The diminutive grasses of golf greens

ne d the sci ntific nourishment

VI 0 prevldesl

• On the green, on the fairway, igoro make forbetter golfing. Better golfing becau e igoro helpdevelop hardy, mooth top growth . . . top growth ofthe right resiliency for be t play.

o it' ju t good buine to give your cour e the careit need. Keep it in fine playing condition with Vigore.

A complete plant food, Vigoro upplie, in cien-tifically balanced proportions, vital food element gra smust have. Proved on the ground of many of America'mo t famou cour e , Vigore i the plant food your turfneed for better play.

We'll how you wh if you'll write for full informa-tion . . . information that indi putably how the re-markable re ult Vigore produce .

SWIFT & COMPANYPlant Food Division, U. S. Yards

Chicago 9, III.

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GRASS PRICESRE LOWER!

On 50 Lbs. and Over We Pack SeasideAnd Triple A Bent in Tin Lined Cases.

GRASS SEEDof "Known 9uality"

Tested for Purity and GerminationSeaside Bent, Cocoos Bent, Triple ABent, Velvet Bent, Colonial Bent, As-toria Bent, Kentucky Blue, ChewingsFescue, Illahee Creeping, Red Fe cue,Red Top, Rye Gra ses, Alta TallFe cue and Other Grasses For FineTurf Work and Special Mixtures ForGreens, Tees, Fairways and Rough.

Write For Special Golf Prices

Golf Course EquipmentMowers, Sprinklers, Distributors,Flags, Hole Cup, Tee Towels, Mis-cellaneous upplies and Equipment.

2.4·D WEED KILLERS-Brown Patch Remedies

Write for New 7948 Price List

~~tI~~132·138 Church St.. New York 8.

New York

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Floyd Farley will open his new 18-hole Meridian fee course at OklahomaCity thi spring ... Farley' al 0 re-cently constructed new 9-hole cour esat EI Reno and Wewoka, Okla. . •.Lou Koch who was asst. to Bob Har-low as Pinehur t press agent now ipublicity director for Boca Raton(F'Ia.) Club... When data wa beingsecured on what club pro might dis-card if compromise were effected be-tween USGA 14-club and PGA 16-clubrule most pros aid they could parethe No. 1 iron.

H&H Guest Ranch CC, Paul Drum-met' dude ranch near Hou ton, Tex.is planning to add 9 hole to it exi t-ing 9 this year ..• Wickenburg, riz.,which proclaim it elf "Dude RanchCapital of the 'Vorld" i consideringbuilding public golf course. . . Ridingthose horse make you tired in thesame place but not in the arne waysome of your golf core do... keetand trap shooting ranges getting astrong play at midwestern golf clubthis winter.

Beverly CC (Chicago di t.) cour emaintenance cost analysis for 1947showed how machinery is replacingmanual labor ... Beverly' labor u edto account for 75% of cour budget.

JUSTICEPLUG

EJECTOThe perfect tining tool. Youmay now add your soil condi-tioners without compactingthe greens: unbelievablspeed at low cost.Promotes root development.internal drainage, soil im-provement and aeration.Sold through distributorsonly. Distributors solicited.

Sales Agency

DAVE W. JUSTICE50 I S. W. 44th St.

Oklahoma City, Okla.

Improve old greens withoutrebuilding.

Gol/dom

GREENS keepers praise the low cost protec-tion they get from Farquhar Iron Age

Sprayers on golf greens, shrubbery, bushes,trees. Especially designed to spray areas inac-cessible to large wheel and truck mountedsprayers, these handy machines are ideal foreconomical general utility work around anysize golf course.

Shown here is an Iron Age Sprayer, equippedwith a 4-gallons-per-minute pump (workingcapacity up to 350 lbs. maximum) and drivenby a 134 HP air-cooled engine, protecting golfgreens. The famous Iron Age Pump delivers theconstant high pressures needed for thoroughpenetration. This unit can also be used for weedcontrol, whitewashing buildings, disinfectantwork or fire protection.

