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QuestionSir:

We are co-operating with --- golfcourse in furnishing cr eping bent stolonsfrom our nurs ry for planting n w puttinggreens next week. What is your latest ad-vice about poisoning befor planting?

R. \V. C. (New York).AnswerSir:

You are at least a month late in plant-ing these bent stolons and at best stolonsplanted at this date in the latitude ofIthaca. Und r the circumstanc s wouldnot advise that you arsenate the soil ofthese gr ns before planting the stolons.Rather I would wait until you give thebent the first top-dressing next season(this fir t top-dressing is usually a sub-stantial on) and at that time wouldapply three pounds of arsenate of lead per1,000 square feet of turf. With each sub-sequent top-dressing would give from one-half to one pound of lead arsenate per 1,000square feet of turf, depending on whetherthe individual top-dressing is light orheavy. B. R. L.

(*.lfr. Leach answered this queru by mailin No oem ber.-Ed.)

Questionir:I have tried arsenat of lead for worms

but must admit only sort of half heart dly,~ TOW I wonder as to the eff ct of arsenateon dandelion and plantains. Can you tellme of any r al definite results with thesetwo pests? How often should a 5 poundto the thousand square f et application bemade? lso, in order to get a mor evendistribution, would it b possible to applywith sprinkling-can or spray?

E. A. V.(~ ew York).

Answer'ir:

Would advise that there is no definiterul for the timing of the 5 pound perthou and square feet applications of ar-senate of lead to turt. Gr enkeepers as a

rule watch the turf and a long aworm. w ed and grub control app ar tbe holding its own th y it ti h. If arth-worm casts or ~ d ro vth bin they again apply a dosenat of anywher from 2per thousand squar f t ofown individual judgment di ate.

T do not advo at th appli ation of ar-senat of lead ml d with wat r. Th bmethod is to mi with th op-dr sslng, rmix with moist sand and broadcast or b -ter still mix with a suffl i nt quantity ofdry milorganite so that th amount of ar-

nat of lead us d cling to th parti Iof milorganite and non of the form r ifree to blow about in th wind.

The control of plantain and dandelion bythe us of arsenate of lead is not cl an eu .Th use of iron sulfat as described bJohn MacGregor in an articl in an i su ofGOLFDOM last spring would no doubt bof value in controlling th s we ds.

B. R. L.

QuestionSir:

In your October copy of GOLFDO::\I,ther is an article on S I ctiv ontrolof Weeds.

We are greatly troubl d in our fair-ways with crab grass which in som in-stances grows thre f et in diameter andwe are anxious to know th b st m thodto be u ed in radicating thi w d.

October GOLFDOM stat d that by put-ting on 250 lbs. of arsenat of I ad su -cess fully killed this sort of grass.

The grass I r fer to is in splotches anddoes not cov r the ntire fairway and Ihave heard that you could inoculat thsoil around ea h splotch with alarpump arrangement imilar to a hypod r-m ic.

1 would appreciate any information thatyou might giv me which would help mto radicate this particular kind of grass.

AnswerThe weed you r fer to a

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chickweed or some very closely alliedspecies. As a preliminary test would sug-gest that you mix a couple of pounds ofarsenate of lead in a bucket of soil sandor milorganite and scatter some of thismixture over a dozen patches and notethe results over a period of two weeks.This method has proved very efficaciousin chickweed control here in the East.I do not think the hypodermic injectionof these patches would result in obtain-ing the results you desire. Treatmentsof this sort have not proved successfulin actual practice.

B. R. L.

QuestionSir:

I note in October GOLFDOM an articlewith reference to the elimination ofquack grass by the use of arsenate oflead. The author speaks of using 250pounds per acre on fairways and I wouldhe glad to know if this chemical can beapplied in any other way than in topdresstng.

F. P. C.(Iowa) .

AnswerSir:

The treatment of fairways with arsenateof lead was discussed in one of my articlesappearing in GOLFDOM during the pastsummer and would suggest that you re-view the article for specific directions forfairway treatments.

