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Make a Clean,Quick Job

HAVE used your "ELECTRIC"Worm Eradicator for several

years and have always had greatsuccess. It makes a clean, quickjob."-Pet'r "lark, r ecnkeeper,\Ve tch . ter Hill Golf Club, N 'wYork.

2 Gallons Tre ts GreenEach gallon of "ELEC1 RT "

Worm Eradicator can be dilutedwith 250 gallon of water, and cov-er 3,000 square Fe t. Two gallonwill treat an average green, prevent-ing "brown patch" a well a killingthe worm.

Glassware Included Freew- hip "1~LE "TRTC" \Vonn

Eradicator in 5, 10, 15 and SO-gal1oncontainers. Pricc, $3.00 per gallon,f. o. h. factory. \V c supply fr e ofcharge, a m 'a ure and glass jugfor handling the Eradicator.

The 50-gallon ~pr ink ling art,. hown above, applie the solutionrapidly and evenly. \V c supply theCart at cost, $35.00 v ith order for10 gallon' or more of "ELE "'I Rl ."\Vorm Eradicator.

Order now. We will make ship-ment on pproval.

Reade Manufacturing CoE.tabh.h d 1883

165 Hobo en Ave., J r ey City, • J.

Buffalo raPromi ing

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prop r caron r a on that s asid cour e in Eng-land and on Long Island ar so good is thefact that there is so much moistur.Cr ping bent ts almost a wat r gra ..... Itcan be rai ed almost like iranb rri s, thatis, in nurseries that can b flood d.

"T'h r is little brown pat h in th v estand much of it in the east, both smalland larg hrown patch. Ho1' v r gr nsin th ast that ar prop >rly wat r d, fer-tiliz d and top dr .~ d ann mow dearly morning with th dev on .suff r least from brown patch.

" olumbia b nt is very suo c ptible tobrown patch in th ast, they t 11 me, andJ. Tetropolitan and Washington . r th lea tsusc ptibl and for thi reason I int nd toplant Washington B nt on th ns ofthe rmy, avy and Mar-in

Pleas", mention GOLFDOM when writing adverti ser-s

MAY, 1928

try lub at Ar-lin ton. brou ht'olum bia and \Vashin ton and

d th m in our nur ry andabout th m lat r.

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i i k nt 0 J highly r mm nd av ry ri h soil bed for greens and very richtop dr ing, In th we t w mad com-post pile, manure, and and loam mibut in a pile. I find that a" ay t make top dr Ring formak it right on th ground.place wher ther i a sandy loam, rath rstrong in sand, and spread well rott dmanure rather thi kly over the surfaeonce ry ten day and plo it und r.Do thi until th oil i Y r rich andmellow. This. ch m do s away ~ith thehand turning of the cornpo t Vile andmak s available dry ornpost for top (}"ess-ing. PH s of cornpo tare usuall wet andwe all hate to try to put ~ t compo tthrou h a sere n.

We Neglects Tees"T'h W st nIts its tees. They ar

usually a small squar d off bo d-in affairfilled vith clay, om times not boxed in,but with much ton, gray 1 and oth rmaterial hard on lubs, on th urface.One s ldom sees a w II kept te in Kansas.In my humble opinion after 36 y ars ofgolf in most parts of the world, ood teesand r ens go a Ion way in making astart for a golf COHrS. A larg grass teeis not pensive. good sch m is tohave a qua red off corner of th tee inclay for th beg inn rs and dub. Thbeginn r lik s to t off clay and thegreen. 1 p r likes to have th m playoffclay wh re they can't do much damag .Buffalo grass makes a good te. Bermudamakes an ideal tee from Jun till the firstfro t; during the oth r month it i dead.

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OUR fairwa this year dependla gel on th Uention he

recei right no. hen it cometo mo ers you naturally get b tterresult from mower esp ciallydesign d and built for use with thehea " "Quintet"Fairw Equipmen has uch mow-ers. The are built tron andrugg d, with the ame precision andaccur te fitting as in finest uto-mobile . The fram and cutter barINTERLOCK, ke ping the mowersrigid. They can't g t wobb y. Gearare CUT from dro -forged, carbon-ized t el- nd run in oil-tight earcases. There are FIVE blades,made of special n lysis chromevanadium tool teel. Gear shift$are automatic. Wh Iteen inche high.RoI1('r Be rinlot 11 ed, (' t of all. i thnatent d elf -adju tint{ de~i<'e hich ('n-tirel;\' eliminat(' un ait factory r, ultfrom ne Iccted or improper adju tment •"rite toda for catalo and J)ric(' •Supplied in gang. of three or lioe forFordson; Staude, International and .nother tractor, complete with attach-ment. and llellible, all· tee I frame.