Farquhar builds Iron Age Sprayers in varioustypes, sizes and pump pressures to meet allrequirements. Ask your nearby Iron Age

February, 1948

Dealer why club owners everywhere say, "OurIron Age Sprayer is the best all-around invest-ment we ever made."

SEND FOR FREE BULLETIshowing how it will pay you to Spray the Iron Age Way.Write: A. B. Farquhar Co., Farm Equipment Division,3427 Duke St., York, Po.

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Scdtt4. CHAMPIONSHIPTURF - A natural result of seeding,feeding and weeding with ever-popu-lar Scott Turf Products. Year-roundefforts of your Green Committee andSuperintendent bring you the bestgreens, tees and fairways when topquality materials are employed. Suchan investment has always been goodeconomy, but this spring quality seedprices are even lower. May we quoteyou?O. M. Seo.tt & SONS CO.

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Mowing time can be cut-often as muchas 50 per cent-when grass-cutting bladesare razor keen. Greens and fairways lookbetter quicker-stay well-kept longer-when you have your own Peerless Sharp-ener. There's no "going over" a secondtime when your blades are Peerless Sharp-ened. A Peerless edge cuts closely, evenly,smoothly-and does It right the first timel

Peerless' fast-cutting grinding wheelgives any type of mowing blade a keen,smooth edge. Its rugged, precision mech-anism gives years of trouble-free service.Write today for complete information.

P. S.: Peerless Sharpeners are perfectfor estates and country places, too.

... La t year it wa 50%... Rob rtBruce Harri , Chicago, de igning newmuny course for Clinton, la. EaglePoint Park ... Harri al 0 remodelingCountryside GC fee cour e northwe tof Chicago originally built a a featureof a real estate development ponsoredby the late amuel In ull, utilitiemagnate.

Twenty-fifth anniversary party givenOrville Clapper, pres., Clapper Co., WestNewton, Mass., New England course equip-ment and supply dealers ... Place waspacked with employees and guests. . . Abunch of happy birthday wires were re-ceived celebrating Orville's 25 years in thebusiness ... British PGA officials haveruled out annual Ryder Cup matches astoo expensive ... "A high official of theBritish PGA" told Associated Press thatthe British PGA practically emptied its tillto send a team to Portland, Ore.

ever saw livelier more attractiveChristma card than pro' got out fortheir member' and other friend forChristmas, 1947..• And never aw amany pro Christmas card ... JerryGlynn, kycrest CC (Chicago di t.)pro, and one of the smart st, mooth-est promoter in the business,ay apro i ' overlooking a good bet for him-self and the club when he doe 'n't see

Works with Any Mower • Easy, Simple toOperate • Accurate and Durable • A Keen

Cutting Edge Every Time

The FATE-ROOT-HEATH COMPANY • Dept. D-l, Plymouth, Ohio

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TAT SOILiCIDE i the new miracle chemical mi e with water, it i packed in 1 pint bottlethat eradicate fungu di ea es uch a Dollar (12 per ca e) and gallon bottle. Te ted andpot, Copper pot and Brown Patch - with proved at Rhode I land tate Colleg and

effective crabgrass control at the same time! other leading agricultural ration in Unitedpecifically formulated for u e on putting tares and outh America. ave time and

greens. Add 1 pint to 100 gallons water whenu ed a fungicide. Add 1 pint to 50-75 labor - do two important job at nee - u egallon water when used for crabgra con- TAT OILI IDE for healthy, beautifultrois. An odorles liquid that immediately green!TAT C·LECT BULK SPECIAL. Thi i identical to TAT OILICIDEexcept in more concentrated form. Can be appropriately diluted foruse as a fungicide or for crabgra s control on green, fairwa , teeor aprons. Repre ent lowest co t for large u er. Onl a ailable in15 and 53 gallon drum.TAT WEED C·LECT. The only 2,4-D formula compounded for mix-ing with TAT C-LE T PECIAL or TAT OILICIDE to permit killingmo t broad leaf weed duringame treatment. Packed in 1-5 and 53gallon. Order 0JV from the following:

AUTHORIZED TAT C·LECT and TAT SOILiCIDE...----------- DISTRIBUTORS and DEALERS -------------,

Ohio Cincinnati Tennessee Knosvll!»B. K. Cohee Co. A. G. McKay

C/eyeland MemphisOhio Toro Co. Coyle Shea Co.

