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ContentsTURF MEETING AT NEW BRUNSWICK

By Doctor Howard B. SpraAue uuuu uuuu_u 5MORE ABOUT THE SEASON OF 193Lu__u u_u_uu_ 7MICHIGAN GREENKEEPERS MEET

By Herbert E. Shave u_uu_uuu 10GREENKEEPING TODAY AND TOMORROW

By Professor L. S. Dickinson - Chapter IX 11BUFF ALO COURSE FINE

By Arthur Stephen u U h __ UUU u u 14BIRMINGHAM ENTERTAINS

By Fred W. Sherwood u u u u u u u u u 14CANADIAN NEWS

By]. H. Evans u u __uu u 15PACIFIC COAST GOSSIP

By Arthur LanAton uuuuu u 15

OKLAHOMA NEWSBy Merle ZweifeL u u u u 17

MINNESOT A GOSSIPBy H. E. Stodola u u u _u u u _u 17

CLEVELAND NEWSBy Walter E. Knowles u uu u 18

MID-WEST NOTESBy A. L. Brandon u u u __u u u __ 19

SCHOOL IN GOLF COURSE ARCHITECTURE u u _ 19GOLF NEWS 20

GREENKEEPER JIM'S DREAMBy B. P. Hanan __u uuu uuu_u_u_u 22

AROUND THE OFFICE DESK '__ 23MARKET PLACE AND BUYERS' GUIDE 24

John Quaill, SecretaryHighland Country Club426 Highland AvenueWest View, Pittsburgh, Penn.

Officers---National Ass-'n of Greenkeepers of AmericaJohn Morley, President Fred A. Burkhardt, Treasurer Robert J. Hayes, Third Vice Pres.

Youngstown Country Club Westwood Country Club Pelham Country Club2248 Selma Avenue Cleveland, Ohio Pelham Manor, New YorkYoungstown, Ohio John MacGregor, First Vice Pres. George Davies, Fourth Vice Pres.

Chicago Golf Club Big Springs Golf ClubBox 717, Wheaton, Illinois Louisville, Kentucky

Wm. J. Sansom, Second Vice Pres. John Anderson, Fifth Vice Pres.Toronto Golf Club Crestmont Country ClubLong Branch, Ontario, Can. West Orange, New Jersey

DISTRICT VICE PRESIDENTSELMER F AFFELDT, Engineers'

Country Club, Roslyn, Long Island,New York.

A. E. ARNOLD, Masonic Country Club,Grand Rapids, Michigan.

C. J. AUGUSTO, Del Monte CountryClub, Del Monte, Calif.

G. W. BARNES, Banff Springs GolfCourse, Banff, Alberta, Canada.

C. G. BARTON, Sylvania Golf Club,Toledo, Ohio.

ALEX UINNIE, Shoreacres Golf Club,Lake llluff, Ill.

JAMES BOLTON, Berkshire CountryClub, Reading, Pennsylvania.

MICHAEL BlSSEL, Montclair GolfClub, Montclair, New Jersey.

ALEX BOYD, Rainier Country Club,Seattle, Washington.

A. L. BRANDON, Saint Charles Coun-try Club, Saint Charles, Illinois.

CARL A. BRETZLAFF, Meridian HillsCountry Club, Indianapolis, Indiana.

PA UL BROCKHA USEN, New BlueMound Country Club, Wauwatosa,Wisconsin.

THOMAS BRYDON, Kahkwa CountryClub, Erie, Pennsylvania.

J. O. CAMPBELL, Wethersfield Coun-try Club, Hartford. Conecticut.

JAMES CONNAUGHTON, Monroe GolfClub, Pittsford, New York.

CARL DAVIS, Moonbrook CountryClub, Jamestown, New York.

E. F.. DAVIS, Meadville Country Club,Meadville, Pennsylvania.

M. L. DePARLIEN, Gulf Stream GolfClub, Delray Beach, Florida.

THOS. E. DOUGHERTY, Sprin~havenCountry Club, Chester, Pennsylavnia.

