49 of t e 57awarded ajorfor 927are u ing

airway Mowing .p e

((Wherever you find a good courseyou will find a Worthington."

Price $1104) NetWorthington Lawn Tractor and onv r ible

Quintuplex Mower

Stroud burg, Penn ylvaniaChicago:

1336Wa hington BoulevardMontreal: 132 t. Peter tre t

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"There v a. a t 11 e ilence a he to k hi tance, glancedalong the lin of putt. drew back hi putter and hit the ball.It tarted true f r a few feet, then. v 'erv d off and raz dthe ide of the hoI . had 10 t th champi n hip."

Front The New Fork Time

Playa "U. ." R yal-a ball that \ ill roll true t the cupand not werve off, b cau e we have built int it p rfectbalance. The" T. S." Roy al ha a f ced center of gravitythat cannot hift. It i known to ood zolfer a "Thebe t putting golf ball in th world.'

o ball give greater di tance-no golf ball is a well fin-i hed and paint d a a" . ." Royal. Th price-7 ~ cents.

* '*h co er of a "U. ." Roy 1 i. • tough. cover can be mad.ithout lessenin th r silieue of the b 11, nd it i. fully guar nteed,

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tion ande,Are ou 1)lnnnin to bund oil eour (.,!

no ou r eultze bow much depend on theit.. elected '!-th oil ?-the natural drain-ge?-th hap ?-the a 'ullabl cr ug••'!

no • ou re 117 • th t for ~ear , the malnte-na nce \\ HI depend on tht' work of the archl-teet and eon truct lon engineer?

no ;\OU \ nt to kDO\ how much golf ('our"t'.ou can get for th mont' 'ou have to lwnd?

"'hat 'iliou do when the commltteom('('tto d('cid(' wher th . an g t thts a nd otherImpoetant d tail .,

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huild it.

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T·, Towel .............. .1J<~a('h • 10.011 Lewis Ball Washers ....... .00 1 Th • • 1.7'>18, 175.0() 2.; Ih . (j~.;O

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WE ARE ALSO CON1RACTI G TI-IE YEARLY MAIN-TENANCE OF GOLF COURSES. TI-IIS SERVICE AT PRE-SENT IS LIMITED TO TI-IE G-IICAGO DIS1RICT.

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ably SP v a a financialplan of iston, thoroughn sand aution,and th other wa tb "verlastin t am-work of very bloomin' oul."

westmoor' organization plan all d fortwo di isions ; on ,th land company, tockill , hieh must b h ld by any m mb r ofth s cond d ivi ion, th countr lub. tockfor th land company was plac d on thmarket at $250 and v n prior to th on n-ing of th cour changed hands at 450,ol which 50 was a ount ry club m mb r-hip tram f r f .

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mernb r hip and created a bond of Iiv lymutual interest and friendship among themember s,

The boo ter meetings w re gr at placesfor getting new members. Prospectivmernh r had a chance to look over thWestmoor trib and to hear all th detailsof the club's development. The first boo terme ting was attended by 0 of the clubmem brand 15 new members came into it mon '.the fold. The day b fore Thank 'giving,1921;, the membership roster clos d and to

H) u 'lng til(> ba ernent of an old harn "eHhnoorgot an euutnment Hhed th t i h lUi). ill(' -I)en I e and ,)r C'tkan~ concealed from titr-lubhou t' b~ the Ide of hill.

applications for membership were re-"('ivee1.Small and Busy Directorate

Th re are only five directors at West-moor and they have met v ry Mondaynight slnce eptemb r, 1925. Th y arworker.' who have stayed on the job withunabated nthu siasm and giving tremecare to th many details of club construc-tion. Th lub is h ad d by 'V. W. Hill r.a capabl young man who is treasurer ofthe Wi «-onsln B 11 Telephon company,and in Westmoor's astute financing thereIs virl nc of the application of the B 11'caref'ul mon y policies to th golf club fi ld.As an xampl of how car fully W stmoorhu ilt : ther wer 17 estimating rpecif'ytng'and super intend lng committee' compos dor mem bel' who w re well acquaint d withth work 0[ th committee' upon whichthey sen: d. A a re ult, Westmoor cameinto being with greater fre dom from con-strnctton mi haps and omissions than al-mo t any n w club of recent origin thatcan b cal1 d to mind.