Columbus Virginia RichmondLivingston Seed Co. T. W. Wood & Son

still open. For 'nformation Write

O. E. LINCK CO•• INC. - Clifton. ew Jersey

California Inglewood Kentucky LouisyilleThree Way Dixie Lawn Supply

Distributors Co.Los Angeles Maryland

Pacific Toro Co. SilYer SpringsSacramento Todd's Machine

F. Lagomarsino & ShopSons Massachusetts Boston

Colorado Denver Joseph Breck & Co.Barteldes Seed Co. Watertown

D.C. Herbert D. FayWashington West Newton

Balderson Seed Co. The Clapper Co.Georgia Atlanta Michigan Detroit

Evans Implement Terminal SalesCo. Minnesota

Illinois Chicaqo MinneapolisGeo. H. Davis, Inc. Maney Bros. Mi" &Chicago Fence & EI. Co.

Eqpt. Co. Missouri Creve CoeurIndiano Indianapolis Lawrence J. Meisel

Kenney Machinery Co.Co. Kansas City

Iowa Des Moines D. B. Be" & SonGlobe Machinery Nebraska Omaha

Co. Z. W. Credle

Certain Desirable Territories are

New JersevRochelle Pk.

Terre CompanyNew York Buffalo

Ideal Mower Sales& Service

New York CityArthur D. Peterson

Co.Stumpp & Walter

RochesterGrass Cutting Eqpt.

Co.Syracuse

Golf & TractorEqpt. Co.

North CarolinaCharlotte

E. J. Smith & Son

Contains PM AS

DaytonDayton Lawn

Mower Co.Lakewood

W. D. FosterToledo

W. V. Barton Co.Pennsylvania

PhiladelphiaLawn & Golf

Supply Co.Philadelphia Toro

Co.Pittsburgh

E. H. Griffith Co.Rhode Island

ProvidenceWoodworth Bradley

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"The right thing, at th.e right time,at the right price" ... for over 25years we've made it our businessto "have what it takes" to helpNew England greenkeepers main-tain their courses in top condition.Let us quote on your Spring needs.Toro Power and Gang Mowers • Mil·organite Fertilizer • Buckner Sprinklers •Jari Power Scythe • Chemicals • SprayersSupplies • Fertilizers • Tools • Grass

Seeds • Repairs for Toro Equipment

~~/aP-ft-fJCO

(Formerly New England Toro Co.) I1121 Washington St. (Bigelow 4-7900)

WEST NEWTON 65, MASS.

that the manager and greenk per geta set of good club at cost-s-or evenless ... Glynn say he know from ex-perience that' where a pro can spendsome of his own money and get greatdividends in good will, cooperation andcash in the long run.Eddie Hruz goes from Oconomowoc

(Wis.) CC to be pro at Ozaukee CC (Mil-waukee dist.). . . Alex Wilmot resigns asMaple Bluff CC, Madison, Wis., pro, to gointo sports goods business ... Chicago dis-trict fee course sues to stop operation of pigfarm with 6000 porkers to its windward ...Not many kids showing up for the few freeevening golf classes offered at Scotchschools. . . Howard Farrant now supt. atPine Brook (Mass.) CC.

The sprightly veteran Joe Sylvester goesas pro at North Hempstead CC,Port Wash-ington, N.Y.... Billy Sixty, MilwaukeeJournal golf and bowling columnist whostars in performance as well as writing ofboth sports, was subject of a bright columnby Jimmy Powers in NY Daily News ...Columbus, 0., Wyandot muny courseshowed 1947 gross of $26,000... The city'sTwin River course grosses $15,000... LesJohnstone signed as pro by Town & Coun-try Club, Green Bay, Wis.

William E. Hoyt, 59, died at JacksonMemorial hospital, Miami, Fla., Dec.

