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OCTOBER MEETING WHITE GRUBS

NEW NURSERIES AT MEADOWBROOK TEE MAINTENANCE

FALL WORK AT HIGHLAND

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This N E W S L E T T E R is published month ly by the Greenkeepers Club of New England, and sent f r e e to its mem-bers and the i r Greens ' Chairmen. Sub-script ion price t en cents a copy, or a dollar a year . GUY C. W E S T Edi tor

312 Mt . P l e a s a n t St . , F a l l R ive r , M a s s . MARSTON B U R N E T T . . Business Mgr. W y a n t e n u c k G. C., G r e a t Barr ing- ton, M a s s .

October, 1932 Vol. 4, No. 10

O C T O B E R M E E T I N G

For ty - fou r t eams competed in the f i rs t greenkeeper-pro tournament , spon-sored by the Greenkeepers Club of New England, and held a t the Bear Hill Country Club, Stoneham, Mass. on October 3rd. The tou rnamen t was r u n on the basis of pros p laying a t scratch, and greenkeeper pa r tne r s playing two-th i rds of thei r handicap, s trokes to be t aken where they came on the card, f o r t h e net pr ize; wi th gross scores as a f o u r ball, best ball t ou rnament .

A fine 71, pu t together by the Unicorn team, James McCormack and Roland Hancock, won first gross. F i r s t net was won by Joseph Oldfield and Jack Curley of Stony Brae wi th a 74-71.

Prizes fo r best f i rs t nine were split between the teams of John F i t zpa t r i ck and Jack Leary of Sci tuate and P a u l Wanbery and A. Johnson of Weston, wi th scores of 36.

The team of Masciocchi and Br iggs f r o m Oak Hill took the best second nine with a 35.

The scores fol low: J . McCormack—R. Hancock Unicorn—71-69. E. Masciocchi—Briggs Oak Hill—73-73. J . Oldfield—J. Curley Stoney Brae—74-71. P . Wanberg—A. Johnson Weston—75-73.

J . Dar l ing—G. Anderson Colonial—75-74. M. McDonough—R. Bronson Oyster Harbors—76-73. F . Wilson—J. Bernard i Charles River—76-74. H. Fa r ran t—Brook l ine D. Hackney—Vesper—76-75. J . F i t zpa t r i ck—J. Lea ry Scituate—76-76. R. W. Peckham—Sachues t E. Burke—Wanumetonemy—77-75. C. Sowerby—J. Linehan Marlboro—78-76. J . Latvis—D. Morrow Tatnuck—79-75. G. West—M. Higgins Fal l River—79-77. L. S to t t—E. Anderson Meadowbrook—79-78. M. O 'Grady—J. Gilholm New Bedford—80-76. T. Mat tus—H. Net t lebladt Auburn—80-77. E. F u l l e r — F . Gilholm Highland—80-79. W. Lindsay—J. Hendry Manchester , (N. H.)—81-78. J . McDonough—I. Drysdale Salem—81-78. Spence—J. Harvey Stow—81-79. T. Swanson—L. Cottrell Bear Hill—81-79. M. Maxwell—A. Bird Marshfield—81-81. J . Sull ivan—B. Cay Waltham—82-79. E. Phinney—L. Cole Paskamanset t—82-79. M. Burne t t—Linebe r ry Wyantenuck—82-80.

E. Allen—J. Capello Hyannisport—83-80. C. Treat—C. Burgess Woodland—84-82. 1 C. Parker—B. Nicoll Belmont Springs—84-83. C. O'Keefe—L. Hansberry Charles River—85-83. H. Darl ing—Elphick Juniper Hill—88-80. P. Hayden—J. Bagley Woodland—86-80. Durkin—W. Duffey Albermarle—86-81. T. Murray—W. Nash Tedesco—86-81. D. W. Ful le r—Hannon Winnesocket—86-83. H. Browning—Tollman Point Judith—89-84. E. Hansen —W. Cahoon Concord—90-83. O. Wendell—A. Wendell Locust Valley—97-85.

