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The NATIONALGREENKEEPER

Official Organ of The National Association of Greenkeepers of America

Published monthly at 4-07Caxton Building, Cleveland, Ohio.Contents copyright, 1926, by The National Greenkeeper, Inc., Publishers.

All Rights Reserved-None of the contents of this magazine, either wholly or in part, may be reprinted in any other magazine.

VOLUME 1.

An EditorialBy G. A. FARLEY

No.2.

CRITICISlVI is a two-edged blade. The just edgeis sharp and makes a clean cut. The unjust may

be likened to the edge of a cross cut saw, discarded aftera hard winter in the Minnesota north woods.

He who deals out just criticism is a kindly surgeonoperating with a sharp blade to remove a malignantgrowth which will in a short time threaten your progressand well being. The kindly wielder of the just bladeleaves you with the feeling, "vVell, I'm glad that's out!1'11be the better for it."

When the saw edge of unjust criticism cuts its jaggedway through your nerves, it takes fortitude to stand thepain, and patience to turn the blade. An impatient mandoes not look upon fortitude as a virtue. He is allfor taking a short cut away from his tormentor, nomatter how rough the road. It often leads him farfrom the objective he has long been seeking to attain.The naturally impatient man thinks quickly, e~l,'cept illemergencies. Emergencies demand a cool head.• Perhaps the man who criticizes unjustly is laboring

under a misunderstanding. lIe may be misinformed.Quite likely he is a kindly man inadvisedly using thewrong edge of the knife. The victim of unjust criti-cism who has a good measure of self control takes thesepossibilities into consideration. He clears up the mis-understanding quietly and with dignity, maintains hisself respect and inspires the respect of his critic.

I have learned this lesson from a greenkeeper.For four years this greenkeeper has filled a difficult

position, where each year a new chairman has been ap-pointed on the Green committee. Not one of these chair-men was appointed because of his knowledge of themaintenance of golf turf, although all of them are ofhigh standing in their community and well loved bytheir families and their friends.

Today, because of his self control and good manage-ment, my good friend the greenkeeper is respected byevery official of his club.

Because he is a good soldier in the battle of life, heshows no scars.

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THE MARCH SHOW NUMBERBefore the Golf Show! Earlier Mailing Date!

More and Better Editorial Matter!More Advertising! More and Better, That's All!

Take it with you to the show,M ail your pronlise th at you'll go!

Conle on, brother, pack your grip,Make Chicago! That's a tip!

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An Open LetterTO EVERY GREEN KEEPER IN AMERICA

From JOHN lVIORLEY, PresidentThe National Association of Greenkeepers of America •

ICANNOT find words to express to you my sincereappreciation 0 f the able support you have given us

in creating and making it possible to carryon this newassociation. In less than five months we have grownfrom a membership of sixty to nearly three hundred,with new memberships being received every day.

This rapid growth is not the result of individualeffort, but due to the support of a number of inAuentialgreenkeepers who have recognized for a long period oftime the need 0 f a national association.

Even with the limited amount of money at our dis-posal we have been able to organize several of tIlelarge districts, and have placed in the hands of nearlyall greenkeepers the aims and objects of this association.

In the short time since the organization of the Dr{-liminary body, we have secured the publication of TheNational Greenkeeper, which is our own magazine, andto which every greenkeeper is urged to contribute hisexperIences.

Our progress has been remarkable, and we have everyreason to expect a large attendance at our coming An-nual ~reeting at the Hotel Sherman, Chicago, on ~1arch26. A t this meeting the election 0 f officers and Execu-tive committee members for 1927 will be held. Dur-ing the entire week of :March 21-26 preliminary openmeetings will be in order, and greenkeepers from manydistricts throughout the Gnited States and Canada whohave given this movement their whole-hearted supportare expected to attend these conferences. I cannot toostrongly urge all greenkeepers to attend during the wholeof Show week. Do not delay your visit until a day or sobefore the Annual l'deeting. Come early and give usthe benefit 0 f you r suggestions.

The National Association 0 f Grecnkeepcrs 0 fAmerica is now a going organization, and wilI he madea permanent hody at its first Annual :\Ieeting and Con-vention the week of ~IIarch 21-26. This date is concur-rent with the International Gol f Show and Country ClubExposition, which will also be held at the Hotel Sher-man. The two events are indeed made to order for "lhegreen keeper.