Shown here, o.30. No. 32 hatWO handle.Manufactured bythe makers ofDunham WaterWeight LawnRoller

\Nith theGreens GREEN10 SPIKE DISC

CULTIVATORHAVE thick, rich, healthy gras all ummer.

Aerate the soil- and cultivate it at thesame time - with an Ohio Spike Disc Cultivator.Use it before you re- eed or apply fertilizer, limeor top dres ing. The pikes make little pocketsfor seed or fertilizer to ettle into and not getblown or washed away. Use thi cultivator toloosen sod hardened by summer heat, and to formmoi rure-retaining mulch. Easy to operate, surein results. When not in ue, discs are ea il}raised out of the way, as in wheeling over walksand floors.

Your club need an Ohio pike Disc Cultivator. Twopopular·priced hand-operated sizes, No . 30 and 32, nowavailable. Due to shortage of material, tractor typeare not at present obtainable. If your upply hou eha n'r Ohio pike Di c Cultivator, write us for fullinformation.

JOHN H. GRAHAM & CO. Inc.General Sales Agent

Dept. Y, 105 Duane St., New York 7, N. Y.

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DU PONT 2,4-D KILLS FAIRWAY WEEDS• You get results when you use Du Pont2,4-D Weed Killer on your fairways forweed control.

Du Pont 2,4-D Weed Killer is highlyconcentrated-in powder form-quicklydissolves in water. (lIb. makes 100 gal. of0.1% solution.) That's why it's easy touse, economical. For killing weed roots aswell as foliage, you'll find Du Pont 2,4-DWeed Killer a year-round trouble saver.

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For poison ivy, Du Pont AMMATE* killswith a ingle application.For further information write Du Pont,em san ection, Wilmington 98, Del.

February, 1948

Prevent lurtflus disease. on your greens witheasily applied TERSAN,* SEMESAN,* or Spe_cial SEMESAN* fungicides. *Relr. u. S. Pat. Off.

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Replace 7 snow shovels this winter

You clear snow as fast as seven menwith shovels . . . you cut weeds and grassas fast as five men with scythes . . . allwith this one economical machine.

40·inch snow plow blade can be angledinstantly right or left . . . big 4 :00 x 12tires give positive traction . . . easy tohandle ... blade also ideal for light bull-dozing . . . 3·foot ickle bar quick and

i:!,Yn t~~c;:e~h :t~~crr:~;-;~~f.·Xtsal) rL'bo:£.AT THE NEW CUNNINGHAM REELTYPE POWER DRIVEN LAWMOWER.

Write Dept. G for FREE literature.

JAMES CUNNINGHAM, SON • CO.Roche •• er a, New York

27. . . Hoyt was widely known a aprominent amateur golfer in Ohio andas a veteran ale man of golf play-ing equipment. . . Prior to hi deathhe was with cushnet.,. Bill wa agrand friendly fellow who would cheer-fully go out of his way to help any-body... He's urvived by hi widow,his daughter, Jean, and thre i t rs.

Chicago Park Di trict' h ad golfpro Packey Walsh will be bu y in thenation' large t park board golf in-struction program. .. ession will beheld night once a week during Febru-ary and March at two Chicago Parkdistrict field hous and aturdayafternoons at a we t ide Park D' -trict field house ... Mexiean PG beingorganized by Edmundo al , PO Bo .779, Mexico City, D.F.... Jimmy De-mar t's average of 69,80 for 92 com-petitive rounds in 1947 won the HarryVardon memorial trophy award by amargin of .04 of a stroke over BenHogan.

Gene Sarazen recently received from L.B. Icely, Wilson's pres., an award for 25years service with Wilson Sporting GoodsCo.... George Diegel, Leo's brother, nowoperating Forest Hills course at Tampa,Fla .... Visitors to PGA course at Dunedin

Dept. GD3

Solve your ball washing problem with this thrifty, easy to use ball wash.Washes balls glistening clean, yet is absolutely harmless to paint. No offensiveodor under any conditions, Use only one tablespoonful per ball washer formaximum results.Price: $4.50 per gal. 5 gal. can, $21.50

DBA PRODUCTS CO.