The wat r mppl y at W stmoor showshow thi p rt committee plan workedout. S v ral of the rn rnb 1'8 ar asso-ciat d with th His- halrners company,mak I" or pumps. Thes f llows were onthe job wint rand . umm r, planning,h eking and sup rvlstng construction.This committe estimated that it would

get water at 31;') fe t. The actual d pth of

Insure with CareW stmoor x rt d v ry effort to prot c

th organization with in urance, ven go-ing to th . t nt of a king Lloyd of Lon-non relative to in uring ca ch of d, huround Lloyd wouldn' tak this ri k.

Th in uranc Westrnoor did in-clurl d fire, tornado, publ i liability andworkmen' comp n: ation. Thev al in-sur d th ed again fir in· t11 wa _

JU E, 1927

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Praft iional, Club.Dallas, 7'c.ras.

HE av rag y arly rainfall at Dalla','1' . a " tor th p riod from Mav 1 tuntil .•Tovemb r 1 t is 1 .21 inch

therefore, one readily can ee justmu h irrigation our B rmuda grasQuire' to knit v rdant during thhot and dry summ l' month.

We 'tart wat rin in the arly springabout Mar h 20th, just when the tend rBermuda a, akes from it wint r sl p,and th n onfine our wat ring to only thgreens and t .. bout one month laterv .e start to Irrtgat th fairways, t es, andgr ens regularly and water continually un-til the first Irost com s which u sually oc-urs around Nov mb r 15th.

I hav had th pl asur of vi wing agreat many watering syst ms at variousgolf clubs but hav y t to se on quit ascornplet a the one we hay here atBrook Hollow; our water supply is obtain-ed from the Trinity river which flowsalong th ry eel of our prop rty.

On th banks of th constru t-ed a concr tthrough a 24 inch cement castng, th cas-ing bing cr ned at both nds to k pout tra sh , t The well is fiv1.) 1 f et d p, or [u st about th d pth ofthe river at that parti iular point. Nearthe well, about 25 f t away w built ourvaterproof concr t pumping station. It

stand - above high wat r mark about 1et and xt nds into the ground about 1

t. f et more. T'he pump ts bolt ed to th con-

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d supply. In the umm r month: , h nw ar wat ring continually, pump al-mo t dir ct to th sprlnkl 1" th tank ab-sorbing only th surplus, Withoutsprinkl r zotng it tak . about two hourto fill the tank but on the oth r hand with50 • prinkl r. runnin it only ab 'orbnough wat r to run ov r in trom five to

si: hours. T'h motor is equipped with aut-off and a ts automatically wh n the

tank is 1111 d.W hay a total of 232 on inch outlet'

fairwayat night, for we k ep about 31 sprinkl l'

runnin on th rn also.In th mornina when the day man omes

on h s e - that all the dry spot arthoroughly soak d befor th hos istransf 1'1' d to th oth r f irways. We

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water from thr e to four fairways at atime, going ov r som of them twic aweek. Due to the fact that our oil isandy loam it r quires a gr at amountof artificial irrigation, ther for, it isnecessary for u to use ov r 600.000 gal-Ions of water very tw nty-Iour hours.Thank H av n w don't hav to purchait by th gallon.

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By C. . TREGILL

IT GOLF greenke ping, a in oth r linesof human endeavor, we ar living inan age of eag r progre s : som thing

new and bett r is r corded in ach succe d-ing issue of our journal. With very newpurchase of m chan ical equipm nt, withevery chang in method, ther is an un-conscious speculation on how long beforeit will be super d d by something a litt!more up-to-oat , a little more fficlent anda little more sci ntific. W ar breathl sswith exp ctancy that some improvem ntwill teal a march and catch us unawar s.

