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1-.1 Espinosa, the Sportsman's Club pro, will now be sureof sleek, velvety greens and fairways with minimum laborand water. Edward Dearie, architect and desiqner of thegrounds, knows that his coursewill always be fresh and greendespite hot mid-westerndroughts. For Thompson Mas-ter Sprinklers are designed togive thoro, even coverage.

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There are possibly nearly as many methodsof caring for greens as there are golf coursesand any of them are good if the desired re-sult is obtained and the membership is pleased.One thing we would like to add is that thegame of golf is played before you get to thegreen and a green should not be a hazard.No green should have a pitch of more thanthree per cen t, for more than this will cause aball to gather momentum on a well-cut green.There should be undulations to add to thebeauty; but we do not feel the greens shouldbe freaks.

Last we discussed tees and as several wantedto test the tees, greens and bunkers of theMound Builders course this discussion wasra ther brief.

We believe the tees should be the determin-ing factor in the length and difficulties of agolf course. Tees should, if possible forbeauty and minimum of maintenance cost,be large and as nearly as possible conform tothe characteristics of the surroundings. Oneper cent slope on tees from front to back isall that is sufficient for drainage. We haveoften seen tees made after the box pattern,\vhen by moving them from ten to twentyyards you have an absolutely natural teeavailable, which \vould add materially to thebeauty of your course, and also simplify yourupkeep.

If you \vant to keep your membershiphappy, and that is what \ve are all strivingfor, go out and smooth the grooves out ofthe bunkers, pu t the holes in an easy place onthe green, and let them play your 445 yardholes at about 390 and 400, and most all willcome in \vith a lo\v score and if the minordetails such as cups, to\vels, ball washers andthe hundred other things around a coursehave been looked after they \\,ill call it aperfect day.

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Mid~West Greenkeepers' PageBY A. L. BRANDON, Secretary

A. L. BRANDON

A Wide ..Awake Secretary

The August meeting will be held at Shore-acres Monday 25. Those of you who plan toplay golf, had better tune up a little, for weunderstand that a little accuracy will beneeded. Mr. Alec Binnie (1929, Midwestpresiden t) is the green keeper.

Blessed is the organizationthat has a secretary who ison the job. The Mid- \VestGreenkeepers have one in A. L.Brandon whose photo we areprivileged to publish thismonth. He is a greenkeepertoo and a darn good one sowe hear. At his home course,Saint Charks Countrv Club.he is extremely well likedand the members know thathe is working for them earlyand late. Between times heworks for the Mid- \Vest andhis page here every monthspeaks for his energy andinitiative. I t is indeed a realpleasure to introduce him toour readers around theworld.

Robt. E. Power, Editor

Bent Greens

The Skokie meeting of the Midwest Green-keepers again produced an enthusiastic gather-ing. Skokie Country Club showed the im-print of the long drouth, as do all other clubsin this district that have not made fairwaywatering part of their regular maintenanceprogram.

Midwest members who acted as marshalsat the Beverly Country Club during theWestern Ama teur certainly have to admi t tha tits condition was excellent; also that it pro-vides a test of golf. Matt Bezek, Midwestpresident is the green keeper at Beverly.

Cyril Tolley's driving also caused many"Oh's" and "Ah's" from the gallery.

A fact which can't be denied-that regard-less of where your local organization meet orhow often, the alert greenkeeper can alwayspick up a poin t or two.

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From our own Nursery we can supplythe Genuine Washington Strain of Creep-ing Bent Stolons. Ask for the namesof cI ubs in your locali ty tha t havegreens produced from our Bent.

For your fairways which have doubt-less suffered from the severe summer,we suggest Scott's Seed. Ask forquotations on New Crop Kentucky BlueGrass. Redtop. Chewings Fescue andany other grasses in which you areinterested.

Write. wire or phone for prices. Play safewith Scott quality. 1100 other clubs do.

The annual Midwest greenkeepers tourna-ment will be held in September. The Tourna-ment committee have Chain 0' Lakes,Medinah Country Club and Mr. Laskers' MillRoad Farm Course offered to them for thistournamen t.