Order from your dealer or direct from

DEERFIELD. ILL.* * (Golf Supply Dealers wrIte fGr complete detallsJ

Goljdom

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at far less cost than former weed-eradication methodsUSE ONLY 1 TO2 PINTS PER ACRE OF

Highly Effective! Authorities have found that theester forms of 2,4-D used in Agricultural Weed-No-More penetrate weed leaves within 5 minutes orless, then begin to work instantly.

Saves Time and Money! Using the new Weed-No-More spraying method developed and provedby herwin-Williams Research, one man can sprayas many as 100 acre in a single day. The use ofWe d-No-More r suIts in beautiful, we d-free turf.

....................•.........................••.....New Movie Tells All. ommittee and boardsshould see the Itew full-color, 16mm sound film"Agriculture's N w Conquest." It t Us the fullstory of weed control with 2,4-D on far ms andlarge turf areas. S e your dealer or write directto Agricultural Chemicals Division, 1231 Mid-land Bldg., Cleveland 1, Ohio.•••...•......•..........•.....••......•

Acme White Lead & Color Works, DetroitW. W. Lawrence & Co., Pittsburgh

The Lowe Brothers Co., DaytonJohn Lucas & Co., Inc., Philadelphia

The Martin-Senour Co., ChicagoThe Sherwin-Williams Co., Cleveland

Easy to Applyl AgriculturalWeed-No-More is effectivelyapplied with a simpl low-costspra attachment quickly as-sembled and mounted on trac-tor, J ep, or truck. Pump can bedri ven by power take-off or smallgas engine. Hand prayers canbe u ed for small area s. One to2 pint of Weed- No-More in only5 gallon or Ie s of water peracre kills dandelion, plantains,buckhorn, and other turf weeds.For full information phone yoursupply dealer or write direct toAgricultural Chemical Divi-sion, 1231 Midland Building,Cleveland 1, Ohio.

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Mixtures carefully blended to yourspecifications or our special formulasfor varying conditions of soil, climateand use.

High germination and purity.

TELL US YOUR PROBLEM

ASGROW SEEDSMain Office: New Haven 2, Conn.

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OF IRRIGATION

~ *;::====~".••makes your courseindependent of RAI NNow is the time to get information onthe Skinner System Planning and Engineer-ing Service and make plans to keep yourcourse fresh and green all summer long.Write for catalog and details of SkinnerService. No obligation.

SKINNER IRRIGATION COMPANY

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this fall are lauding Alex Cunningham forhis work in bringing the course into topcondition ... Nine hole muny course atGreenwood, Miss., being completed ...Jackson, Miss., also about ready to openits new muny course.

Russell G. Miller is new mgr., un-set Ridge CC (Chicago di t.) , • • AlBryant, 67, mgr., Fox Hill -Baldwincourse (LA dist.) died in Inglewood,Calif., Dec. 30, following a week' ill-ness ... He was widely known as a clubmanager and expert amat ur golf rand was the genial, helpful fri nd ofthousands in the di rtrtct ... He is sur-vived by two son ; William, mgr., RioHondo GC and Dr. Alva.Homer Herpel, pro at Indian Meadows

GC, new St. Louis IS-hole fee course, plansprogram of group lessons for women andkids in days and clinics at night on rangeat the course ... Homer says having golfrange operating nights at the course wastremendous boost for private lessons andsales after Indian Meadows opened in mid-September, 1947.

Elmer Wheeler, new supt, at Jac-queline Cochran Ranch course, Indio,Calif ... Smiley Quick now on pro taftof Harry Bassler at Fox Hill -Baldwincourses (L dlst.) .•. Trade ins on newclub sales got to be big busines inseveral metropolitan districts last

NOW AVAILABLEModel 700

Light weight, 7 cuttingblades for smooth cutting.Crucible alloy steel knives.Ball bearing reel. 10-inchsemi-pneumatic tires. Rub-ber roller. Steel handle.Is-inch cut.

ALSOAVAILABLE

Model 900 pushtype tractor

mower.20-inch cut.

Inquiriessolicited.

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