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January, 1926
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

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February, 1926
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

6(2)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	1
The Golf Course Water Supply	2
Bent Grass and Lime	2
Artistic Sand Bunkers	2
Controlling Goose Grass or Silver Crab Grass	4
Killing Weed Seeds in Loam by Baking	5
Multiple Tees; Their Architecture and Maintenance	7
Sewage Disposal on the Golf Course	8
Controlling Velvet Grass	8
The Natural Use of Sand	10
Controlling Skunks	11
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	13
Gorse and Broom	14
Controlling the June Beetle	15
Earthworms, Grubs, and Rich Soil	16
Questions and Answers	16
Boost the Green Section	20
List of Member Clubs of the Green Section	21
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	28

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	29
The New and Retiring President of the US Golf Association	30
Annual Report of the Chairman of the Green Section for 1925	31
Removing and Replacing Sod	33
Winter Brown-Patch in the South	34
A Method of Grub-Proofing Turf	34
The Maximum Desirable Slope of Putting Greens	39
Annual Meeting of the Green Section, Chicago, January 8 and 9	40
A Place for Yarrow on the Golf Course	44
Low Spots in the Fairways and Rough	44
How We Managed our Creeping Bent Greens at Kirkland Country Club	45
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	46
Topdressing Fairways	46
Why Fescue Does Not Make Good Putting Turf	47
Uncovered Compost Beds and Covered Compost Piles	47
Questions and Answers	48
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	52

March, 1926
Bulletin of the Green Section of the U. S. Golf Association

6(3)
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April, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(4)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	53
Dr Charles Vancouver Piper	54
Our Experimental Turf Plots Near Washington	58
Methods of Applying Corrosive Sublimate as an Earthworm Exterminator	58
Meeting of the Greenkeepers' Association of the Philidelphia Green Section	59
Rolling the Fairways and Putting Greens	59
Native Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers for Golf Courses	60
Decisions on the Rules of Golf	63
Calendar Chart of Winter Grasses on Bermuda Greens	64
Federal Tax on Green Fees	66
Comparative Values of Materials and Methods Commonly Used in Topdressing Putting Greens	67
The Growth of the Service Bureaus	70
The Golf Course Flower Garden	72
Questions and Answers	73
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	76

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	77
The Relationship of the US Golf Association Green Section to the District Green Sections	78
Simple and Inexpensive Outfits for Testing Soil Acidity	79
Care of Bermuda Greens	80
Controlling Thyme-Leafed Speedwell	82
Golf Courses in South America and the Canal Zone	83
Manure and Crab Grass Seeds	88
A Condensed Report on the Twin City Green Section Since it was Organized, and how it has Functioned to Date	89
Peat and Humus	92
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	93
Injury to Turf from the Chinch Bug and Other Insects Which Attack Grass Leaves	94
Routine Work Cooperation of Green Committee and Greenkeeper Essential	95
Greens at the Foot of a Hill	96
Questions and Answers	97
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	100

May, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(5)
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June, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(6)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	101
Scioto Country Club	102
Seed of Common Grasses Sold Under New Names	105
Yellow Foxtail - a Dangerous Turf Weed	106
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	107
Important Northern Golf Grasses	108
Birds of the Golf Course The Killdeer	116
Harping on One String	117
Thickening Bermuda Fairways	118
The Relation of Mushroom Soil to Brown-Patch	119
The Mosquito Menace	120
Questions and Answers	123
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	124

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	125
Golf Course Hydraulics for Laymen	126
The Brown-Patch Disease of Turf: its Nature and Control	127
Rhode Island Bent as a Putting Green Turf	143
Questions and Answers	145
Meditations of a Peripatetic Golfer	148

July, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(7)
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August, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(8)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	149
Government Recognizes Green Section as Scientific and Educational Institution	150
Corrosive Sublimate as a Control of Brown-Patch	151
Contributions to Greenkeeping by the Trained Investigator	155
Crab Grass	160
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	161
Birds of the Golf Course The Robin	162
Removal of all Tree Stumps Inadvisable	163
Fertilizer Experiments on Turf Grasses at Purdue University	163
Questions and Answers	164

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	169
Piedmont Green-Committeemen's Association	170
Conversion of Established Greens to Creeping Bent by Disking	170
Carolina Clover and the Low Hop Clovers as Southern Fairway Plants	171
Humus-Producing Materials and the Making and Use of Compost	174
Stink-Grass: a Putting Green Weed	181
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	182
Don't Let Weed Seeds from Fairways Wash onto Your Greens	182
Seeding Golf Courses in the Piedmont Section of the South	183
Questions and Answers	185

September, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(9)
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October, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(10)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	189
Bent Greens in Southern Virginia and North Carolina	190
The Experiment of Grub-Proofing Turf at Riverton, NJ	191
Farm Manures	193
The Control of the Puerto Rican-Mole Cricket, or Changa, on Golf Courses	197
Birds of the Golf Course: the Flicker	200
A Steam-Box for Killing Weed Seeds in Compost	202
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	205
Questions and Answers	206

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	209
Some Observations on Golf, Golf Courses and Golf Turf Abroad (France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Germany, Holland)	210
The Reconstruction of an Old Course	214
Some US Golf Association Decisions on the Rules of Golf	220
1926 Experiments on Brown-Patch Control	221
Questions and Answers	226

November, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(11)
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December, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

6(12)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	229
Cameron B Buxton	230
All-The-Year-Around Greens	231
A British Golf Course Architect's Plan	232
Appointment of HL Westover	233
Working Instructions for the Maintenance Staff	233
Commerical Fertilizers	234
The Golf Course Village	242
Range of Adaptation of the Most Important Turf Grasses	243
Questions and Answers	245

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	249
Proposed Union of the Green Section and the United States Golf Association	250
Annual Meeting of the United States Golf Association	251
The St Louis District Green Section	252
Choosing a Green Committee Chairman	254
Birds of the Golf Course The Kingbird	258
The Most Prevalent Defect in American Golf Courses	259
Variation from Standard Practice	259
Observations on Brown-Patch Control in 1926	261
Questions and Answers	266

Supplement, 1926
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

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