GORDON W. EARL, Ogdensburg Coun-try Club, Ogdensburg, New York.

CHARLES ERICKSON. MinikahdaClub. Minneapolis, Minnesota.

FRANK W. ERMER, Ridgewood-Willo-wick Golf Clubs, Cleveland, Ohio.

LEWIS M. EVANS, Tam O'ShanterGolf Club, Canton, Ohio.

O. E. EVANS, Country Club, York-town, Virginia.

R. E. FARMER, Brynwood CountryClub, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

D. ALLEN FRASER, Berkshire Huntand Country Club, Lenox, Mass.

THOS. C. GOODMAN, NormansideCountry Club, Albany, New York.

FORD GOODRICH, Flint Country Club,Flint, Michigan.

JOHN GRAY, Essex Golf and CountryClub, Sandwich, Ontario, Canada.

J. E. HAMMER, JR., Memphis Coun-try Club, Memphis, Tennessee.

HARRY HANSON, Maple Bluff Coun-try Club, Madison, Wisconsin.

H. HA W KINS, Lakeview Golf Club,Port Credit, Ontario.

ROBERT HENDERSON, Country Clubof Buffalo. Williamsville, N. Y.

G. HOLMQUIST, Fort Wayne CountryClub, Fort Wayne, Indiana.

FRANK J. HOSNER, Glendale Golf andCountry Club, Saginaw, Michigan.

ARTHUR J. JENSEN, Fargo CountryClub, Fargo, N. D.

CHAS. S. KESSELRING, MoundsvilleCountry Club, Moundsville, WestVirginia.

FRED LARRENCE, Deal Golf Club,Oakhurst, New Jersey.

M. W. LAWRENCE, West End Coun-try Club, New Orleans, Louisiana.

GEORGE LIVINGSTONE, Bell MeadeCountry Club, Nashville, Tennessee.

HUGH LUKE, Garden City CountryClub, Garden City, New York.

JEROME MACDONALD, PalmettoGolf Club, Aiken. South Carolina.

TOM K. McCLENAHAN. Mayfair Golfand Country Club, Edmonton, Al-berta, Canada.

JOE P. MAYO. Pebble Beach CountryClub, Pebble Beach, California.

CHESTER MENDENHALL, WichitaCountry Club, Wichita, Kansas.

T. H. RIGGS MILLER, RichmondCounty Country Club, Staten Island,New York.

HUGH C. MOORE, St. Simon's IslandGolf Club, St. Simon's Island, Ga.

JAMES MUIRDEN, Ridgewood GolfClub, Cincinnati. Ohio.

L. T. PARKER, Pasadena Golf Club,Pasadena, California.

WILLIAM E. PERKINS, Yale AthleticAss'n., New Haven, Connecticut.

JOHN PIRIE, Whippoorwill CountryClub, Chappaqua, N. Y.

CLARENCE PLOSS, Salem, Mass.EDWIN O. PRATT, Mission Hills

Country Club, Kansas City, Kansas.WALTER C. REED, Westwood Coun-

try Club, St. Louis, Mo.ROBERT SCOTT, Baltimore Country

Club, Baltimore, Maryland.H. E. SHAVE, Oakland Hills Country

Club, Birmingham, Michigan.CLARENCE W. STROUSE, Highland

Country Club, Grand Rapids, Mich.DAVID TAIT, Northwood Country

Club, Meridian. Mississippi.RALPH THOMAS, Sandy Burr Coun-

try Club, Waltham, Massachusetts.D. R. VALENTINE, Beaumont Country

Club, Beaumont, Texas.JOSEPH VALENTINE. Merion Cricket

Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.TOM VARDON, Yacht Club, White

Bear. Minnesota.RICHARD WATSON, Chevy Chase

Golf Club, Washington, D. C.BONNIE WEAVER, Burlington Golf

Club. Burlington. Iowa.GEORGE WELLI~, Tumblebrook

Country Club, New Britain. Conn.JACK WELSH, Wakonda Country

Club, Des Moines, Iowa.SAM WHITING. Olympic Club, San

Francisco, California.JOSEPH WILLIAMSON, Scioto Coun-

try Club, Columbus, Ohio.WALTER WOODWARD. Senneville

Country Club, Montreal, Quebec,Canada.

