1925

USGA® Green Section Record: Periodicals Since 1921

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January, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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February, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	1
Applying Ammonium Sulfate	3
Building a Nine-Hole Course for Four Thousand Dollars	4
The Use of Bromcresol Purple in Testing Soil for Acidity	8
The Value of Well-Kept Approach Areas	9
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	10
Length of Holes in Relation to Par	11
The Nature and Use of Penalty in Golf Architecture	11
Questions and Answers	19
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	24

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Table of Contents	25
Fourth Annual Meeting of the Green Section	26
Annual Report of the Chairman of the Green Section for 1924	26
Hugh Irvine Wilson -- 1879-1925	28
A Suggestion about Trees to Plant	29
Outlet Boxes and Drain Tile Openings	30
Wholesale Turf Seed Prices January 31, 1925	30
Cost of Maintaining a Golf Course	32
Flag Pole Socket	32
A Proportioning Machine for Use in Applying Chemicals	33
The Low Plant Food Value of Peat	35
A Compost and Soil Sifting Machine	36
Destroying Pocket Gophers	36
Taking Care of an Eighteen-Hole Course with Nine Men	38
Yarrow as a Putting Turf	39
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	40
Slopes, Their Use and Abuse	41
Questions and Answers	42
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	48

March, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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April, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	49
National Green Section Tournaments Announced for 1925	50
Fertilizers in Relation to Quality of Turf and to Weed Control	50
Kerosene Emulsion in Combating Cutworms	56
The Best and Cheapest Way to Put Chemical Fertilizers on Putting Greens	56
Vest-Pocket Fertilizers	57
Royal Canadian Golf Association Green Section	58
A Preliminary Study of the Root Growth of Fine Grasses Under Turf Conditions	58
Grasses at the Country Club of Havana	63
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	65
Injury to Turf from Cutworms	66
How to Use Manure	67
Questions and Answers	68
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	72

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	73
Creeping Bent and Seaside Bent	74
Some Things We Have Learned about Brown-Patch	75
The Cleveland Green Section	78
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	82
Experiments on the Control of Brown-Patch with Chlorophenol Mercury	83
The Philadelphia Green Section	87
Red Fescue as Fairway Grass	90
Trapping Moles	90
Controlling Crab Grass	91
Questions and Answers	92
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	96

May, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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June, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	97
Coming District Green Section Meetings	98
Covering Bare Banks	98
Ammonium Sulfate and Ammonium Phosphate	99
Improvements in the Method of Treating Golf Greens for the Control of the Japanese Beetle	100
The Putting Green	102
Art in Golf Architecture	103
Power from Small Streams	106
Instructive Golf Holes XV No 7, Metacomet Golf Club	106
The Needs of the Green Section	109
Bluegrass and Acid Soils	110
Known and Unknown, Factors in Greenkeeping	111
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	113
Competition in Golf Architecture	113
Strange Archeaological Discovery	114
Recent Books on Turf	115
Winter-killing in the Chicago District	115
The Weed that Makes Good Turf in the South	115
Questions and Answers	116
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	120

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	121
Coming District Green Section Meetings	122
Washington Bent	122
The Maintenance of Vegetative Greens	122
Acid Soils for Putting Greens	123
Beautifying the Bunkers	125
The Harmful Barberry - Destroy It	126
Methods of Applying Ammonium Sulfate or Ammonium Phosphate	128
Dichondra - a Weed in Southern Putting Greens	129
Getting Rid of Moles with Gasoline Engine Discharge	129
Steel Flag Pole of English Manufacture	130
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	130
White Clover	131
Duties of the Greenkeeper	132
The Progress of Golf Architecture	135
Pearlwort	136
Hand-Operated Compost Mixer	138
Converting Red Fescue Fairways into Bent or Bluegrass Fairways	139
Questions and Answers	140
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	144

July, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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August, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	145
Metropolitan Green Section and Service Bureau	146
Creeping Bent Nurseries	146
June Experiments at Arlington Experimental Turf Garden With Chlorophenol Mercury Compounds	147
Paper-Board Peg-Shaped Tees	148
Tile Drainage for Greens of Clay Soil	149
Fairway Grasses on Sandy Soils	152
Instructive Golf Holes XVI No 12, Kernwood Country Club	152
Bacterial Innoculation Useless for Growing Grass	155
Controlling Ants	155
Growing Grass Turf and Raising Crops	156
Some Decisions on the Rules of Golf	157
New Member Clubs of the Green Section	158
Shortage of Kentucky Bluegrass Seed	159
A Tribute to Grass	160
Questions and Answers	164
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	168