The urge for effici ncy-p rf ction-hasbrought untold benefits to the mod rngolf r, and newcomers to the game littler aliz th fulln ss of th ir inheritance.To a' hit with th formation of newcours s and metamorphosis of old ones,there are unlimited funds of informationavailable from many sourc s, both rom-m rcial and acad mic; information basedon practical p rience and scientific in-vestigatlon ; 0 that new v ntures may blaunch d on th wave-crest of advancedideas. But, no matter how crammed withinformation, Quipped with the last wordin m chanical appl iance, or provid d withthe most r 'ic able H d or turf, ther isstill much to b gained before any dub canb con sid r d prop rly stabl isherl in it'gre nk eping m thods. Th missing Quan-tity is individual exper-ience, which mustb gather d on the spot. A grccnk per,though well informed and e: pert in his vo-cation, swallows a gild rl pill when he tak scharg of a u w course. No two individualCOUfS ' are id ntically alike. Tho idb ' side hay much in common. but r talntheir stngutartttes. both as re arrls layoutand turf. in spite of all att m pts at stan-dardization in m ethod " H must build

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upon pr viouschanges that arupon what happ nseason b fore; thchin s put on th marksuIt from the b havior ofand so on,How Are Our Record

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with rl pth of pip' i not hown on thnr ig ina l and for lack of l' 'vi ion, fair- 1111ttway: ar torn up in search of nines ru in-pel hy fro:t: (111 hp 'allst' 011' information of

\1('11 d tail. wa: not IH'OI)prly Illvd. Hana rally accurate ulan of t.h« drain-

OT)( rat in on th 0\11'

tailed information on thof each rr n : an on

k ening a diary of the happenings onP\" rv grc n , fairway and t e. and throu h : do ."OU scor the YJ' no' at g iv nn -rtod to compar th ir conditionthrou hout th S ason : do you ch 'k thnumh r of play 1" on th cou rs with it'cond ition ?

'I'h ' fa ts and

omm rclal sp .lally,too much i.ntormation of thiif all has uch a dir tr v nue.A Valuable Hi tory

nd in addition, r cord of this naturprovid a chain of continuity, a valuabl

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om-n w-"ork

OSQUITOES are aany country club, Th y not onIannoy th m mb rs in th

hilt fr QU ntly are just a aunoyin duringthe daytime, part.icular'ly on the moi t,wind) ss days of late summer.

Many a m mb r ha l' frain d from p lay-ing his usunl numb r of rounds b can. ofthe discomfort h knows h will suff rfrom the mosquitoes, and it is not uncorn-mon, dur-ing th h i ht of th mosquitos ason, for a cours to b almost d sert dfor man days, with a cons quent 10 H of1 v nu to th club.

In ract, the pr eva lenc or absenc of mos-quito s i fr qu ntIy th d ciding factorbet we n an op rating- profit and an OJ) rat-ing loss. and th r for a subject whlchshould b f k en int rest to country clubofficials re spon ible for running pen. s,

Are mosquito san ce ary evil? PO'i-t iv ly not. unless your club 1. • ur round dhy swamps and, even th n, th rase is nothop less.

On the contrary, th p t can he Iim-

inat d, or at least r atly abat d, by anyclub willing to follow a f w imul pre-v nti e m 'a sures, for th mosquit oes of agiv n ar a ar for the most part hatchedfrom egg. laid in the im m diat ic in it.y.In it, lif tim, th mosquito rar ly t ra 'elfar from its bir thplac , for it i: a notablypoor fly 1', F'rom the vi wpoint of thecountry club. t her for, th problem ofeliminating th mosquito amounts to non.or than a dopt ing the ncce sar y nrecau-tions on the club arounrls.Mo quito's History

Tt L w 11 to consider th salient deta ilsof the mosquito" - life hi storv. Th e' 'are d posited in any a ailabl body or sta .nan vater. day or so later th y hatchinto larvae 01' "wigglers," a popularlyca11 d. The w iggl rs feed on th bottombut mus t com to the surface J) rf odicallyto hr athe. . th days pas th raresorn unimportant changes in th iggl r'sapp arance but within ten days, g n rally1 s, th adult mosquito form s, Thu itcan b se n that durin th of the

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summer there will be many generations ofmosquitoes in a given area, and such pre-ventive mea ures as are adopted must hepersisted in if the mosquito population istv be held at a minimum.