NOVEMBER

1931

VOLUME V

NUMBER XI

J/re NATIONAL

GREENKEEPEROfficial Organ of The

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Turf Meeting at New BrunswickBy DOCTOR HOWARD B. SPRAGUE, Agronomist

State of New Jersey, Agricultural Experiment Station

~ HE fall meeting on the turf experimental plots effect of fertilization on putting turf on the abund-in New Brunswick, New Jersey, was held on Octo- ance of crab grass and broad-leafed plantain.ber 5. The meeting was called at 3 p. m. and was Crab grass appeared to grow under a wide vari-attended by nearly 200 visitors. ety of soil conditions, provided the turf was not

Members of the Green committees of golf courses making vigorous growth. Plantain was not ablein this region, greenkeepers, commissioners and to survive on strongly acid soils. Data were pre-superintendents of public parks, representatives of sented on the effect of the various systems of fer-airports, seed houses, and fertilizer and turf equip- tilizing bent turf upon the root development ofment concerns were present. Each of the several grass at putting green length. The comparison ofhundred plots was carefully labeled so that the visi- ten kinds of grass for putting attracted much at-tors could draw their own conclusions as to the tention.effect of the various treatments. Other experiments which were inspected during

A discussion of the results obtained from these the course of the afternoon included the quality ofexperiments was held on the plots during the course turf on various types of soil imported from otherof the afternoon. Attention was called to the root parts of the state; the value of different types ofdevelopment of various species of grass when cut organic matter additions for improving the physi-at putting green and lawn lengths. In addition, cal condition of the soil; and mixtures of grasses forthere was an excellent opportunity to observe the turf maintained at law and putting green length;

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DOCTOR SPRAGUE EXPLAINING TURF PLOTS TO NEW JERSEY GREENKEEPERS ANDCHAIRMEN AT TURF MEETING AT NE\x' BRUNSWICK

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fertilizers for fairways; the ability of variousspecies of grasses to endure close mowing; and acomparison of soil mixtures in which the texturesvaried from sand to sandy loam, loam, and clayloam.

The visitors also inspected the controlled experi-ments being conducted in the green house, on theeffect of organic matter additions to the soil, andmulching with organic matter, on the water econ-omy of turf plants. The belief was expressed thatthe type of information being obtained from theseexperiments would aid in deciding under whatcondition fairway watering becomes a necessity,and the principles which must be observed wherewatering systems are installed.

ARNOTT PRESIDES AT DINNER

A.T SIX o'clock the group adjourned to the HotelWoodrow \X1ilson for dinner. Mr. R. F. Arnott ofthe U. S. Golf Association, and the New JerseyGolf Association, was in charge of the evening pro-gram. The first talk was given by Dr. H. B.Sprague of the N. J. Agricultural Experiment Sta-tion on the abundance of roots at different soillevels with various species of grass, and the rela-tion of root growth to the amount of clippingsremoved.

It was shown that cutting at ~" largely re-stricted root developmen t to the upper 4 or 5 inchesof soil, whereas, mowing at ~8" permitted the rootsystelTI to extend 2 or 3 inches deeper. In all cases,however, very few roots penetrated further than9 inches. This was apparently due to the fact thatthis soil, which had been under cultivation formany years previously, had been plowed no deeperthan 6 or 8 inches. The greatest root developmentoccurred in the plowed zone to which lime andfertilizer had been applied at some time during thepast.