No cards : A. Barney—F. Norman, Wampancag ; E. Stephenson—J. O'Rouke Ledgemont; T. Galvin—T. Jones, Rhode Is land; E. Polhamus—T. Bishop, Wild-wood; P. Cassidy—Delaney, Needham; W. McBride, Nashua—J. Shea, Kern-wood; A. Anderson—F. Lowe, Brae-burn.

The Board of Directors held a meet-ing on October 10, a t Woodland Golf Club.

Howard F a r r a n t is busy this month a t the Country Club, rebuilding the Pr imrose 9th green so tha t the steeple-chase can go back to the original course. He is also digging out several knolls, and levelling the steeplechase course in several places.

J im Sullivan has been resodding his tees at Wal tham, and has enlarged iour .

Charles River is planning more Win-t e r Sports this year, with a longer toboggan shoot, a larger skat ing pond, and the erecting of either a log cabin or portable house near the pond.

Samuel Mitchell, son of Robert of Kernwood, has recently been appointed greenkeeper a t the State course, Ponka-poag G. C., Canton, Mass.

Ted Swanson had one of the nicest lots of nursery rows we ever saw at Bear Hill this year . He has planted a la rge area fo r next year, and has given several greenkeepers supplies for their nurseries. The s t ra in was the Green Section No. 14276, and we understand t h a t F r a n k Wilson is plant ing several rows at Charles River near the Exper-imental Plots, so tha t greenkeepers de-siring some of this s t ra in next year can gs t a supply there. Hence, fine cooper-ation between these two greenkeepers, and many more can be helped next year.

The Wendell brothers are building-grass tees a t Locust Valley, and hope to have all completed before cold weather sets in. Locust Valley has had some very fine greens this year.

W H I T E GRUBS

Dur ing this last Summer and Fall a grea t many golf courses have been troubled by severe infestat ions of white grubs. The damage in some cases has been confined to the rough, but in others the turf in both f a i r w a y and ro rgh has been damaged. Large and small areas have been torn up by crows, skunks, woodchucks, and foxes, who feed on the grubs. In cases where the roots of the turf are only part ial ly eaten off, these animals dig holes; where the roots have been eaten off clean, the turf is of ten turned upside down.

These grubs are distinguished f r o m other forms by their habit of lying curled up in a semi-circle, and the

large brown head, white body and en-larged abdomen. Altho there are numer-ous species, they are very similar in color and form, and are the young oi the large brown May beetles, or June bugs, which f requent ly fly into lights in late Spring.

The eggs are laid by these beetles mostly in June, preferably in grass land. The egg is a broad oval shape, about 1/10 inch long, and is laid in a small ball of ear th a half inch in diameter f r o m one to five inches below the surface. The eggs hatch in about two weeks, most of them hatching by the middle of July. The young grubs feed upon grass roots and grow slowly, as it requires two years or more fo r them to bscome ful l grown. In the Fal l they burrow down into the soil, until by the first f reeze most of them are 7-14 inches deep. The second year, being larger , they do the most damage.

When the grub is two or possibly sometimes three years old, it fo rms an oval cell 3 to 10 inches below the sur-face and there changes to a sof t white pupa, sometime in June or July . The pupa stage lasts a little over three weeks, and in August or September the adult wriggles out of the pupa skin, but remains in the pupa cell unti l the following Spring, when it hardens up and comes out of the soil. These adult beetles feed upon the foliage of various trees. They hide in the soil dur ing the day, and feed a t night. Three years are occupied by the life cycle of each brood; the grubs in all stages of develop-ment may be found in the soil each year.

Arsenate of lead is used as a control. This should be applied in the Spr ing or Summer. In the Pal l and Winter much of the effect of the arsenate of lead is lost and the grubs s t a r t down. Spring is the best time, and the arsenate of lead should be applied before the beetles lay their eggs.

The r a t e of application fo r f a i rway and rough is five pounds of arsenate of lead to 1000 square feet , which is a

little over 200 pounds to the acre. Applications to f a i rways may be mixed with the Spring ferti l izer, applying the two together, or the arsenate of lead may be mixed with sand or any con-venient carr ier . When applying to rough, mix with sand. Application a t the above ra te will grub proof turf fo r several years.

F r a n k H. Wilson, J r .