The world at large knows only from outward ex-pression what goes on within. A large attendance ofgreenkeepers at our Annual ~Ieeting and the Golf Showwill be the outward expression of their interest in the

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National Association. Let us get. together at this firstAnnnal l\Ieeting in such numbers that the attention ofthe whole world of Gol f will. be directed our way.Every greenkeeper should attend, not only to add hissupport to this organization, but to acquaint himselfwith the various labor saving devices which are beingmanufactured to assist him in his work. This is onlythe second year of the International Golf Show, but theexhibits and demonstrations are large in number andgreat in interest to any man who keeps gol f greens.Keeping greens is not all that is demanded of the green-keeper of today. He must be a good business man, anda good business man knows what there is on the marketto incre8')e efficiency in his particular line. There areseveral new pieces of equipment ready for your in-spection, 'as well as fertilizers and many other suppliesyou should know about.

The Hotel Sherman is located in the heart of Chicago'sfamous loop district, surrounded by large stores andamusement places. In the main lobby, at the entranceto the Gol f Show which occupies an entire Aoor above.you will find a registration desk in charge of an Asso-ciation representative. If you will identify yourself tothis representative, you will be given credentials whichwilI admit you to the Show as the joint complimentaryguest of the International Golf Show and the NationalAssociation. Practically all leading manufacturers ofgol f course equipment and supplies are exhibiting thisyear, and the show room Aoor will be a lively and color-ful scene. It will be like a large general store devoted togolf equipment only, which has been erected overnight.

I know of no greenkeeper who is not entitled to avacation after the busy playing season is over, and thereare few golf club officials who will not assist in everyway to make it possible f<?r their greenkeepers to spendthis week in Chicago. If for financial or other reasonsyon feel that the trip is out of the question, just gi\'eyour chairman this magazine to read, and leave it to him.\ Vithont rloubt he will find a way for you to be with us, •and I say this because of my wide acquaintance withchairmen of Green committees. They know, betterthan 1110st other officials of golf clubs, how much itmeans to the club to place within reach of the green-keeper the oDportnnities he needs to advance him in hisprofession. Show him this letter,-but don't forget toget your magazine back!

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fL The Association is negotiating to secure reduced fare rates for green-keepers to attend the Annual Meeting and Golf Show the week of March21-26.

(l .Greenkeepers who register at the special Association desk at entranceto the show will be furnished badges and credentials.

(l Sign the application for membership, on page 1, if you have not alreadydone so, and mail it with room res~rvations to the Association office, 407Caxton Building. Several other conventions are scheduled in Chicagoduring Golf Show week, and the Hotel Sherman must have reservationswell in advance. Don't delay!

fI. Everybody welcome, and everybody expected!

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The recogmtlOn of the expert and well informedgreenkeeper is just dawning. '\That is expected of himhe must deliver, if his future in the greenkeeping field isto be made secure.

Just as a final reminder let me repeat that the Gol f

'\Todd needs an olltward sign of this new progressi\'emovement toward raising the standard .of the professionof Greenkeeping. Your visit to 01icago the week ofMarch 21-26 is conclusive evidence that you are keepingstep with the times .

•View 0/ Number Eighteen Green and Lake at Youngstown Country Club. Youngstown. Ohio

Golf Course UpbuildingBy GUY C. \VEST

Greenkeeper, Fall River Country Club, Fall River, ~IIassachusetts

Guy C. WestGreenkeeper

Fal1 River Country Club

View Over Fal1 River Course

THERE are some few things, whichfrom my experience at Fall River,

I deem necessary for successful andefficient golf course management.

Good equipment is absolutely neces-sary to efficient maintenance. I havegradually bought tools and equipment,spreading expenditures over several years, buying thethings most needed first so that no one year's expendi-tures has been excessive. In this connection it is hardlynecessary to state that all equipment must be kept ingood condition. It is certainly not efficient to buyequipment and then allow it to rust, or remain dull, orfall to pieces, as the case may be.

The men working on the course must be interestedin the work, and must be trained by the greenkeeperto do the various operations as he wants them done.As they work alone or practically so a good deal, theymust be steady and trustworthy. In every gang ofmen there are some who can do some one operationbetter than the rest, and certain others who can closome other operation better, so it is necessary to haveeach operation done by the men in the gang who canaccomplish the best results.

A few suggestions as to how I have built up thecourse here could be used on many courses whichneed upbuilding. I established a turf nursery, notonly for growing sod for various portions of the course,but also for experimental purposes. I have built largesupplies of compost, using a relatively large amountof humus material, as the soil here is very sandy. Agood turf nursery and plenty of good compost are abso-lutely essential to proper upbuilding. I am establishing

5th Green at Fal1 River, .180 Yards

bent greens by seeding, and cutting outbad areas and replacing with bent sodfrom the nursery. In this connection Ihave had very large amounts of pearl-wort to remove. I have reduced the weedsto almost a minimum by systematic weed-ing and constant use of acid fertilizers.