Attention was also drawn to the influence of fer-tilizer treatment on the development of rootswhere the type of grass was the same throughout.I t was shown that acid soils prevent the decay ofdead roots. There is an apparent increase in weightof roots on such plots, but in this case root weightdoes not serve as a satisfactory index of root activ-ity. The treatments producing the most vigorousturf were those in which the soil was mildly acid,and this was accompanied with a marked develop-

ment of roots extending to approximately the 9thinch.

From the data presented, it was obvious that itwill no longer be satisfactory to consider only theupper 2 or 3 inches in caring for putting green turf.

PROF. WHITE DISCUSSES FERTILIZERS

PROF. J. W. WHITE of the Pennsylvania StateCollege gave a discussion of the fundamentals un-derlying fertilizer practice. He called attention tothe necessity for using lime in preventing the ac-cumulation of excessive acidity, and likewise theneed for phosphates and potash on fairways.

He recommended that nitrogen fertilization berestrained, particularly on putting greens, sinceheavy fertilization produces the type of turf whichwas likely to suffer from disease and mechanicalinjury. Prof. White also called attention to theneed for further research on plant and soil prob-lems.

Prof. H. B. ~1usser of the Pennsylvania StateCollege considered briefly the breeding work be-ing conducted in an attempt to produce strains ofturf grasses which are more resistent to disease andtolerant of soil conditions, than any strain nowavailable.

Mr. John Anderson of the Crestmont Golf Clubrepresen ted the National Greenkeepers' Associa-tion, and conveyed to the assemblage a messagefrom Colonel Morley, stating that he regretted notbeing able to attend, and appreciated the type ofwork being done in such conferences.

Greenkeepers Visit St. AndrewsBy WM. EDGECOMBE, Greenkeeper

cr'St. Andrew's Golf Course, York Mills, Ont.

~.l HE Ontario Greenkeepers held their monthly meet-mg at St. Andrews in September. A very interesting daywas spent looking over machinery and the golf course.We were honored with visitors from Chicago, NewYork, Pennsylvania and Montreal.

\'\1e ha ve twen ty -seven holes here at St. Andrewswhich are difficult to keep. Throughout the Province we~ave had h?t dry weather this summer, temperature be-Ing oftentimes up in the nineties, so that it has beennecessary for green keepers to be on their toes.

I had no brown patch or disease on my greens, butI sure did see some in places. I do think excessive water-ing bad for greens. I topdress about twice a month. Iuse as little fertilizer as possible-in June, July andAugust. There have not been any webworms in thisdistrict, which is something we are thankful for.

More About the Season of 1931 Answers to Colonel Morley's questionnaire requesting experiences of

greenkeepers dur ing the past summer

Editor's TSfote No Brown Patch at

Los Altos By TOM NICOLL

Los Altos Golf and Country

Club, Los Altos, Calif.

-£. N ANSWER to questionnaire of September 8, I will give my ex­perience.

One—I have never had web-worms.

Two—My greens were not effected with brown patch. I use no preventatives. I depend mostly on compost and good top soil for fertilizers, the compost being generally three years old and never less than two.

I have a regular schedule, aerating and top dressing my greens regularly April and Sep­tember each year. The spring dressing is composed of good screened top soil, which has been cultivated all the previous sum­mer, mixed with twenty pounds of 8-5-2 commercial fertilizer, made up to my order, for each green.

In September the greens are raked again and raked hard, up and down and across, cut and dressed with compost at the rate of about three-quarters of a yard to one hundred square yards. This is all the fertilizer I use, but I always keep a little sulphate of ammonia on hand to use as a stimulant by acting on the soil as drugs on the body of a if required. I may add that I didn't use half a ton of human addict, sapping its vitality and leaving it an this or any other stimulant all last year. e a s y p r e y t Q d i sease.

