. southern: provisional, 41. Bermuda greens: replacing, 137. care of, methods used by ei~ht striking and knocking into hole, 200. different clubs in planting, striking caddie, 224. fertilizing, top-dressing, cut- topped in tee shots, 173. ting, watering, and winter touching, 241, 269, 298. treatment, 285. unplayable, 76. construction and care of, 117. caddie struck by ball, 224, 299. fertilizing and renovating, 21, club, grounding, 120. 285. kind of to use, restrictions' on, 200. top-dressing. 251, 285. rulings on grooved, slotted, and steel cottonseed hull, 17, 77. shaft. 119. grasses for, 34, 81, 252, 27Q, 285. soleing, 241. salt water grasses for, 278. flag-staff, striking, 41, 269, 299. winter grasses for, 21, 203, 228, 231, handicap ending in tie, 41, 76. 285. handicaps, scoring, 200, 299. summer care of. 122. holes, playing all consecutively, 120. temporary, grasses for, 21, 48, 203, 228, laborer on course, amateur standing of, 231,'285. 224. top-dressing, 111, 248, 251, 285. match play: vegetative planting (see Vegetative handicaps halved. 200. Planting). playing before, 41. watering (see Watering). withdrawal of players in, 173. winter: players absenting themselves, 240. care of, 248. players, withdrawal and reentry of, 173. covering, 229, 248, 276. practice shots, 75, 224, 269. play on, 229, 278. prize alloting, 240. reteeing, 173. Quack grass for a polo field, 178. tee shots topped, 173. tombstone tournament, 120. Rake sand-trap, made from mowing machine withdrawal and reentry of players, 173. • knife. 18. Rye as a green manure crop, 253. INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924) 7

Rye grass: Sorrel experiments at .Rothamsted, 103. Italian, value, use, seed weight, and seed Sour soils, 4, 81, 174, 301. sources. 295. Soybeans as green manure crop, 253. perennial, controlling, 154. Spiked rollers useless in weed control, 178. perennial,. value, use. seed weight, and Spiking turf, 27S~ seed sources, 295. Spotted condition of bent turf, 259. value of, 47. Spring cutting of putting greens, 83. Spring fertilizing, 82. Salesmen, professional services of, 38. Stagnant water, filtering weed seeds from, Salt for eradic.!lting weeds, 51, 106, 169, 179. 131. Salty soils, southern grasses for, 278. St. Augustine grass, 273. San Angelo Country Club, cottonseed-hull Stenotaphrum secundatum, 273. greens at, 17. Stolons (see Vegetative planting). Sand: Straw. compost made from, 135, 255. clay soils helped by. 9. Straw. mulchink with, 229, 276. container and tee marker combined, 21. Subirrigation of putting greens, 303. hills, grasses for, 254. Subtropical golf course grasses, 270. soils, treatment of, 211. Sulfate of ammonia (see Ammonium sulfate Sand-trap drainage, 184. - under FerliliEers). ' Sand-trap rake made from mowing machine Sulfate of iron, in dandelion control, 107. knife, 18. Sulfate of iron, in mushroom control, 104. Savannah Golf Club, treatment of Bermuda Sulfuric acid, in dandelion control, 107. greens at, 288. Summer care of putting greens, 122. Screen, compost, size of mesh for, 130. Swamp muck, use of, 48. Sea weeds as source of humus, 255. Sweet vernal grass, range and habits of, 102. Sediment, lake-bottom, as top-dressing, 303. Seed: Tankage, 22. creeping bent, impossibility of getting, Tee box. a new patented, 15. 178. Tee box combined with sand container, 211. houses. professional services rendered Tees. grasses for, 46. by, 38. Tennis courts, creeping bent for, 131. weed, in compost, killing, 179. Tennis courts, weeds in, controlling 169. weight per bushel: Kentucky bluegrass, Tile, laying, 66, 303. ' 291; redtop, 292; rye grass, 295. Tobacco dust in insect control, 51, 302. Seeding: Tools, care of, 217. depth of, 83, 202. Top-dressing: . northern putting greens, 279. Bermuda turf, 251, 285. rate of (see under respective grasses). creeping bent greens with compost, 111 soil preparation for, 20, 51, 153, 202, 135•• 207, 253. fall and winter, 248, 300. Seedling turf, cutting, 231. frequency of. 176. Shannopin Country Club, sand-trap rake lake-bottom sediment as, 303. used at, 18. Tractors, getting efficiency out of, 275. Shaughnessy Heights Golf Club, periscope Traps, drainage of, 184. used at, 187. Trees for golf courses, 10, 142. Sheep's fescue, 103, 129. 