Of late T have been supervising some ex-tensive fairway treatments of golf coursesin the vicinity of Philadelphia and in thesetreatments we have used milorganite asa filler. On one course we mixed 150pounds of arsenate of lead with 500 poundsof milorganite and applied the mixture tothe fairway by means of a lime spreader.This method proved very satisfactory pro-viding the spreading was done on dayswhen the atmo mhere was comparativelyquiet. If the job has to he done in windyweath r it would he better to use 750pounds milorganite to 150 pounds of ar-. enate of lead.

Milorganite i a first class filler for ar-senate of lead in that it is dry, fine int xture, consequently oing through thespreader rapidly and also because the ar-senate of lead cling to the particles ofmtlorganite, thereby insuring an evenspread and the minimum loss of the chern-leal due to blowing. B. R. L.

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Lead Arsenate on Bermuda GrassSir:

I have been reading 11'. T a h' arttctin GOT.FDOMon worm and grub radi ationwith much int r st. I saw in S pt mb rwhere W. T. B., and in 0 tob r 11'. L a h,wanted to h ar from the outh. '0 I willendeavor to tell you my xp r i nc witharsenate of lead on B rmuda r n ..

Our number sL gre n has always h n apoor green on account of worm and oilconditions. It is very strat gi ally annbeautifully located, but on poorly drain dalkali soil.

Starting March 15th I cut th gra v ryclose, then top-dr ssed v rv h avily (thryards) on 4,000 square fe t 'Ith on partblack Roil, on part Rand and t vo partsmanure, which practlca lly ov r d hgrass, but in three or four days we had agood putting surface of ni ie nder gra .April 15th I rep ated th proc RR and itbegan to improve. May 20th T top-dr ss dwith two yard '. By July 1st I had a n icturf and about three worm ea ts p r squareinch. July 10th T top-dr s ed lightly (onyard) with one part manure and two partssand, which is my regular top-dr 'sing andput twenty pounds aI'S nat of lead anddragged in with the top-dress ing andwatered. ~e. t morning T had lots of 'or mcasts, the second morning not so many andthe third morning still Is. August th Irepeated the July 10th program, vhich a40 pounds ars nate of 1 ad or 10 poundsp r thousand square f et. I won't saynumber six is the be t gr en w have, butit is so much better that 0 per cent ofthe players hav comm nt d on it.

I have also r tarded th crab gras quita bit. T am anxious to s e what the crabgrass does on that green next year as wehave lots of it. I have also treated threemore greens with five pounds arsenate p rthousand squar feet with v ry favorablresults.

We also discovered grubs on two of ourapproaches had been working into thegre ns. in fact th y had damaged th ap-proaches considerably b for w notie dthem. T gav them a h avy <los of aI'S -nate and storm d th m.

I don't think th arsenate hurts thegrass one bit but improves it in textur .putting surface and looks, by getting ridof the worms if nothing els , so as you cansee I am pretty well sold on arsenate ofI ad for Bermuda grass. I would lik tos e more in all the golf magazines on B 1'-muda grass as T b lieve it r quires somwhat different treatment from b nt grass.

G. H. Conger,Gr nkeeper, Dorn ick Hills ountry Club.Answer to R. C. (Ill.)

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ar n: te on turf and III nt.ioncertain gr n'( 1) '1' 11 li ,shortening and d r a. ing hopm nt would advts thnt thhay the vrong hull by th tail.said b for, 1 art ar. nat ith goat for all th ill. and traff ct golf gr en for 'omWh n v r an ars nat d gr nwill be th lead ars nat thatrouble. T'h is is of ourtim only will corr ct thdition.

