1928

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January, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(1)
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February, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(2)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	1
Charles O Pfiel	2
Sand Pits in Deep Clay Soil	4
Physical Factors Affecting Turf Growth	6
Experiences with and Opinions on Poa annua in Putting Greens	10
Improving Turf on Sandy Soil	12
Salt Grass	14
United States Golf Association Green Section Loses Cunningham	16
Annual Meeting of the United States Golf Association Green Section	16
Questions and Answers	17

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	21
Annual Report of the Chairman of the USGA Green Section for the Year 1927	22
Feeding versus Seeding Turf	25
The New and Retiring President of the United States Golf Association	27
Further Experiments in the Control of Japanese Beetle Grubs	28
An Unusual Golf Course Pest	33
Resignation of Mr OB Fitts	34
Hints on Making Compost	34
Gypsum (Calcium Sulfate) of Questionable Value for Turf Grasses	35
Conditions Which Influence the Growth of Turf	37
Questions and Answers	42

March, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(3)
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April, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(4)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	45
Nature of Soil Acidity and How it Develops	46
"First Aid to the Beginner"	48
How Glen View Waters Fairways	51
Standardized Accounting	52
Clearing Land for Golf Purposes	56
Bent Putting Greens in California	58
The Annual Greenkeepers' Convention	61
Questions and Answers	61

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	65
William F Brooks	66
Appointment of Dr John Monteith, Jr	68
Effects of Individual Fertilizer Materials on Soil Reaction	68
The Service Rendered by the United States Golf Association Green Section to the Golfers of America	72
How the Green Section Can be Helped by Clubs, Green Committee Chairman and Greenkeepers	74
New Brown-Patch Remedies	81
Summer Meeting of Greenkeepers	81
Questions and Answers	82

May, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(5)
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June, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(6)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	85
Monthly Topical Discussions	86
Standardized Accounting on Golf Courses	86
Country Club Bookkeeping	88
Budgets and Standardized Accounting for Golf Course Maintenance	89
Cost Grouping at Mission Hills Country Club	95
Greens Cost Sheet in Use at Meadowbrook Country Club	98
Cost Accounting at Sunset Hill Country Club	100
Cost Accounting in the Detroit District Golf Association	100
Annual Greenkeepers' Convention	104
The Factor of Unfairness in Comparing Maintenance Costs	104
Brown-Patch Experiments and Notations Made at Kittansett Club	105

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	109
The Fairway Fertilization Problem	110
The Fertilizer and the Bag	113
Renovating the Fairways of the Algonquin Golf Club	116
Fairway Treatment at Mayfair Golf and Country Club	118
Annual Summer Greenkeepers' Meeting Held June 4 to 6	119
Fairway Treatment at Baltusrol	120
Controlling Fairway Weeds with Sulfate of Ammonia	122
The Fairway Problem on an Alkaline Soil	123
Applying Sulfate of Ammonia with a Water Cart	125
Southern Florida Fairways	126
Organic Fertilizers on Fairways	126
Maintaining and Fertilizing Bermuda Grass Fairways	127

July, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(7)
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August, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(8)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	129
Water Systems and Watering	130
Golf Course Water Supply	133
Water System of the Country Club of Atlantic City	136
A Water System in California	138
Water Systems of the Philadelphia Country Club	141
Golf Course Irrigation in Florida	142
Water Supply at Pittsburgh Field Club	144
Cheaper Nitrogenous Fertilizers Possible	145
A Golf Course Without a Water System	146

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	149
The Construction Period in the History of a Golf Course	150
Golf Course Construction	152
The Aims of Good Construction	152
Equipment	154
Clearing the Land	156
Using Unbroken Sod Land	156
Breaking the Land	157
Grading	157
Drainage and Water Systems	158
Preparing the Seed Bed	160
Turf Grasses	162
Rates of Seeding Fine Turf Grasses	164
Planting	165
Sodding	167
Special Problems of Fairway and Rough	169
Special Problems of Putting Greens	170
Special Problems of Tees	174
Special Problems of Sand Traps	174

September, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(9)
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October, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(10)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	177
Putting Green Maintenance	178
Experience with Creeping Bent in Virginia	179
Putting Green Maintenance at Wykagyl	182
Putting Greens on Heavy Clay Soil	183
Seeded Greens at the Allegheny Country Club	184
Creeping Bent Greens at Hot Springs, VA	184
Care of Seeded Greens at Youngstown, Ohio	188
Seeded Bent Greens at Brae Burn Country Club	189
The Putting Greens at Olympia Fields Country Club	190
Standardized Flag Sticks	191
Fall Treatments for Snow Mold	192
Operating a Power Sprayer with a Truck Motor	193
Creeping Bent Greens at the Country Club of LaFayette	194

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	197
Snow-Mold	198
The Control of Snow-Mold	200
Lime in Some Typical Sands and its Effect on Soil Acidity	205
Pulverized Poultry Manure and Poultry Manure-Tankage	208
Bur Clover as an Adjunct to Bermuda Grass Fairways	209
Winter Rules	211
Questions and Answers	212

November, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(11)
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December, 1928
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

8(12)
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Topics	Page
Table of Contents	217
Controlling Grubs and Earthworms with Arsenate of Lead	218
A Classification of the Bent Grasses	221
Winter Grass Experiments at Gainesville, FL	224
Changes in the Bent Grass Seed Market as Viewed by the Seed Analyst	226
Parasitic Control of the Japanese Beetle	231
Birds of the Golf Course: the Horned Lark	232
Chestnut Blight Spreading	233
Questions and Answers	234

Topics	Page
Table of Contents	237
Turf Gardens and Experimental Work	238
Demonstration Turf Gardens on Golf Courses	239
The Arlington Turf Garden	244
Turf Studies at the Florida Expermient Station	246
Turf Experiments at the Massachusetts Agricultural College	248
Experiments with Turf Grasses in Kansas	249
Turf Studies at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa	250
Turf Experiments at the New Jersey State Station	251
A New Experiment Station in Chicago	252
Turf Experiments at Nebraska College of Agriculture	253
Turf Experiments at Rhode Island Experiment Station	254

Supplement, 1929
The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section

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