The continued drouth seems to be the sub-ject of all conversations-the old-timers tell-ing "back in so and so when Turtle Creekwent plumb dry," others blaming the radioand still others contribute the spell to DickByrd's trip to the South Pole-anyway itsure tests the calibre of the green keeper.

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The rainfall here has been abou t 55 per cen tof normal so we have been more fortunatethan other regions. Probably the most damag-ing have been the high abnormal temperature,plus high scorching winds.

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Ontario Greenkeepers Hold ShowBY J. H. EVANS

Golf Editor, Toronto Globe

September 9 has been sele~ted for the secondannual exhibition of golf course equipmentunder the auspices of the Ontario Green-keepers' association. The date was chosenon accoun t of the Canadian National Ex-hibition where nationally. and internationallyknown manufacturers exhibit their wares .. . .

The exhibition closes on September 6, thusenabling the green keepers association to securea wide range of machinery and equipmentfor its show which is to be held on the RoyalYork course.

without success to promote a gathering ofthis description. Quebec has worked througha cooperative association with buying as animportant feature of its activities and with asalaried official to visit clubs when the green-keeper required ~ssistance, while Ontario'sactivities have been educational with meetingsin the summer months conducted as a forumand continued throughout the winter \viththe assistance of lecturers from Federal andProvincial governments.

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Four representative greenkeepers from Que-bec are to attend the exhibition. Their co-workers in Ontario plan to take advantageof their presence to discuss the advantages ofbigger and more representative organization.

For the first time there will be a meetingof Ontario and Quebec greenkeepers \vhen theexhibition is held. Efforts have been made

Announcemen t of September 9 as the dateof the exhibition resulted in a response frommanufacturers which exceeded the expecta-tions of President W. J. Sansom of the as-sociation. He had found it difficult tointerest them in the first exhibition and itsworth as a medium through which club presi-dents and officers of Green committees couldbe interested in equipment. Pennsylvania;Toro; Crane, Ltd.; J acobsson; Worthington:Rice, Lewis; Taylor, Forbes; Aikenhead;Golf, Ltd. are some of the firm's who havepromised to support the exhibition.

In addition to their practical support, thefirm's supporting the exhibition have takenspace in a program being issued by the Green-keepers' association. Through the program,the association will be able to convey a mes-sage to the course superintendent and green-keeper on the several hundred eighteen andnine-hole courses in the Dominion. Themessage, setting forth the appeal of the as-sociation for support is to be written by Mr.Sansom and from every other angle the ex-hibition will be used for the purpose ofpropaganda.

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in the United States discusses the effects ofthe drought and the farm leader in Canadaseeks for relief from the pending calamity,the course superintendent in eastern Canadahas no problem of any proportion on itshands yet, nor does he expect any as the daysshorten and the days and nights become de-cidedly cool. Some showers which are boundto appear will relieve him of his responsibili-ties.

The Toronto Golf club has been chosenfor the triangular championship of the British,United States and Canadian seniors' associa-tions. The putting surface is perfect, but thefairway has been burned in spots. Mr. San-som has assured the club that the course hassuffered no damage and will be in shape fortender-footed seniors who played their cham-pionship on it two years ago and came backto it on account of its delightful turf.

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age suffered by clubs in Ontario, while thereis no indication of such in Quebec," said Mr.Sansom. "This is in spite of the fact thatwe haven't had any rainfall of consequencesince May 14. I doubt if I can recall a seasonwith as little rainfall and with as little realloss. Last year the drought came in August,extended in to September and October andbefore the courses could be well soaked withearly snows and rains, a severe winter com-menced, precipitating problems sufficient tomake all of us hustle this spring."

Mr. Sansom stated that green keepers whoattended the monthly meeting of the associa-tion at the Osha wa Golf club were amazed tofind fairways and putting surface of bentgrass unaffected by dry weather. The meet-ing after a comparison of notes on conditionselsew here came to the conclusion tha t clubshad been extremely fortunate and would es-cape wi thou t trouble provided fall and earlywin ter was normal.

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New England NotesBY LLEWELLYN L. DERBY

Due to a change in program the Green-keepers Club of New England held theirmonthly meeting on the fourth at the Aga-wam Hunt Club, East Providence, R. 1. in-stead of at Worcester as planned. Membersof the recently organized Rhode Island clubsa t in for a very pleasant meeting.