In the building up of fairways I have fertilized heav-ily, top-dressed bad portions, and in places where gravelcropped to the surface, have removed the poor soil, re-placed it with good loam, and resodded with good sod.

\;Yith tees, I have first of all built new tees orenlarged present ones so that teeing space is adequate.lVlaintenance consists of cutting twice or three timesa week, moving markers daily, patching divots, andtop-dressing with compost and a little fertilizer at leastonce a month.

It is, of course, impossible in an article of this lengthto tell. all of the operations used. I have tried to givea few suggestions in regard to upbuilding. In conclu-sion I will add a few factors which I judge to be abso-lutely essential for economical course management.

1. Perfect co-operation between Green committeeand greenkeeper.

2. Sufficient and proper equipment kept in goodcondition.

3. A well trained and interested gang of men.4. A large, weIl-kept, and often used turf nursery.5. Large supplies of compost.6. Ability on part of greenkeeper to read and

observe intelligently, knowing when to adapt some oneelse's experience to his own use.

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Address of CAPTAIN DAVID L. REESOf Progress Country Club, Purchase,'!.New York, before the January lVleeting of the

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VERY early in the history of civilization we find thatmen banded together for purposes of mutual inter-

est, well being and advancement, and these bodies of menwere drawn together by some desire common to all ofthem, as for example, The Crusaders bound together bythe tie of chivalry, The Knights of the Round Tableassembled for social intercourse and the conquest of evil,and so on down thru the ages till we find today thatevery single trade and profession in every country inthe world has its own peculiar fraternal organization.Tradesmen's unions are of world-wide scope. Had wegreenkeepers been eligible for admission to the ranks ofthe great labor army it is very certain that we would notso long have remained unorganized. VVe would havebeen urged and even obliged to organize and affiliatewith larger and more powerful bodies. As it is ofcourse we are professional men and our profession isbut in its infancy, therefore we greenkeepers of todayfind ourselves pioneers in the matter of fraternal organi-zation amongst ourselves.

The question of fraternal societies needs no otheradvocacy than the proof which history offers us of thesuccess of such bodies. I myself do not know of anysingle trade or profession that has suffered harm throughthe fraternal organization of its members; indeed, Iknow of none that has not been tremendously henefitedand elevated. As a liying proof of the outstanding suc-cess of professional banding together, let us look to whathas happened in the case of three of our most learnedand respected callings, namely teaching, medicine andlaw. These professions generations ago had their localfraternal societies, which in time became national or-ganizations and today we find teachers, doctors andlawyers working for nation-wide betterment in theirprofessions, with splendid results. Law indeed has gonefurther, to witness The International Law Society whichnow exists and which two years ago held its annualmeeting in 'the U. S. A., last year in London and nextyear will meet in' Paris. Had the original small societiesof these great professions not met with abundantlyfruitful results, it is very certain that there would neverhave existed such a thing as an International Society.Talking of internationalization of societies recalls to mymind an extremely interesting evening I spent last yearlistening over the radio to a meeting of Police Commis-sioners from all over the wide world. They had met inNew York City at the inyitation of Police CommissionerEnright to form an International Police Commissioners'

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Society, which was to exist with the one supreme objectof dealing more effectively with criminals. New Yorkwas decided on as a good place to meet in for discussion,because this country has to face the crime problems ofevery European country,-and by the same token, Iwould maintain that she also has to tackle the green-keeping problems encountered by all other countries puttogether, and a whole lot more besides. Speaking inalmost every known tongue, these excellent gentlemen,The Police Commissioners, came to the unanimous con-clusion that not only the best way but the only reallyeffective way to deal with the crime problem is byunrestricted co-operation and mutual help.

After all we here tonight have one and the same jobgiven us, to maintain a gol f course in the best possiblecondition for the playing of golf, and we all of us finddifficulties many of which befall us all at the same time.Experience is of course a very excellent school, butsurely it must be admitted that by sharing experiencewe share the good lessons learned from each experience,and the beneficial results of these lessons are spreadover an area, instead of being confined to one spot asthey otherwise would be. This sharing of experience isplainly and obyiously of immense good to a large num-ber, and therefore to the profession as a whole. Co-operation is the speediest way and the surest 0 f achievingan object for the yoice of one man sounds yery faint be-side the united YO ices of a body of men. A little storyillustrative of the excellent results of co-operation comesto my mind at this point.