Three—Yes. Four—I certainly do think that the injudicious ° n l y o n c e d u r i n S m y o v e r twenty years' experi-

and constant use of highly nitrogenous stimulants ence as a greenkeeper have I had a sign of brown

alone, makes the greens more susceptible to disease, patch on my own greens, a very slight attack con-

]_ N LINE with the policy of the National Association of Greenkeepers of America, Colonel John Morley, president of the association, recently sent out his annual letter to greenkeepers throughout the United States and Canada requesting them to report conditions as they found them this season just past. It is a privilege to print for the benefit of those engaged in turf culture a condensed report from the most experienced greenkeepers from all parts of the country. What they say will be helpful to everyone concerned, be­cause their opinions are based upon practical experience as

contrasted with text-book theory.

We quote extracts from Colonel Morley's letter and also print his question­naire in full. Colonel Morley says:

"We have been through a hard season, hardly any of us has been immune from turf troubles due to the hot weather and drought.

"Golfers generally do not understand how we try to cope with unusual conditions and they are daily asking questions, not in a spirit of criticism but because they want to know and help us in any way they can.

" I t seems to me to be our duty to tell the members of our clubs through our official organ, the NATIONAL GREENKEEPER, something about the problems we had to solve in the season of 1931.

"Will you please, therefore, send our magazine a short account of what nature handed you and what you did along the lines of the enclosed questionnaire."

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THE NATIONAL GREENKEEPER

Prepared by COLONEL JOHN MORLEY, President,

National Association of Greenkeepers of America

1. Did your turf become infested with webworm? If so, what treatment did you apply, and what results if any did you observe?

2.—Was your turf affected with large or small brown patch? If not and you did not use any mercury compounds as a preventative, what methods did you use in the way of fertilization?

3.—Do you omit using organic fertilizers during the summer months?

4.—Do you think that over-feeding or over-watering hastens fungus diseases?

5.—Have you observed various diseases on greens that have been dried out for the lack of water and appear to receive plenty of air?

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fined to one green. This was some time ago and Iam still trying to figure-how come?

\Xlhen called to other clubs to prescribe for sickgreens, where I find brown patch the soil is gener-ally acid. My first step is to neutralize this condi-tion, than to combat and check the disease by somemercury compound, finally aerating the greens andbuilding them up with good compost dressings.

As to over-watering, my own custom is to waternine greens on alternate nights, five nights a weekfrom six to one with sprinklers. Each green there-fore gets a thorough soaking three nights one weekand twice the next week. Tees get the same water-ing. The greens that get watered twice this weekwill be watered three times next week and so on.

I have never found that they suffered by beingwell soaked if it is not done too often. The dangerlies, I think, in little and often rather than in muchand seldom. By watering the first part of the nightthe greens and tees are in fine condition for play inthe morning.

My fairways are divided into five sections, eachsection being watered all night once a week only,no watering Saturday or Sunday nights. They havenever had more; they keep in fine conditions andwe have no day watering.

Five-No. By building up the greens as we dotwice a year I find that they will go quite a whilewithout water without being permanently injured.

Monroe Believes In AirBy E. M. MONROE, Creel/keeper

Lakewood Coul/try Club, Edgewater, Colorado

I WILL try my utmost to answer your question-naire with my experiences. I have been very busyand unable to answer your letter any sooner. Aftermy day's work I am very tired and need my rest forthe following day's work. The weather was veryhot and very dry here in Edgewater all during thesummer and through the fall.. No webworms at all here.

I have found sulphate of ammonia to be one ofmy best remedies for golf courses during the sum-mer months. It gives me the best results. I do notuse any fertilizers during the three summer months.I topdress my greens spring and fall, twice in thefall so as to carry them through the hard and heavyplaying during the winter.

I had one brown spot show up in July. I did notuse any chemical at all, just stopped with my water-ing fer one night and raised up the grass to let theair in. In two days' time the grass turned greenagain and the turf was very thick and heavy.

Organic fertilizers may be all right, but I do notuse them out here. I have had wonderful successwith my method-the old method. The compostpile is -myoid standby. Your dirt keeps the holesleveled up, the sand opens the hard soil and themanure gives the rest of the results.

