K E W g H B W E E September, 1930. Vol. 2, No. 9.

"Doubt whom you will, but never yourself." —Bovee.

DELAY means LOSS, putt ing off replacement of obsolete machinery and equipment is like standing at the window and feeding money to the wind." "MODERNIZE and SAVE, do you realize t ha t the saving's effected through replacement of obsolete or worn out equipment can be made to pay the bi l l?" These two quotations f rom the September issue of "Credit Where Credit is Due" can very easily and profitably be applied to golf course maintainence. How many courses there are tha t are struggling along with machinery which is so f a r gone tha t the operator must take half his time to repair i t ! How many times do we hear tha t—"We ' l l have to make this machine last another yea r " ! Greenkeepers are often lax in laying their needs before their green committees, but they should not hesitate to inform their com-mittees as to their every need for efficient maintainence. Then a longtime program for replacement can be undertaken, if it is im-possible to buy all necessary items during one year. By buying the absolutely necessary replacements yearly, and looking ahead four or five years and figuring as to what will be bought in those years, a club can in a very few years be well-equipped. Such a program to fully equip a club should also be accompanied by a program of keeping all equipment bought in good shape, with all worn-out parts replaced and all necessary repairs made as soon as needed. We would like to see all clubs have the equipment they need, and we would like to see a stop made to the practice some clubs seem to have of buying every new idea which is brought out. Much of this is due to green committee chairmen buying without consulting their greenkeepers, and some vice versa. The need for any equip-ment should govern whether or not it is to be purchased.

This N E W S L E T T E R is published monthly by the Greenkeepers Club of New England , and sent f r e e to i ts mem-bers and thei r Greens' Chairmen. Sub-scription price ten cents a copy, or a dollar a year . GUY C. W E S T Edi to r

312 Mt. P l e a s a n t St. , Fa l l River , Mass . M A R S T O N B U R N E T T Business Mgr.

330 W a l t h a r a St., W e s t N e w t o n , Mass." -

September , 1930. Vol. 2, No. 9.

PROGRESS AT MARSHFIELD

A litt le more t han eight yea rs ago an organizat ion known as the Marsh-fteld Count ry Club, Inc. was pe r fec t ed f o r the purpose of opera t ing and main-ta in ing buildings and g rounds sui table f o r playing golf and other games, and to f u r n i s h faci l i t ies and equ ipment f o r the athlet ic and social activit ies of a count ry club, and general ly , to do any-th ing necessary to ca r ry out these pur-poses. This organizat ion became a rea l i ty on September 15, 1921. The capital stock at t ha t t ime was $20,000, and had been purchased by res idents in and nea r the Town of Marshfield. The fol lowing yea r the Count ry Club became a real i ty , and on Augus t 5, 1922 the golf course was fo rmal ly opened with ceremonies to f e a t u r e the occasion. The first ball was driven by the pres ident of the Club, the late Daniel M. F rye of Somerville, Mass., and as a souvenir of the occasion the driver he used, as well as the ball which was driven f r o m No. 1 tee, a re now hang ing on the walls of the club-house. Since t h a t t ime the Club has grown steadily and prosperously, unt i l the year 1929 when i t reached the zenith of suc-cess. In the inter im, improvements have been made annual ly to the p r o p e r t y ; the g rounds have been beautif ied, a new en t rance has been recen t ly completed; and because of the growing interest^ in golf and the a t t rac t iveness of the nine hole course now in use, the Board of Direc tors became aware of the f a c t t h a t an addi t ional nine holes were needed. A f t e r a re -survey of the p roper ty owned by the corporat ion, by Archi tec t Wayne E. Stiles, it was discovered t ha t in order to build ano the r n ine hole course, in addit ion to the p resen t n ine holes, and ye t re ta in the same sporty layout , t h a t addi t ional land mus t be

procured . This was done la te last Fal l , and a t p re sen t abou t 125 acres a re owned by the corporat ion. Immediately , plans and specifications were drawn and work s ta r ted with the idea of building nine new holes, which will give the Marshfield Count ry Club, when finished, e ighteen of the snappiest , spor t ies t and p re t t i e s t holes f o r golf in Southeas te rn Massachuset ts . While it 'is no t expected t ha t the const ruct ion of the new nine holes will be completed much b e f o r e Fall , ye t stock has been sold in sufficient quan t i ty to near ly pay f o r the completion of the work. The progress which has been made by this Club is very unique. The l i t t le h a n d f u l of men who s t a r t ed the p ro jec t agreed among themselves t ha t they would build only as they could pay f o r the construct ion. This policy has been pers is tent ly carr ied out and has resul ted in the Club opera t ing on a profi table basis each y e a r ; such profi ts as have been made having been tu rned back into the p roper ty in the way of im-provements . Nei ther the Corporat ion or the Club is in debt f o r other than cur-r e n t bills. The s tockholders have always re-ceived annua l dividends of 6 per cent ever since the Club was inaugura t ed . I t is known t h a t because of the fo re -sight of those in te res ted in its early days, t h a t it has b rough t to Marshfield many res idents which would otherwise have located elsewhere; and with the addit ional nine holes, making it a regu-lat ion 18 hole course, wi thout any ques-tion it will still cont inue to b r ing a de-sirable e lement into this section. I t is the endeavor of those in au thor i ty t h a t the same policies will be carr ied on, namely ; to cont inual ly im-prove and b e a u t i f y the proper ty , as well as increase the social activit ies of the Town of Marshfield and i ts environ-ments . The Town of Marshfield is most f o r t u n a t e in having such a wide-awake organizat ion in its midst .