255, 295. Tropical golf course grasses, 270. Size of fairway, 175. Tuxedo Golf Club, portable pump used at, 9. Size of putting green, 50. Sod cutters, kinds of available, 155. Vegetation, ridding a pond of, 255. Sodding, quick, at Country Club of Atlantic ¥ egetative planting: City, 163. beginners, suggestions for, 182. Sodium: brown-patch resistance of. 279. arsenite in weed control, 131, 170. Canadian National Railways' accomplish- cyanide in white grub control, 128. ments,264. nitrate, 21, 127. compost for, at Moorestown Field Club, Soggy land, grasses. for and treatment of, 263. 301. converting other turf to bent grass: Soil: Bermuda grass. 302. acid. 4, 81, 174, 301. bluegrass, 152. clay producing bent turf on, 177, 207. fescue, redtop, or bluegrassL 105, 206. compost, unsuitability of as turf bed, 153. cost of maintaining greens at Moores- foundation of putting green, 61, 177, 207. town Field Club, 263. gravelly, treatment of, 129. creeping bent strains: improving with green manure crops, 253. named; confusion in identifying, 265. improving with straw, 255. named; list of principal, 240. preparation of for greens, 20, 141,207,253. selecting and comparing, 210, 297. sandy, treatment of, 21. failure of plants to develop, 206. sour, 4, 81, 174, 301. fairways planted with machinery, 258. 8 INDEX TO VOL. IV (1924) fertilizing, 255. coco, 300. greens newly planted, mowing, 153, 205. compost made from, 136. greens newly planted, general treatment compost, weed seeds in, killing, 136, of, 49 182, 205. 179. 277. letter about, at Moorestown Field Club, crab grass, 118, 126. 262. Dallis grass, 154. machinery for planting, 258. dandelions, 106. Moorestown Field Club's accomplish ments, 262. fertilizers, use of in controlling, 121. nursery: hole cutter, use of in controlling, 178. impossibility of establishing from humus made from, 255. seed. 23, 227. knot grass, 179. old compared with fresh, 163, 206. moss, 102, 121, 303. planting a, 56, 298. seed production in, treatment for, nut grass, 300. 165. pearlwort, 125. treatment of, 105. 182, 228. petrolium derivatives, use of in controll patching, 106 ing, 169. planting: plantain, 103. method of, detailed outline, 54, 182. Poa annua, 250. soil preparation, 141, 182. spring vs. fall, 46. poison ivy. 171, 203. seeding as an adjunct to stolon planting, poison sumac, 203. 254. pond weeds, 255. soil preparation, 141, 182. rye grass, perennial, 154. stolons: salt, use of in controlling, 51, 106, 169, patching greens with, 176, 206. 179. planting, 46, 57, 155, 182. two-year old compared with one- sea weeds as source of humus, 255. year old, 163. 206. seeds in compost, killing, 136, 179, 277. suggestions for beginners, 182. seeds, filtering from stagnant water, 131. Velvet grass, use for and response of to fer sodium arsenite, use of in controlling, tilizers, 103. 131, 169. Vinegar as an earthworm killer, 116. sorrel, 103. Walla Walla fairway sprinkler, 195. white clover, 81, 107, 121, 131, 205. Water, killing vegetation in, 255. yarrow, 129, 254. Water, stagnant, filtering weed seeds from, Wenatchee Golf & Country Club, fairway 131. sprinkler at, 195. Watering: Western dry land, grasses for, 227. Wet land, grasses for and treatment of, 301. early morning, in brown-patch control, White clover, control of. 81, 107, 121, 131, 159. 205. fairways, 92, 195. White grubs, control of, 128. putting greens: White pine (see Pine). frequency of, 83. Wilson, Alan D., report of as chairman of methods of, 126, 245. 266, 283. committee on Green Section, 27. portable pump for, 9. Winter: subirrigation, 303. time of day for, 126. 245, 266, 283. employment for men, 211. stagnant water containing weed seeds, greens in South (see Putting greens). 131. mulching turf with straw or hay, 229, when impossible, grasses which may be 248, 276. used, 179. play on putting greens, 229, 278. Weeds: seeding of redtop, 300. Achyranthes repens, 284. top-dressing, 248, 300. acid-reacting fertilizers, use of in con Wireworms in turf, effect of, 155. trolling, 121. Women's Amateur Golf Championship of annual bluegrass, 250. the U. S. 197. calcium chloride, use of in controlling, Wood ashes, use of, 121, 127. 169. Work and needs of the Green Section, 222. canebreak, 106. Worms: chaff-head. 284. Yarrow, controlling, 129, 254. chemical weed-killers. 169. Yellowinarmyg, 166of . turf from poor drainage, 206. chickweed, 104, 107, 121, 125, 130. 205. Yorktowearthn, 47Countr, 115, y128 Club. , compost shed at. clover, 81, 107, 121, 131, 205. wire164, .155 .