T have all' iadv had on or t '0 corn-plaints of this nature in hi. oieinit' andhav personally look d into n or t, 0 fth cases. Not long ago a dub which hadb n using lead arsenate am to m ~vi hblood in its ey and claim d that hnate had ru inrt! s ix of th iir gr ens. Twa .•eartu lly busy at the tim bu took a davoff and went dov n to look at tll ir rass.It sure look d rotten, I'll ::dmit hat mu h.t was yellow and ick ly. Took out mv

trusty jack-knif and cut into th sod' nd10 and behold an inch and a h If b 10 • thsurrac was as b auti tul a lay r of hardclay one inch thick as T havIn other words two or thrsome jackass had gotten h idea in hi;bean that the gr ns \' 'ere too. oft and hadtop-dressed one vhole surnrn r with purclay. When the organic matt r burned outof this clay it formed a sort of hard panand interfer 0 with the dr inag. 'I'h ispast summer w had an . c ptional1yheavy rainfall, these gr ns " nt so~gyand these men looked around for a con-v ni nt goat and picked 1 ad arsenate. ndso it goes.

Not lone a 0 T had lunch on and a Y rint resting hour's conv rsatton with thzolf architect. During th meal h putthis question to me: "Why do so manvgre ns go had two or thr y ars aft rthey are built!" I judge from his que tionthat in his exp rience, gr n are oingbad more or l ss all the tim regard} s oflead arsenate. T answer d hi qu tion asfollows:

"Let me se and inspe t th golf gr nthat has gone bad and in th majority ofcases I can tell you what has caus d it togo bad. Asld from dtseas and improp ror too heavy f rtilization th r ar twomajor causes for gr ns going bad. Fir t,improper drainage, ither surface or sub-terranean. Gr ens will go bad under thconditions and especially in w t season ;second, top-dr sing with th wrong kindof compost, on containing too mu h clayor too much sand. 'I'op-dr sHing is an art,although many peopl constd r it only aa ted ious job.

W have turf 11 re that ha b en ar •.nat d for sev n y ar and pI nt - of it thahas b n aI'S nated for thr and four

It is still going, trnng.

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O. K. on These Bermuda Greens

W. G. J.(N orth arolina.)

Que donir :H re, at hay a

new 1 -hol golf courr s d d) fairway'( pri g d) greens.plan to top-dress h avily and 0'Rye and Red Top in our gr en .

La t ar the putting gre n of the oldnin -h Ie course, r in bad hape. Thgra . (w k pt B rmuda Gras puttingurfa throughout the winter) began to

di out-in spot and in strips-we dug upparts of the affected areas, and searchedthoroughly for rubs. Quit often wwould find a man a thr e or four whitgrubs, v ry often non , in sod on footsquar and si inch s deep. am ples sentaway to tate E per imental Station werer port d a infected with som thing "simi-lar to brown patch" and copp r lime dustwas pr crib d. Thi tr atment gave amea ur of control, but only for a f w daysat a tim . and finally the copp r poi on dthe soil and then the winter season, forwhich th course is pointed, was over.

lOW, about ten day ago, hat was prob-ably th sam troubl r oc utr d. Somesand was applied without any appreciableffect, and then copp r lime dust was ap-plied, and when th writer arr iv d fromhis summer job thr e days ago th affectedarea looked healthy nough. Th affectedarea was a band about four f t wid,stretching across th r n. 11 thi area,a well a on other putting sur rae s, therearc sandy pil s this morning, of about agood tablespoon in Quantity. 'Ph se havethe appearance of ca ts, although th soil isHO sandy that ther i little form to th m.Also d igglng did not r v al any worms orcrick t '.

Under the circumstances w have justabout made up our mind to apply arsenateof lead when th troubl r 0 curs. Ofcourse if we are gu ssin wrong we aregiving th troubl a h ad start, and that i.why w would lik your opinion in thmatter.

Do s arsenate of I ad have any virtue as

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o ID a well known green -ke per about the Thompson as-ter prinkler.Had he been specific, he would have aidthat the Thomp on Master prinkler ibuilt to tand up under the hard knock ofa green keeper's crew ... That it co er 10feet on 45 pounds pre ure ... That it workon any pres ure from 20 pounds up ... Thatit sprinkle uniformly, lea ing no dry rin s, .. That it's as good for fairways a forgreen.