The most stmple and effective method ofcontrol is to abolish or render uninhabit-able the haunts of the wiggler. In golfand country clubs, the most fertile sourcis very liable to be the water hazards. par-ticularly if these hazards take the form ofstill ponds. Wigglers cannot live in run-ning streams. but if there is any still wateron your course it is the natural birth placeof millions of mosquitoes, and the propermosquito-proofing measures should obvi-ously be directed at such ponds first.

The old standard treatment was to oilthe surface with kerosene, thus formingan oil film which suffocated the wiggl rswhen they came up to breathe. But therewere objections to this treatment. Theodor of the kero sene was unpleasant; thefilm collected dust which later sotletl thegrasses at the edge' of the pond; and. mostimportant of all, a golf ball hit into thepond could not easily be recovered.

The better method of treating water haz-ards is to deepen the edges of the pond,remove the v egetation that grows along itsmargins, and then stork the pond witheither goldfish, silver fish or "top min-nows." These fish will soon rid the pondof wigglers. Tt is n eessary to deepen theedges and to remove the vegetation so thatt'he fish can reach all parts of the pond.Otherwise, if the edges taper gradually off,the wigglers can develop into adults inwater too shallow for the fish to reachthem.

It should be noted that kerosene and fishcannot both he used, as the oil-film willsuffocate the fish just as it does the wig-glers.

A Wiggler PreventiveAs a supplern ntary preventive to make

sure that the pond is kept free of wigglers,it is recommended that a mixture of oneper cent paris green and 99 per cent roaddust or fine sand be prepared and a fewhandfuls of this mixture be spr ink leil inthe pond at fr quent intervals. This mix-ture will kill thousands of wigglers hut istoo weak to hurt the fish or vegetation.

After the water hazar-ds hav heen mos-qu ito-proofed attention should he turnedto ornamental pools about the grounds,fountains and the like, and th so pool'should b stock id with goldfish.

COLFDOM

Located near

air and un-hre din of

.Ii htlvaround the rim of 's-pool cov 1 o~septic tank, have the br ak I' .pa ired. Itif amazing how sli ht a crack, 'ill Iurni hthe necessary passag way to allow til f'e-male mosquito to ent I' and d no. it gg. inth s ideal locations, wh re br eding cango on unchecked. Mak sure, wh n e. am-ining these spots, tha th COYer: th m-selves fit ttcht and firm.

The water tanks nee isary for drinkingwater, or shower baths, should b . r n d,whether these tank' ar indoor. or out.Mosquitoes get instd of buildings andthey breed and lay gg' just as readily in-doors as out.

If there are fire buckets about the clubhouse and the oth r building. on thgrounds, instruct the employ > who. dutvit is to keen these buck ts filled to mptythe water irom them and I' fill at 1 astonce a week during th mosquito season.Thus the water will be chang d b for suf-ficient time has elapsed to allow th mos-quito wiggler to mature.

Examine the roof drains of every build-ing on the grounds and clean out any pip sstopped up by leaves or d br is. F r iquontlysuch places hold wat l' for many day aft rrain and are, therefor, ideal l;ret'dingIIIaces. This is particularly t.ru wheretrees overhang the roof' or wh re orna-mental vines have grown up over theporches.

Attention should next he dir .cted to thclub dumping Found because h re old bot-tl s, tin cans, dishes, cooking ut nsil. andbox s accumulate and, ith ach rain (,01.lect water. }ijven a very mall amount ofwater such as these article' will hold issufficient to breed many thousands of mo _qu itoes. Accor-dingly. th club mploy 'hohaul.s waste material to the dump houldIJe instructed to e: am in it per iod lcallyand turn, mouth down, all I' icepta Ie

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