John A. F. Graham, 69, greenkeeper ofthe Needham (Mass.) Golf Club, collapsedof heart trouble on the eighth green of thiscourse he loved so well and died before hecould be taken to a hospital. Well knownand admired by hundreds of golfers, he hadoften expressed the wish to President GeorgeM. Pond of the Needham club that he woulddie on the course. He made the Needhamcourse his life work and as President Pondstated, practically built the layout as it now is.

Although at this stage of the season thearidity is still at least one standing jump be-hind last summer's record drou th, the fact re-mains that New England courses continue tobe parched and dry and the arrival of moisturecontinues to be postponed.

Springfield, Mass. folks are still hopeful ofeasing the pressure on their one municipalcourse, Franconia, by adding another. Justnow, however, the proposition has landed verymuch in the "rough" and it will take someskillful stroking to reach the" green."

This is the how of it. As we men tioned lastmonth, Nathan D. BilL who was largely re-sponsible for Franconia, secured an option ona 120-acre tract with a purchase price of$60,000 and started things off with a $10,000contribution. Since that time several otheramounts have been pledged but still the totalwas far away and the option due to lapsesoon.

At this juncture Mayor Winter in confer-ence with the War Memorial Committee pro- l

posed that $83,000 which is available as awar memorial fund be used to put through amemorial field and a golf course on the pro- l

posed tract.

Right here, though, is where the fur be-gins to fly. The proposal was put before the 4

American Legion and unanimously indorsed l

as a means whereby the memorial funds might ~4

be used for a purpose beneficial to the com-4

munity at large. But this is by no means the ~use to which the funds should be put, accord-ing to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Theyfeel that a memorial building is more ap-propriate, feel tha t the majori ty of veteransfeel the same way, and will conduct a strawvote of the 10,000 or more Springfield veter-ans to see \vhich way the \vind blows on thequestion. So, for the time being this WesternMassachusetts city \vill have but one muni-cipal course.

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The LawnBY LAWRENCE S. DICKINSON

Ass't. Professor of HorticultureMassachusetts Agricultural College

Defines and describes the Culture of Turf in Park,Golfing and Home areas.

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Greenkeeper George J. Rommell of theCharles River Country Club is beginning tothink that there will be no divots to worryabout on the fourth hole, at least when acertain miss is playing his course. Not longago on two successive days Miss Eleanor LaBonte stepped up to the fourth tee and follow-ing a beautiful iron shot watched the balltrickle into the cup 153 yards away.

And speaking of divots, I wonder \.\Thatpercen tage of those that are replaced evercatch on and live. Not too many, I guess.I suppose it would be revolutionary and radi-cal and all that not to insist that our goodfriends put them back from whence they came,just for the morals of the thing. but it isinteresting to pick up some of these dried clodsand see how hard the grass is trying to growin spite of them. Perhaps it is technique thatis needed to make Nature's patchwork quiltlook like new again, and sad to relate, perhapsour arden t friends are not more skilled in suchmatters than in the game they are going tosuch "depths" to master.

James J. Ferme, greenkeeper at the MyopiaHunt Club, finds that some players replacedivots, or see that their caddies do it, in a veryconscien tious manner, while others do it per-functorily and others neglect it completely.During weather which is as hot and dryas atpresen t, the divot's chances of recovery areslim indeed. He feels, therefore, that the bestway to heal divot marks is to fill them upwi th prepared soil and seed.

He takes about a yard of screened loam andmixes with it about 50 pounds of grass seedto sui t the soil. A handful of this mixtureis dropped into every divot mark noticed andpressed down with the foot. The most sa tis-factory way seems to be to send ou t two menwith a cart up the center of the course withthe men working away from it, one on eitherside. Carrying a quantity of soil in a bucket,they will cover a few fairways a day and it isincredible how quickly and thoroughly thesescars can be healed if the work is done sys-tematically.

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A considerable amount of grass webwonphas made its appearance on courses in theBoston district.

With Tom Thumb courses springing intoexistence on almost every unoccupied cornerlot and gas station, it is getting to the pointwhere the man at the gas pump had bestwatch out lest he knock the elbow of Somehigh-strung putter as he grinds out five gal-lons .. There is a place for these small imita-tions of the real thing, aqd so far as the writerknows, there are none there.