You, too, will be ju r a enthusiastic afteryou've u ed the Thomp on Master prin-kler, Write us for detail.

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for v ning m als, on rnanag r hit on thsubtle scheme of off ring a p cial • ur-prise' dess rt for th childr n. This dishcon isted of a scoop of i -cr am, a mallslic of cake, or cooki s, and, at onwrapp d in gayly color d papsmall toy or favor costing nopenny or so, but of tr m ndouthe young t rs.

Thes favors wer mainly pur ha edfrom th local dim tor and consi t d ofinch-long china dolls, 1 ad-soldi rs, and thlike.

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no tim , make . uryour registry cl rk court ou ly plainswhy, to av them dtsappotntm nt and d -lay. Give them fr e er ic uch as anoccasional piece of whrppin on a club,arihe iv tape, and fr ch cktng of cloth s.

Regarding bookin of times for tar ting,don't charge e tra but try and giv thsame play r th sam tim s v ry Satur-day, Sunday and holiday. Run a handi-cap board and in no tim you \1 ill hayQuit a number of players who will lookon th place as th ir own club and talk itup saying "we hav no troubl at So-and-So course. W hay small tournaments;w hay our 0\1 n starting tim s, tc, tc."

Do not worry if som tim th y mi ~a starting time, th rare alw ys orneplayers r ady to fin in. Too much carcannot b given to g tting a ati factorystart r, on who will listen, sa "y s," butstill go on being runulously fair on start-ing. ever allow the starter or registrycl rk to have word with a player; 1 t

watched the ph nomen a! d v 1-opment of our bu inc into one of themost important factor in golf ha been

more than a generou reward for the effortwe have put behind it.

urely we are justified in feeling that meri-(an gol fdom has recogn ized the ideal andhandicraft of an organization unique, ithinthe indu try. To thi Vulcan organizationI gladly give full credit and, in their behalf,renew the pledge, ith , hich we introducedthe fir t Vulcan golf clubs:

"To build filler golf dubs than lU1Veever before been offered to Americas:golfers, {171d to establisl7 neeo stand-ards of qu,lIity al1d precision 111 golfdub mamrjarrur« ueoer be f 0' eatt e npted . '

Entrenched in the e teem of the olfingpublic and the trade Vulcan confront thenew year, ith high enthusiasm and pre entnew model which urpa in value even thetandards which \ ulcan set in t 92 .

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them bring them to the manager and lethim thrash the question out. This serv-ice is not much and not hard to give, butso strongly marks the difference betweenthe average municipal cours and yoursthat you can get much higher fees, conse-quently a better class of player and natur-ally a much easier kind to handl .

Keep on the JobThe manager, especially if he is the pro,

must be on the fir·t tee or office at alltimes tha t are busy. If he is th pro,the players always need him and he cancement a great many friendships right onthe job. He must be careful not to under-mine the starter" job by allowing favori-tism in starting or ups tting the r gistryclerk by trying to get special friends onthe starting sheet.

Ticket PolicyTo further create the private cour e idea

I am strongly in favor of straight daytickets up until two hours before darknesswhen half fees should be charg d. Thenthe only time when eighteen hole ticketsshould b i 'sued is b fore el v n a. m.Saturdays. It is b tter to get f fty centsextra for a day ticket than an eighteenhole ticket. I find that ninety per cent donot play more than Ighteen holes, espe-cially on Sundays. Copy the private clubsand do not allow women to play Saturdayafternoons and undays and holiday morn-ings. The writer has found this worksvery satisfactor-lly, so much so that in oncase th players got togeth I' and pur-cha red the cours .

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course rigidly on saturd .afternoons, unday R and holiday for-noons and m mb 1'8 can book tarttngtim s 24 hour ah ad, . kday if n c -sary. Clos the cour again tout id rsat the discr tion of th manag r. Particu-larly have a sp Ial lock r room plainlymarked "rn mbers only."

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