N E W N U R S E R I E S A T M E A D O W B R O O K

A move to renew our greens and put in larger tees was star ted a t the Meadowbrook Golf Club this past Spring. Plans were laid to extend this work over a five year period, and it was proposed not to deviate f rom this plan.

A turf nursery was our first con-sideration, and the site chosen con-tained approximately 18000 square feet . This land had been unused fo r years, so was nothing but an area of sod.

A cord and half of rotted cow man-ure was applied, plowed under, and constantly harrowed, unti l most of the sod was well broken up. Thi r ty pounds of cow peas were broadcasted on the area, and these were harrowed in, followed by a brushing in, which le f t the top soil in a f a i r ly smooth condition.

The cover crop did exceptionally well considering the drought which followed the seeding, and by August first ( three months a f t e r p lant ing) , the peas were turned under and allowed to rot .

I might add here tha t altho the site selected contained a f a i r ly good grade of loam, it also contained undesirable rocks, so tha t our largest job was screening it, and this was accomplished with a Toro ro ta ry screen. The weather for screening was with us, and by September 5, we had our loam spread back, minus many, many stones, etc.

Jus t prior to p repar ing the seed bed, a water system was laid parallel to the

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nursery, containing three upr ight out-lets. The loam was spread out in blocks separated by one foot paths, en-abling a man to thoroughly wate r the areas, no ma t t e r which way or how hard the wind blew.

To eliminate any pockets and indenta-tions the soil was thoroughly t read upon, raked, rolled both ways with a heavy hand roller, and then raked again. This process brought about a firm, yet not packed condition.

Arsenate of lead at the ra te of three pounds per thousand square fee t was added, and also a generous supply of superphosphate (16%) was raked in. As both manure and cow peas supplied the added nitrogen to the soil, no pre-seeding nitrogen fert i l izer was used. With the arsenate and superphosphate raked in, South German bent a t the r a t e of eight pounds per thousand square feet was sown, lightly raked in, and rolled lightly.

Constant light water ings soon had the seed showing good progress, and to date the nurseries are going into the Winter in good condition.

A tee nursery was also s tar ted and the same condition prevailed.

Lloyd G. Stott .

To overcome this difficulty, we recon-structed the f ron t tee, pu t t ing in a mix-tu re of 5 par t s sand, two par t s loam, and one par t screened clay, which has proven sat isfactory to both members and our professional.

During the season this tee is given a few minutes at tention each morning in levelling, and is kept moist. The sand proportion keeps the mater ial f r o m being skiddy during a wet spell and prevents compaction of the soil fo r tee penetration.

A mixture of this mater ial through the center of any grass tee, (five fee t wide) does not have an artificial appear-ance. I consider this bet ter economy than sodding and repai r ing a tee con-tinously throughout the season.

I wan t to mention the fac t tha t this tee has been played in a Women's State tournament .

Paul G. Wanberg.

FALL WORK AT HIGHLAND GOLF CLUB

T E E MAINTAINENCE

Tee maintenance is becoming such a serious problem at pr ivate courses due to the grea t increase in women's play tha t several courses are considering installation of mats in some section of all grass tees.

This line of thought was brought out in an article in the August issue of Golfdom, br inging fo r th one of the problems of tee maintenance, there-fore a problem of the greenkeeper.

We have had considerable difficulty here a t Weston in mainta ining tur f on our seventh tee in past seasons, i t being a short hole, and an iron shot, which is sure death to any t u r f .

Considerable work has been done this Fal l along the lines of f a i rway renova-tion. We have done considerable seeding on the fa i rways , as the drought last Summer burned out several large areas. We have used the wheel harrow, going over them several times, and then put on new soil, and fert i l izer , and then seeded them. The results have been very good.

We have taken advantage of the low price of ferti l izer, and have fertilized all f a i rways this Fall . We have con-structed several new t r aps and built one new tee. All these changes will make the course better to play, and will make par harder to get.

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most soils. To thrive on t u r f , it must have a t empera tu re near the f reez ing point and a supersa tura ted atmosphere such as is found on greens when snow dr i f t s slowly melt in the spring. High organic mat te r content of the soil, t ender grass, and snow on unf rozen ground encourage its develop-ment .

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