Grass is just like a human body. It will only standso much food and so much water. If you eat toomuch you cannot digest it and the result is you feelsluggish. If you drink too much what happens thenext morning? All because your system cannottake care of it properly until your body gets restand plenty of air.

Nature must help you along. The same appliesto grass during hot weather-you cannot force ittoo fast and expect best results because its growstoo fast that it starts to mat and smother so thatheating and the brow patches show up at once.

Air is one of the important portions of humanlife; so it is of grass. We have to watch ourselves,so on the other hand we have a hard problem towatch the grass so that the air works through itsblades. I might say this, everything we live oncomes from the earth so I give my greens one nightout of a week to dry out during the hot summernlonths.

I hope this will do others as much good as I havehad out of it.

Birmingham Has TroubleBy FRED \Xl. SHER\XlOOD, Creenkeeper

Birmingbam CoIf Club, Birmingbam, Michigan

HAVING perused your questionnaire and beingone greenkeeper who was not immune from vari-eus diseases of greens. Will try and answer yourquestions to the best of my ability and trustingsame may prove of interest to all chairmen ofGreen committees and my brother greenkeepers.

Not being familiar with the sod webworm and itshabits I can only quote fronl others more experi-enced than myself in grass diseases. We had it atBirmingham and suffered from it very badly. If itis the early bird who gets the worm I guess I must

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W ebworms-Y esBy CLOYD REICHELDERFER, Greenkeeper

Sball/nee COlilltry Club, Lhlla, Obio

THE following in reply to your questionnaire:

l.-Y es. We had plenty of webworms on onegreen. We found as many as five to the square inchon August 13-14. We treated all greens with fourpounds arsenate of lead to the thousand square feet.On September 1 treated again with three pounds toone thousand square feet, and we still think we havea few left in greens.

2.-Y es. We had both large and small brownpatch. We treated our greens with a pressure sprayand used one pound of Semesan and one pound ofcorrosive sublimate in fifty gallons of water. This issufficient for six thousand square feet. Have usedthis treatment for three years and always get satis-factory results.

3.-Yes.

4.-Yes, I think both do.

5.-Y es. We have a green of four thousand

be a sluggard, though I searched diligently, I neverfound any.

Knowing that it was something or other thatwanted eradicating from the greens I tried thesame methods as I used for sun scald. When ourNumber 5 green was infested with June bugs thelatter part of June I sprayed it with twenty-fivepounds of arsenate of lead, topdressing a few dayslater with a com post of one- third good soil andtwo-thirds sand, later followed by an application ofammonium sulphate and the results were excellent.And it was the con census of opinion among ourmembers that our Number 5 green was the best ofa good lot of greens, however, it was delusion and asnare.

On July 4 we had a thunderstorm and a humidatmosphere resulted. July 7 we had no green mor-tification or gangrene, exhaustion set in and threeparts of the grass on it was dead or sleeping.I proceeded with the ailing one as follows: I gotsome forks, breaking the tines to a matter of abouteight inches long, forking the green both ways toaerate it. I watered it carefully. (This green hadbeen watered every day previously.) After stand-ing overnight I gave it a dose of Electric worm killeras prescribed for worms, and resodded some of theworst parts, and topdressed again after rolling, laterfollowing with ammonium sulphate.

J ul y 14 we were back on the green again and ithas not been affected in any way from then on, andsince August came in and up till now will vie withany other green on the course.

Our greens have been excellent all summer bothin color and texture and though most of our greenshave been affected in some way, each green had anapplication of arsenate of lead (20 to 25 lbs. inwater). In addition I used N u-Green, Semesanand the Electric worm killer. The three latterchemicals were not all used on the same greens.

I believe in aerating my greens and also in peri-odically topdressing. I keep them growing all thetime until September, believing that by keeping thegrasses growing and flourishing I am at least offer-ing some resistance to any ills that beset a green.