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Table of Contents	169
Why Some Greens Planted by the Stolon Method Have Been Unsatisfactory	170
How Thick to Cut Sod for Putting Greens	172
Fighting the June Beetle with Caddies	173
July Experiments for Control of Brown-Patch on Arlington Experimental Turf Garden	173
The Coconut Teeing Surface	176
Planting and Maintaining Bermuda Turf at Brook Hollow Golf Club	177
The Golf Course Beautiful	178
Proportioning Machine	179
"Air Pockets" and Brown-Patch	180
Suggestions for Vegetative Planting and Subsequent Care of Creeping Bent	181
Reducing Upkeep Expenses	184
Applying Topdressing to Putting Greens	185
The Truth about Peat	185
Fairy Rings	186
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	187
Questions and Answers	188
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	192

September, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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October, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	193
Theory and Practice	194
How to Prevent or Overcome Grainy and Fluffy Conditions of Turf in Vegetative Greens	195
Centipede Grass	196
Leaf-Spot of Bluegrass	198
The Brush Harrow	199
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	199
Sweet Vernal Grass	200
August Experiments for Control of Brown-Patch at Arlington Experimental Turf Garden	202
The Use of "Activated Sludge" as a Fertilizer for Golf Courses	203
A Monument to Jock Inglis	205
Washing Balls with Liquid Soap in Pails	205
Water as an Essential in Growing and Maintaining Good Turf	206
Getting Rid of Ground Squirrels at the Scioto Country Club	208
Poisoning Moles	210
Questions and Answers	211
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	216

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	217
Identifications of Strains of Creeping Bent	218
Checking the Growth of Algae on Greens	218
Control of Turf Diseases with Chemicals	219
Converting Established Turf to Creeping Bent by Broadcasting Stolons and Topdressing	223
A Machine for Spraying Liquid Solution	224
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers for Golf Courses	225
Bird Houses	230
Fertilizing Fairways with Ammonium Sulfate	231
Steam Sterilization as a Possible Means of Controlling Weeds on Putting Greens	232
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	235
Winter Treatment of Fairways	235
Questions and Answers	236
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	240

November, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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December, 1925
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	241
The Vital Importance of Topdressing in the Maintenance of Satisfactory Creeping Bent Greens	242
Bermuda Grass Experiences at Enid, Oklahoma	245
Instructive Golf Holes XVII No 10, Merion Cricket Club	246
Winter Treatment of Bermuda Greens	249
Fertilizing Bermuda Grass with Ammonium Sulfate	250
Weed Killing Instrument	251
Kikuyu Grass	252
A Three-Year Record of Unit Costs in Course Maintenance	253
Brown-Patch Control Resulting from Early-Morning Work on Greens	254
Producing Turf on Sandy Wastes	255
A Simple Combination Compost Grinder and Screen	256
Spent Hops as a Fertilizer and Amendment for Heavy Soils	257
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	258
Clearing a Lake or Pond of Vegetation	258
Questions and Answers	259
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	264

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	265
Annual Meeting of the Green Section	266
The Playing Quality of Vegetative Bent Greens	266
Remarkable Bent Turf	268
Damage from the Army Worm in the South	269
Effects of Certain Fertilizers on Soil Acidity, Quality of Turf, and Weed Control	269
The Season's Experience with Chlorophenol Mercury as a Control for Brown-Patch	272
A Note on Vegetative Bent Greens	273
Winter Work on the Golf Course	274
A Clover-Like Turf Plant for the South	275
Effect of Ice Covering Remaining on Greens	275
Lippia as a Fairway Turf for the South	276
Insects Injurious to Deciduous Shade Trees and Their Control	276
The Discussion of Brown-Patch and Other Course-Maintenance Problems at the Philadelphia District Green Section Meeting	277
Sheep's Fescue for Grassy Hollows	278
Two Types of Branches in Creeping Bent	279
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	280
Construction Costs of Winchester Golf Club's Course	280
Three-Shot Holes	282
The Elongated Putting Green	282
The High Cost of Credit	283
Gorse and Broom	283
Questions and Answers	284
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	288


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