M. D. Maxwell.

GERMINATION

In supplement to a previous ar t ic le on Soils and Sub-Soils, we got the Soil p repa red f o r grass seed. I now wan t to say a f e w words r ega rd ing germina-t ion. When grass seeds a re mois tened with wa te r the shell begins to absorb mois-

t u r e and becomes sof t . When the mois-t u r e reaches the food mate r ia l within the husk it begins to change gradua l ly and germina t ion s tar ts , provided t h a t the th ree necessary conditions f o r growth are fulfi l led. The conditions a re W a r m t h , Moisture and Air. Some of the Carbon in the food re-serve begins to burs t with the assis tance of the oxygen which the seed absorbs f r o m the air. W a r m t h and the giving off of charcoal f u m e s or carbonic acid a re the ou tward resul ts . When the food of the seedling is made liqujd it is r e ady fo r immedia te use and nourished by the s t imula t ing food this inner par t i -cle or embryo begins to grow and eventual ly breaks f o r t h f r o m the shell a pe r f ec t l i t t le individual, capable and s t rong and likely to increase in s t rength .

s t a t emen t s you may derive a l i t t le some-th ing both he lp fu l and in teres t ing . Bill Lindsay, Greenskeeper ,

Manchester Count ry Club, Manchester , N. H.

HUMUS AND PEAT The use of var ious f o r m s of humus and pea t is being emphasized more and more in golf course main tenence . Many are the f o r m s in which peat and humus are offered commercially. Mostly, how-ever, nowadays, these substances a re not adver t ised as fer t i l izers , or as con-ta in ing any of the essential p l an t food e lements in quant i ty . They a re offered as aids to increase the water-holding capaci ty of a sandy soil, and to l ighten a clay soi l—to improve the t ex tu re s of soils general ly—p 1 - "! f o r these purposes they a re o f t e n efficient. The use of humus and pea t as a base f o r commercial fer t i l izers , or as a car-r ier f o r cer ta in f o r m s of m a n u r e is in many cases to be commended. Several commercial fe r t i l izers a re being offered a t the presen t t ime which contain a cer ta in a m o u n t of some f o r m of humus or peat , and doubtless they a re be t t e r with this filler t han they would be wi th so much sand as filler, as a re some other fer t i l izers . The f a c t t h a t o f t en t imes golf courses have been buil t because of cer ta in topo-graphical f e a t u r e s and with disregard f o r soil conditions, necessi ta tes in these cases radical work to make sod where needed. Many t imes soils can be ma-ter ia l ly benefi ted by working in h u m u s or pea t be fo re seeding. Where tu r f is established, a topdress ing is o f t en help-fu l . In most cases, and with most of the commercial f o r m s offered, compost ing with soil, if it is to be applied to a sandy soil, and with soil and sand, if i t is to be applied to a clay soil, is b e t t e r t han using the mate r ia l alone. There a re some subs tances offered which can be applied directly. Any g reenkeeper who desires to t r y any such ma te r i a l would do well to t r y a small a m o u n t on a section of a f a i rway , and note re-sults, b e f o r e buy ing a la rge quant i ty . Then too, he can see by a t r ia l whe ther i t would be be t t e r to compost the ma-ter ia l b e f o r e us ing it. Fa i rway topdress ing is of especial im-por tance this year because of the dry (continued on "page 6)

The amoun t of mois ture requi red by a seed is very li t t le and when the shell has once become thoroughly s a t u r a t e d very li t t le mois ture is then needed to complete the process of germinat ion . The preva len t idea seems to be t ha t you mus t keep flooding it wi th wa te r which in my opinion actual ly drowns or chokes to death any l ife t h a t may be there . When sowing grass seeds aim a t a uni-f o r m l y damp and porous soil or seed bed. I wan t to lay s t ress on this word "po rous" because a close sticky wet su r f ace only dries into a ha rd cake, which is in ju r ious and in cer ta in cases f a t a l to growing seeds, f o r oxygen is the chief mate r ia l absorbed by seeds dur ing g rowth and the carbonic acid gas which is rea l ly the l ife b r e a t h of the seed and is produced by the burn -ing of the food mater ia l in the oxygen gas, is very f a t a l to the growth of the embryo if it is once prevented f r o m escaping by a hard and caked su r f ace of mud. Lastly, in deal ing with grass seeds always r emember t ha t a young seedling is fu l ly provided by na tu r e with food, t hus do no t sow too thickly and no t too deep, give it a chance to come th rough the soil a f t e r germinat ion . But first and last, buy a good seed; cheap seed does not pay as you are then only buy-ing chaff. If i t is wor th t ry ing to sow a plot of g round it is wor th doing well and p u t t i n g in the bes t seed. Insist on a pur i ty g u a r a n t e e always, and a n y good firm will give you this. A f t e r the grass has grown to abou t th ree inches e i ther cut with a scythe or high wheel mower ; said mower must be sharp and set high. I t r u s t t ha t f r o m these r ambl ing

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Cl i f ton E. Sowerby.