I get results by my own Inethods and I think it isthat which counts in greenkeeping. Don't changeyour ways if you are getting satisfaction, becauseso and so is doing something different, rather trythe other fellow's plan when your own has failed.

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square feet that we keep for protection and waterit twice a week. We also cut twice a week and weget diseases in it.

\'V' e had the State Open here August 18-19 andthe boys pronounced our greens fine. They are theMetropolitan creeping bent.

Marietta SpeaksBy HENRY KESSELRING, Greellkeeper

Wasbillgtoll COl/lltry Club, Marietta, Ohio

I AM a stranger in the field of greenkeeping. Itook over the Washington Country Club course,August 15, 1930. It was in bad shape-the greenswere covered with brown patch, but they came outin fine shape this spring. We have had some brownpatch this season, but it did no harm.

The webworm has worked pretty hard on ourgreens and fairways, but I have been able to keepthem under con trol thus far. I used two and one-half pounds of arsenate of lead mixed with sand toone thousand feet of green. In four to six weeks Iwould repeat the same treatment and had good re-sults.

For brown patch I use Calo-Clor and have verygood results with it. I used Milorganite in Marchand April and have used no other fertilizer since. Idon't think fertilizers should be used in mid-sum-mer. I also think greens can be kept too wet.

Michigan Greenkeepers MeetBy HERBERT E. SHAVE, Gr{,{,Jlk{'{'per

OaklaJld Hills COIlJltry Club, BirmiJlgbam, MicbigaJl

~ L SHERWOOD, Birmingham, won the grand prizein the golf tournament staged at the Lansing CountryClub, September 14, Lansing, Mich., by state green-keepers. Sherwood shot an 84 and was awarded a per-manent trophy and one year's possession of a silverloving cup given by the Ideal Power Lawn Mower Com-pany.

Other prize winners were: Runner-up, Herbert E.Shave, Oakland Hills C. C.; first prize champion of De-troit and Border Cities Greenkeepers' Association, Leo\Vedyke, Glen Oaks C. C., Farmington; runner-up,John Collin, \Vestchester C. C., 91 , Ypsilanti; first prize,\Vestern Michigan Greenkeepers' Association, FloydHammond, Ella Sharp Municipal Golf Club, Jackson;presented by John Bean Mfg. Co., Lansing; runner-up,Vet Dustin, Cascade C. C., Grand Rapids; first prize,

non-member green keeper, T. R. Roselli, Western GolfClub, Redford; high score prize, won by WilliamDailey, Red Cedar, presented by Sallan's.

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This tournament was held in connection with a jointmeeting of the Detroit and Border Cities Greenkeepers'Associa tion and the Western Michigan Greenkeepers'Association. Eighty-five greenkeepers sat down toluncheon in the club and sixty-five teed off to battle fora number of prizes donated by the manufacturers of golf

TROPHIES AWARDED MICHIGAN GREENKEEPERAI Sbrrlt'ood of Birmi1lgbam was awarded tbe perma1lent tropby and

0111.' )'Car's possrssiol/ of tbr sil/'rr IO/linl{ CliP.

course equipment, etc. Professor Millar, Department ofSoils, Michigan Agricultural College, was present andgave the boys a short talk which was received with muchapplause.

\XIe are going to make this get-together an annualaffair as we think it is a good thing to get the boys betteracquainted and talk over some of their problems. Webelieve it would be a good thing for other states to meettogether. We pick a place to meet somewhere in thecenter of the state so as to equalize travelling distances.Everyone was very enthusiastic and all were in favorof meeting next year.

Wanted at OnceGreenkeeper or Professional to invest $ 5000.00 in a 90 %

completed Is-hole Public Golf Course excellently located,300,000 population, no competition, State of Pennsylvania.Ready for play spring of 1932. Contract and terms to bearranged.

Address the NATIONAL GREENKEEPER giving refer-ences and experience in detail to Box 16.