Just the other day the story came out thatgolf had invaded the precincts of the NewHampshire State Prison at Concord. Thereis a demand for second hand clubs, both rightand left and Warden Charles B. Clarke feelsthat the game is helpful and of good influenceon his boarders. Here is a place where "outof bounds" means something, where it is

really necessary to play "pee\vee" golf.

The judiciary seem to feel that this ab-breviated version of the game is not reallygolf. In ruling that a miniature course pro-posed for a White Plains, N. Y. residentialdistrict didn't come under the provision ofthe zoning laws which permitted a golf coursein the section, Supreme Court Justice Wits-chief didn't say what it was but he said itwasn't golf that is being played on thesemini ature courses.

And out in Chicago Judge John H. Lylesays it isn't golf but it's disorderly conduct-playing on miniature golf courses in the earlyhours of the morning. The fine is $200 andcosts for a misdemeanor of this kind whenthe neighbors are trying to sleep.

But we have had the 18-day diet, sun tan,and now Tom Thumb golf. Next!

,. !1~E 15th TEE AT PINE VALLEY, CLE~IENTO:\, :\, ).1/lls IS a thrce-shot holc al/(l C'l'cr.\' shot /II/1sf bl' hit Oil the IIose

[,hoto by H. Arlllstrollfl Roberts, Phi/II,

Soils and Sub~SoilsBY BILL LINDSAY, Greenkeeper

Manchester (N. H.) Country Club

PRESENT day green keepers are expectedto produce a heal thy growth of grass towi thstand the ravages of golfer's foot-

wear throughout the year.In many cases the soil on golf courses is

of a heavy clayey nature more suitable forproducing bricks than for getting a first classturf on it. In other cases it consists of a puresandy loam that will not retain either fertilizeror moisture in any shape or form. Betweenthese two extremes we find golf courses laidout in peat, gravel, chalk and loam.

Now a green keeper, to be successful, musthave a working knowledge of these soils; ina word he must have an elementary idea ofthe origin, composition and general classifi-ca tions of soils; in short, a slight understand-ing of Geology. Let me explain here.

Now, the actual surface of the earth as wesee it to-day in the cultivated parts of thecoun try consists of mold or vegetable soil; inother parts we see large tracts of barren rockswhich vary in character, some are brimstone,sandstone, granite, slate, etc. The most com-mon must have originally been formed by andwith water, others have been formed by fire.Now bearing these simple facts in mind it iswell to remember that rocks are the mineralconstituents of the earth, beneath any mold orsoil that may have accumulated upon themand that the most of the soils .that we find inour golf courses are originally derived fromrocks and many of these important propertiesof the soil can be traced to the rocks beneaththem.

It is well known from the best authoritiesthat every kind of vegetable soil was oncerock which by the repeated action of heat,

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cold, air, and water has been broken down toa fine state of dust, mud or sand. This pro-cess is known as weathering. But vegetationhas a good deal to do with this also, fordoubtless you have noticed small lichens grow-ing on the face of rocks exposed on the cliffor quarry,

We wonder how any plan t can live in sucha position, but the secret of it is that thelichens draw a good deal of the nourishmentnecessary for their existence from the atmo-sphere. Now all this is weathering and goesto ill ustra te how soils are formed.

Having said so much with regard to theorigin of soils I want next to bring your at-tention to the distinction between sub-soilsand top soils. This is easy to detect; the topsoil acquires its richness in humus mainly fromthe decaying of deeper roots, also to the workof earthworms. Top soils are generally richin humus and the elements of plant life.

Fortunate indeed is the greenkeeper whosecourse is laid out on loam, the richest soiland well supplied with humus and the otherelemen ts of plan t foods. These soils arcusually deep and not compact, thus admittingof the percolation of water, consequently verylittle drainage is necessary. At the same timethey retain moisture during the summermonths and do not dry up too rapidly.