One S:!.turday evening an old Scotchwoman trudgedfrom her little farm in the hills down to the nearesttown bearing a large basket heavily laden with eggswhich she had contracted to sell to the local grocer. Shehanded him the basket, he carefully counted the eggsand handed her a sum of money which she took andexamined very sorrowfully. "That's verra little, l\faisterl\'IacTavish" she said. "Ay", he replied, "but the mer-chants had a meeting and they all agreed not to pay morethan fivepence the dozen this summer." The old ladywent away but returned as usual next Saturday nightwith her basket of eggs. As he counted them thegrocer with a dissatisfied voice, said, "These eggs areterrible small, l\'lrs. l\Jackenzie." "Ay," she answeredhim, "but the hens had a meeting and they all agreed thatthey wouldna stretch theirseh"es for fivepence a dozen."

If we are to concern ourselves tonight with the ques-tion of joining the now existing National Association,

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I would say that our brothers in Cleveland have merelyforestalled us by a year or two. vVe are at present work-ing for the formation of a lVletropolitan Association andthat, we had in mind, was to be a stepping stone to aNational Organization. If the Cleveland greenkeepersare further ahead than we, I say unhesitatingly, "Goodluck to them." I have not the pleasure of personal al:-quaintance with any member of the Executive Councilof the National Association but I have heard of severalof them and they do seem to be very admirable gentle-men. They do not of course appear to be a widelyrepresentative body, but it will naturally follow ~hat ifwe men f rom the east become members we shall thenbe able to have eastern representation on the Executivebody 0 f the National Association. As' non-members weare of comparatively little interest to the National As-sociation, but if we join them these fellows make ourproblems theirs, help us to solve difficulties, help us tofight our battles and give us through the magazine the

benefit of all information and experience at their com-mand. They intend, too, to care for our families if weshould drop out by the way. I have been frequentlyvery grateful to different members of the WestchesterGreenkeepers Association; they have been my friendsboth in business life and in a social way. Many of you Iwould never have had the opportunity of meeting hadI not been a member of this Association and '1 hope tomeet still more fellow members as the years go by withwhom I can share experiences to the mutual enjoymentand benefit of all of us.

As the National Association exists to day there maybe points we do not agree with them about, but let ustake the matter up in its broadest sense and let unfavor-able details be dealt with as we come to them. Let'svote whole-heartedly for nation-wide co-operation in ourprofession. vVe're not going to let an old Scotch eggwoman see farther than we do. Let's be broad minded,co-operative in spirit and big hearted. Lef s join fo aman!

Future of Green Section AssuredNEW PLAN OF U'NITED STATES GOLF ASSOCIATION

ALTHOUGH always fathered by the United StatesGolf Association, the department of the Green Sec-

tion was organized as a separate body when it was in-augurated.

At the regular annual meeting held at the PittsburghAthletic Club on January 7-8, the new plans for theGreen Section were disclosed. By unanimous vote, aresolution read by James Francis Burke, General Coun-sel for the U. S. G. A., to dissolve the original incorpora-tion of the Green Section and unite this department withthe governing gol f association was passed.

A large increase in membership in the combined bodywill be the natural result, as under the new program,e\"ery golf club accepted as a member will pay a yearlymembership fee of $30, which fee will include the GreenSection service. Few golf clubs will refuse the ad-vanta'ge of such a membership, is the belief of theExecutive committee of 1926.

Among those who attended the meeting, it was theconsensus of opinion that the United States Golf Asso-ciation officials have by this act insured the continuanceof the work of the Green Section for the golf clubs ofthis country. Indeed, it seemed to many who had beenassociated with Dr. C. V. Piper during the years of hisunselfish service, that

A spirit walked in happiness among the men heloved;

His smiling presence filled the meeting hall,

And we who listened heard a clearly ringing voiceagam,

"\Vell done, my friends! You've answered to mycall. "

:Mr. Alex Pirie, president of the National ProfessionalGolfers' Association, in his talk on "Why the GreenSection", made an earnest appeal for the Green Sectionto work in the future more closely in touch with thegreenkeepers of the country.

Suggestions \vere made from the floor for the estab-lishment of experimental stations in various districts. Itwas thought quite probable that some gol f club in eachdistrict would co-operate fully by allowing the use of aplot 0 f land to be devoted to an experimental turfgarden.

Several pleas were made in the open discussion fol-lowing the meeting on the 7th to hold Green Sectionmeetings during the playing season, and on golf courseswhere turf problems may be discussed' on the ground.\\Tell organized local associations of greenkeepers followthis practice of meeting regularly once each month atdifferent local clubs, and from these meetings they havederived a great deal of benefit.

Many ~ubjects of interest to green keepers were wellcovered by the speakers on both days of the, meeting;those of particular interest will be reported in futureissues of this magazine.

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