OCTOBER MEETING The October mee t ing of the Green-keepers Club of N. E. will be held a t the Braebu rn Count ry Club, Wednesday, October 8. 8 prizes. T o u r n a m e n t to be played in the morning, lunch la ter . The two low medall ists in the morn ing will play ma tch play in the a f t e r n o o n to decide championship. 4 ne t and 2 gross prizes will be engraved silver trophies._ There will also be a special guest prize and a special prize fo r mem-bers over 60 years of age. Note t ha t date of mee t ing on card sent by Secre ta ry was wrong.

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(continued from page 3)' seasons this year and last, and hence more top dressing will probably be done than normally. There fo re , it is essential tha t every g reenkeeper know what he is using f o r topdressing. If he has a suf -ficient supply of compost—which is humus in its best f o r m — h e will not need to worry . Those who are forced to buy humus or pea t fo r top dressing should use mater ia ls which have proven successful to themselves or other g reen-keepers unde r similar conditions.

The reason why all g reenkeepers should be wary of these commercial pea ts is t ha t the t e r m " p e a t " has too genera l a meaning . Some desirable pea ts a re organic, fibrous, and absor-bant , others a re undesirable , inorganic, non-absorbant . If any g reenkeeper can find no other g reenkeeper who can recommend a new substance, he should not buy in any quan t i ty unt i l he has satisfied himself by ac tua l exper iment . On many courses, humus and pea t of value may be found . Eve ry green-keeper should know the soil in the out of the way places around his course. O f t e n mate r ia l to help his compost piles may be found . Many mater ia l s which are poor f o r topdress ing alone can be used f o r compost, and are not expen-sive if f o u n d on club proper ty . We mus t r emember tha t t he re is an evident place f o r cer ta in f o r m s of humus and pea t in golf course j.nain-ta inence, and we must be c a r e f u l t ha t the mater ia l s t ha t we use a re the help-f u l ones—tr ied by exper iment and proven.

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BUSY AT THE R. I. COUNTRY CLUB

This has been an except ional ly d ry season a t the Rhode Island Count ry Club. The pond a t the r ight of n u m b e r eight g reen has dried up completely f o r the first t ime in the his tory of the course. This has given the " g a n g " and myself a chance to ge t t h ree hundred ya rds of humus which has been un-known f o r a g rea t many years. We are going to do some construct ion work this Fall , including the making of ladies' tees a t the second, th i rd and f o u r t h holes, and a pract ice field a t the l e f t of the e ighteenth hole. A t present , we are seeding and loam-ing all the bare places on the f a i rways and about the middle of November we

are going to fer t i l ize each one all over. The " f i f t y -cen t " Brown Pa tch made a call on several of the greens „his month. This kind is more h a r m f u l and ha rde r to control t han the large patches. I t is gone, b u t no t fo rgo t t en , like a bad f r i end .

Thomas J . Galvin, Greenskeeper , Rhode Island

Count ry Club.

The Greenkeepers Club of Rhode Island nxec with J a m e s Lawson at t he Misquamicut Count ry Club, Wa tch Hill, R. I., on Sep tember 15. Fol lowing lunch, a golf t o u r n a m e n t was played f o r prizes donated by Woodwor th Bradley of Providence. Low gross was won by Wallace Peckham with a fine 77, low ne t by Thomas Galvin with a 88-15-73, and special prize f o r those over 50, by Charles Mullaney. The nex t mee t ing of the club will probably be held a t t he W a n u m e t o n e m y Count ry Club.

Cont rac t Ma in tamence fo r golf courses made its debut in New England this month when the firm of Wood-worth Bradley took over the P a w t u c k e t Count ry Club a t Pawtucke t , R. I. Herb Moran had an ex t r a hazard a t Newport on the a f t e rnoon of Sept. 1st when twelve mules f r o m nearby F o r t Adams came visit ing. He rb hasn ' t told us how well they p layed! Work is now unde rway at Charles River on s t ra igh ten ing the e igh teen th hole, placing the tee somewhat to the rea r of the seventeenth green , and re-moving the dog-leg f e a t u r e of the pre-sent e ighteenth . Director F red Sievers of the Massa-chuset ts Expe r imen t Sta t ion and Pro-fessor Lawrence S. Dickinson of the Massachuset ts Agr icu l tura l College were visitors a t several eas te rn Massa-chuset ts clubs during; the last month . Among the clubs visited were Ki t t an -sett , Fal l River, Charles River, Wood-land and Braeburn . The best lawn we have seen this yea r is the lawn a t the residence of F r a n k Robinson a t Oaklawn, R. I. Mr. Robin-son is the greenkeeper a t the Crans ton Count ry Club, and s ta tes t ha t he sowed R. I. ben t seed, and t r ies to use as much fer t i l izer as is necessary!

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