The first necessity for a good soil on a golfgreen I consider to be one that will hold mois-ture and the second, one that has power tosuck up water from lower levels by capillaryattraction. Of the requirements sand has theleast water retaining or absorbent power, clayhas four times and humus six times the capac-ity of sand to hold moisture. When water

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Flintridge Country club in Pasadena is about toconstruct a new number 4 hole on its championshipcourse.

has built a new polo field to accommodate the interna-tional competitors. This club also has built three newgreens and three new fairways.

Old San Gabriel Country Club is in the process ofcompleting seventeen modern greens. The work,which was started on May 30 under the supervisionof William P. Bell, has been put through in recordtime.

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Death Valley golf course, all grass, and located inthe lowest and hottest point in the United States, isbeing made ready for the tourist season which starts inNovember. In spite of the heat and the arid environ-ment, the surrounding mountains supply enough waterto irrigate the course every day. The fairways are ofBermuda grass and the greens and tees are of Pacey rye.During the summer months the thermometer hoversaround 130 degrees in the shade.

The Greenkeepers' Association of Southern Cali-fc.rnia in conjunction with the Southern CaliforniaGolf Association, is arranging for the construction ofa greenkeepers' experimental station on the grounds ofthe Brentwood Golf club at Santa Monica. Underpresent plans. greenkeepers will take complete charge ofthe station and will attempt to solve some of theunique problems which vex them on the Pacific Coast.

C. M. Cavanaugh, greenkeeper of the Los AngelesCountry club recently has returned from the HawaiianIslands where he made an extensive survey of turf

'production and maintenance conditions in that terri-tory.

Midwick Country Club in preparation for the 1932Olympic Games which will be held in Los Angeles

California GossipBy ARTHUR LANGTON

Royal Palms Golf club has been bought by thecounty of Los Angeles. This course, which is locatedon the cliffs near San Pedro, Los Angeles Harbor, andthe immediate surroundings will be turned into apu blic golf course, bathing beach, and recreation park.

drains away from loam or clay the drainageis never complete for these soils after beingwatered retain some little moisture, but onvery sandy soil you lose even that littleamount of moisture.

The moral of this is to change that soil,either by fertilizer or top dressings of goodloam. With .regards to great cohesion, I amconvinced that this is sometimes brought aboutby over rolling with a heavy roller in someshape or form, thus causing bad drainage,sourness and coldness.

I think that you will readily agree that theideal soil for producing a suitable turf forgolfing purposes the whole year through,having due regard to climatic conditions dur-ing the year, is a medium loam. For such asoil is fine grained in texture and has thepower to lift water easily by capillary attrac-.tion during dry summers, at the same timeis sufficiently open for air to enter freely andwater to percolate during wet weather, and insuch a soil you do not get the bad faults ofclayey or sandy soil.

There are three things which are absolutelyessen tial for the gr,owth of good grass, 1st,humus; 2nd, warmth; 3rd, moisture. Tosum up in a few simple words it means youmust have nitrogen in your dressing whichmust change into nitrate before it is availablefor the roots of the grass plants.

Lastly, I'll conclude that these are my ownsimple convictions in regard to soils and foun-dations for a good course and greens.

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Why I Use HumusBy FRED A. BURKHARDT, GreenheeperWestwood Country Club, Cleveland

I use humus for soil texture, having greens built onOhio's famous yellow clay, I needed something tobreak up the soil and give the grass roots a chance. Byusing one part sand, one part humus, and one partsandy loam I have been able to develop a light soil outof a heavy one,

Humus can also be used in sandy soils for holdingplant food. Like a sponge it will hold the soil waterand your soluble fertilizer will also be held in thesol ution.

After you have your soil in condition and get a goodstand of grass, you will find you won't have to keepyour greens wet with water to hold a pitched ball.

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No Water"J ust to think," says Harry Burkhardt, Manakiki

greenkeeper, "that three quarters of the earth surfaceis covered with water and we have been out of wateras far as our course is concerned for over three weeks,

"By running a tank wagon to a river a mile and aquarter away, then hauling the water to the course, wespray it onto the greens with a Hardie Sprayer. Wecarry 400 gallons of water to a load and three loadsto a green getting over all the greens at least once a'week, in this way we have been able to keep a littlelife in the grass."

Mr. Nierman, chairman of the Green committeemade a spiker in his shop out of 3/8th bolts and bypenetrating the hard surface we have been able to getwater down to the roots.

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