The Washington times., 1938-09-21

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known and unknown to man.
Thus the grass that grows in
Washington and st. Louis on the
city links is of more interest to
greenkeepers than that Of any
other community.
Jones May Attend
Over the river, across from Ar.
lington, where the Army and
Navy bury their dead, the Depart
ment Of Agriculture has been ex-
perimenting for more than q
decade with every known variety
of grass, including the Manchu-
rian. With financial aid from
the United States Golf AsSocia-
ton, tall, thin and distinguished
looking DR.. John Monteith, jr.,
has been conducting the expert
ments, which have been Of inval-
liable aid to green k e eperS
throughout the country.
Next Monday greenkeepers OF
the nation have been invited to
inspect the Department of Agri-
futures work with turf during a
one-day visit to washington.
Mostly those from the Eastern
seaboard, including New York
and Philadelphia, will attend.
The chairman of the COM
mittee on arrangements for the
one-day inspection trip is j.
WILLIAM LEvERTON of White
Flint Golf Club in Rockville.
MR.. LEVERTON expects about
100 greenkeepers in all.
An invitation has been ex-
tended to BOBBY JONES to
attend the meeting. In the past
two years BOBBY has been
deeply interested in the prob
lem of golfing turf. He has been
anxious to find a variety Of
grass of a more even character
to replace the coarse Bermuda
type used on most of the greens
Of the South.
Monday morning early the
greenkeeperc will assemble at
the Experimental Station to be
conducted on a tour of the prof.
ect. They will be shown labeled
varieties of bent, blue grass and
fescues of every type lined up
in four different kinds of plats.
One group will illustrate the
use of different soil textures;
another application of varities
of fertilizer; a third, disease con-
troll, and a fourth, chemical
weed control. DR.. Monteith will
show the visiting gteenkeeperS
how to grapple with brown
patch, dollar spot, cut worms,
grubs, Sod-web worms and
chinch bugs, or what have they.
School for Greenkeepers
Then when they've got that
information under their hats,
they will be off to put lunch
under their belts at one of the
country clubs on their afternoon
tour. First stop will probably
be Capital, which has two ex-
perimental greens, at holes num-
bers 3 and 18, on each of which
are 16 different varieties of
grass. They will be able to
study at first-hand how those
selected varieties stand up un-
der the scuffing Of continual
play.
The junketing greenkeepers
will then proceed to Burning
Tree, Chevy Chase and Colum-
bia. The last two mentioned
have underground, piped irriga-
tion installed. The windup of
the whole affair will be o ban.
Quet, probably at Manor Club.
Few golfers realize the trials
and tribulations Of greenkeep-
ers, whose work is mostly toll
and no glory. But recently
Maryland University dignified
their calling by adding to the
entomology curriculum a three
day course, slated for either
December or January, for green
keepers and those interested in
turf on lawns, tennis courts and
football fields.
DR.. Ernest Cory, head Of Mary
lands department Of entomol-
ogy, plans to invite Department
of Agriculture experts and, per
hapS, one of the local green
keepers to address his class,
which will study soil, fertilizer,
diseases, landscaping, various
grasses, plants and shrubs.
If you're having trouble with
your lawn, enroll in DR.. Cory'S
class. Who knows but what you
may find out what to do with
superphosphate and bone meal;
how to use magneSia as topdress-
ing, and how to eradicate snow
mold.
Late this evening U. S. G. A.
officials at Wilmette, ILL.,, for the
National WON en's Amateur
Championship will announce
the award of the 1899 tourna-
ment. Congressional Country
Club has put in its bid, and
from all indications will be the
scene Of next years nationals.
If another city does win out
over Washington, however, none
of the leading lights among
local golfing women need feel
too disappointed. They have
worked hard, long and success
fully to see that an invitation
was extended from the Nations S