1924

USGA® Green Section Record: Periodicals Since 1921

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January, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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February, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Table of Contents	1
Annual Report of the Chairman of the Green Committee for 1923	2
Sour Soils	4
Back Numbers of The Bulletin	6
Mr HS Colt on Need for Architectural Alterations	6
Instructive Golf Holes VII No 3, Inverness Club	6
Sand versus Peat for Ameliorating Clay Putting Greens	9
Portable Pump for Watering Greens	9
Desirable Trees for Golf Courses	10
Care of Creeping Bent Greens	13
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	15
A New, Patented Tee Box	15
What Constitutes a Perfect Putting Green	16
Cottonseed-Hull Greens	17
Sand-Trap Rake Made from a Mowing Machine Knife	18
"Herbae Prati"	19
Questions and Answers	20
Mediations of a Peripatetic Golfer	24

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Table of Contents	25
Annual Meeting of the Green Section, January 4 and 5	26
Opening Address of J Frederick Byers	27
The Experience of a Green Committee Chairman	28
New Offices of the US Golf Association in New York City	33
Bermuda Grass and its Strains	34
Death of John M Inglis	36
Greenkeepers' Register	36
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	36
A 5-Unit Mower with Wide-Faced Caster Wheels	37
A Costly Experience	37
Appreciating Your Greenkeeper	40
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	41
The Green Section: Its Needs and Its Opportunities	42
Greenkeepers' Register	46
Questions and Answers	46
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	52

March, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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April, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Table of Contents	53
The Vegetative Method of Planting Creeping Bent	54
The Soil Foundation of a Putting Green	61
Tile-Drainage for Golf Courses	66
The Measurement of Golf Holes	74
US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	75
Cottonseed-Hull Greens	77
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	79
Questions and Answers	80
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	84

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Table of Contents	85
Cooperative Purchasing	86
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	86
Operating a Nine-Hole Course with Five Men	87
Brown-Patch Investigations	87
Watering the Fairways	92
The Green Section Loses Carrier	97
The Japanese Beetle and its Relation to Golf Courses	97
Grass Experiments at Rothamsted, England	101
Questions and Answers	104
Meditations of a Periptatetic Golfer	108

May, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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June, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Table of Contents	109
Dr Piper Goes Abroad	110
Top-Dressing Creeping Bent Putting Greens with Compost	111
Instructive Golf Holes VIII No 3, Pine Valley Golf Club	112
Earthworms	115
Construction and Care of Bermuda Greens in the South	117
Preventing Crab Grass from Going to Seed	118
Rulings on Grooved and Slotted Clubs and on Steel Shaft Clubs	119
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	120
Benefits From Continuous Mowing	120
An Appreciation of Prof Carrier's Services	121
Eradicating Chickweed with Acid-Reacting Fertilizers	121
Eradicating of Moss from Greens and Fairways	121
Care of Greens Through the Summer	122
Fairy Rings and Minikahda	123
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	123
Seeing is Believing	124
A Rub of the Green	125
Questions and Answers	125
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	132

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Table of Contents	133
Brown-Patch is With Us	134
An Inexpensive Draining System	134
Suggestions for Making Compost	135
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	137
Instructive Golf Holes IX No 15, Hollywood Golf Club	138
Preparation of the Greens for Vegetative Planting	141
White Pine as an Ornamental for Golf Courses	142
Protecting White Pine from the Blister Rust	144
Less Serious Diseases of White Pine	147
Insects Injurious to White Pine	148
Some English Books on Golf Course Construction and Turf Upkeep	150
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	150
Getting Service out of Fairway Mowers	151
How the Green Section Helps the Golf Clubs	151
Questions and Answers	152
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	156

July, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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August, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Table of Contents	157
The Error of Generalizing	158
Early Morning Watering as an Aid to Brown-Patch Control	159
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	159
Replacing Fly or Cylinder Knives	160
Instructive Golf Holes X No 8, Columbia Country Club	160
Bent Stolons Two Years Old as Compared with Those One Year Old In Vegetative Planting	163
Quick Sodding at the Country Club of Atlantic City	163
Compost Shed at Yorktown Country Club	164
Injector Nozzles for Use with Carbon Disulfid in Ant Extermination	165
Treatment of Nursery Rows of Creeping Bent that Produce Seed Stalks	165
Damage to the Turf from the Army Worm	166
Chemical Weed-Killers on Golf Courses	169
Bur Clover for Southern Fairways on Heavy Soil	171
The Leaf-Spot Disease of Bluegrass	172
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	173
Acid- and Alkaline-Reacting Fertilizers	174
The Size of the Fairway	175
Questions and Answers	175
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	180

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Table of Contents	181
Some Suggestions for Beginners on the Vegetative Planting of Creeping Bent	182
The Drainage of Sand and Grass Traps	184
A Periscope for Use in Connection with Blind Holes	187
Instructive Golf Holes XI No 9, Merion Cricket Club	188
A List of Public Golf Courses in the United States with Information Concerning Each	191
A Serviceable Inexpensive Fairway Sprinkler	195
Twenty-Eighth Women's Amateur Golf Championship of the United States	197
Twenty-Eighth Amateur Golf Chapionship of the United States	199
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	200
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	200
Questions and Answers	201
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	208

September, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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October, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	209
Strains of Creeping Bent	210
Getting Outside Employment for Your Men During the Winter	211
Combined Tee Marker and Sand Container	211
A Reporter's Weird Tale of Creeping Bent	212
Mixed Fertilizers	213
Instructive Golf Holes XII No 2, Agawam Hunt Club	214
A Plea for Better Care of Equipment	217
Golf Turf in Britain	219
What One District Greenkeepers' Association is Accomplishing	221
The Work and Needs of the Green Section	222
Golf, Grass, and Hay Fever	222
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	224
Recognition of a Notable Greenkeeper	225
Comment by a British Admirer	226
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	226
Guano	226
Questions and Answers	227
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	232

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Table of Contents	233
The Greenkeeper and His Green Committee	234
Collective Buying for Golf Courses	235
Instructive Golf Holes XIII No 17, Merion Cricket Club	236
The Million Dollar Endowment Fund for the Green Section	239
Injuries to Putting Greens by Careless Mowing	239
Named Strains of Creeping Bent	240
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	240
Meeting of the US Golf Association Green Section at Overbrook, PA	241
Watering Putting Greens	245
Fall and Winter Top-Dressing of Putting Greens	248
Questions and Answers	250
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	256

November, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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December, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	257
Planting Fairways with Creeping Bent Stolons	258
Mottled Condition of Bent Turf	259
Burning Over the Rough	260
Instructive Golf Holes XIV No 3, Kittansett Club	260
An Interesting Letter about Vegetative Greens	262
Planting Vegetative Greens Among the Pines in Canada	264
Confusion in the Identification of Named Strains of Creeping Bent	265
Watering Putting Greens	266
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	269
Golf Course Grasses in Tropical and Subtropical Regions	270
Getting Efficiency out of Motor Equipment	275
Questions and Answers	275
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	280

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Table of Contents	281
The Annual Meeting of the Green Section	282
Greenkeepers' Club of New England	282
Watering Putting Greens	283
Chaff-Head, a Dangerous Weed	284
Treatment of Bermuda Grass	285
Important Northern Golf Grasses	290
The Psychology of Fescue	296
Green Section Clubs by State	297
How to Select and Compare Vegetative Strains of Creeping Bent	297
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	298
Questions and Answers	299
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	304

Supplement, 1924
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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