Please mention GOLFDOM when writing adverti ers

« GOLFDO

or the Control ofBrown--patch on

Golf Green

TURFCALOMEL i the outcome of ex'periments to determine the mo t

atisfactory, efficient, convenient, andafe t fungicide for both large andmall brown-patch. It contain both

corro ive ublimate and very finelypowdered calomel carefully adju tedin compo ition with mineral matter.This composition ha di tinct advan ....tages. It prevents caking, gives bulk,and allow of a more even distribu-tion of the active ingredient -thureducing to the minimum any po i-hilityof burning the turf. Will a1 0

erve to eliminate earthworm.k your Dealer end for Bulletin

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tr es w re attacked, r ports Edward J.Walsh to American Forests, through whocourtesy this artic1 i print d in GOL·F-DOM. H continues:

As i now g n rally known, th fa t thatb etles are in a tree can b determined bythe pr s nc of appro. imately half athimble full of ap, whi h bas run fromthe hole mad by the b etle on ent rin ,and to this sap adh re th sawdust madby th b eUe. The e accumulation of sapand sawdust ar termed pitch-tub s, andT hay seen many d d tree with only

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MAY, 1928

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cIo e-un of the Job-t1le light potu d in cIo in Ull the beetle hole

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Always, the penalty of leader hip j to beimitated. The out tanding ucce ofJacob en Power utting Gre n ..[ow r haencouraged oth r to enter the fi >ld. But) ou need not J pcrimeut. ou 1TO\Vjacobsen •.Iower have proven their prac-tical wort h 011 gre n. from coa t to coa thom the smallest to the large t and fine t.They are five year beyond experiment.

Jacob ePu ing rs

Jacob en 19-iw'h and 24-inch Power Putt-ing Green ~Io" cr have triumph d oyer thmo. t difficult gr c n condition, met the11l0~t exacting rcquir erne nt of all type.of greens from common gra to creepingB nt. Both Pro and Gre 11. keep rs en-dor e them cnthusiastica llv whcrev r u. d.Jacobsen Power Putting :r n Mower aregear driven. , ith rol lcr traction op ratinon a differential. with ind pend nt clutchcontrol of traction and cutting r el. Th •will produce a fincr cut than any pu h-type mower. All major ca ting arc madeof the arne gran of aluminum a i us din aeroplane con t ruction. They vill nopack nor mar the recn. -

The b t proof i. a trial denton trationon 'our own reen. It; ·our. for theaallin • Write for literature arid price ••

obsJ M g CoGolf Dept. E. E., Racine, Wi ••

N York Office: 245 W. 55th St.

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nine or ten of such pitch-tub " whflethers have shown hundreds of them.These holes are usually only on th trunkof the tree, generally above the h ight ofa man on the larger trees, but sometimesextending do vn to the ground level, oreven in the exposed root. The tr e willremain in foliage during that y ar. butif enough beetles have been at work thetree will be dead by the following spring.

Appeals for information to the ForestService and to the bureaus of the various

tates have heretofore brought forth onlythe advice that the affected tr s shouldbe cut down and the bark burned. Thismethod is, of course, h rotc, and with theknowledge at hand at present it se ms tobe the only one that can be resort d towhere many trees in a small area areaffected.

Treatment Is AppliedIn the month of June, 1925, w d tected

the presence of beetle' in a tree sometwenty feet from our cottage. It is a treerather similar in formation to those attimberline, and is approximately ten inchesthrough at the base. Because of its quaintshape and ful lness of its foliage, it is a

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irebut ither a n w crop of bhe t1 s from another treSixty add it lonal hoI s'l'hr

THE HARDIE MANUF ACTURI GCO.

on. i tent spraying with. oluble f ·rtilizer •• and in. ect icid > makperf ct green and beautiful grounds. .•TO item of cquipm nt ismore important than a c1 penclable sprayer.

Hor t tcul t ur-Iat s, rorestors, gar<lf>nera n nd growers nu ve used Hnrdi I"praycrs for almost a halfcentury. Today Hardie spf'l'iallzerl moll pIs an pr ese rv ln g and improving th b auty of golfcourses anr count rv c lub cnvtr oumentu A}- yuu r u u inm en t d a ler or wrlte for th Ha r-dl

catalog sh owl ng q ul p m nt a p-III o p r iu t e to your green a n dg rou nrf -k e p l ng p r ob l ms.

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Canadian l'u tor.r 'TROI,I, , O. TARIO

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PLANT Food Co., Montgomery, la., hav-in had uccessful xpertenc for two

years with performanc of B 11 PlantFood prlnkler in numb r of outh rninstallation no i going aft rolf clubbusiness nationally.

'I'h B 11 device consists of a chambercontaining fertilizing material. Thischamb r i atta hed to th 1)1])1n ystemso it f ds, automatically, th corr ctamount of f rtiltz r into th vrinkler.

ny kind of solubl plant food uch aammonium sulphate, ammonium phosphat,mur lat of potash, nitrat of soda, alciumnitrate, r a, etc., may b appli d withthe B 11 d vi e. Th contain r hold l1h

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MAY, 1928

8i quar'1 h tr was aliv and thrivintv. nty-one monthwer filled.

Th photograph, taken this spring, showsmany of the whit putty mark and al 0th ondition of th tre. In idental1 ,

a not a sin 1 n w b tI hole thiyear, wh il other tr in thriddl d.

FERTILIZER MIXER IS APPLIEDTO SPRI KLERS

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oted green keeper and chair-m n agree with us. Let us proth e statements 0 you in dol-lar. Leesley cu tomers willvouch for us to the limit. Writenow for prices ... why delay?

RO RT F.GRAS EE LCO.

Growers of the famous Leesley and River idestrains of creeping bent

TelephoneRiverside 5348.5454

ursery Addres220d A D HARLEM AVE UE

RIVERSIDE, ILL.

Get your copy oft he valuableLeesle book on creeping bentgreen. /t's free on request.

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pounds and requires approximately 1;)minutes to be di charaed. The rate thmaterial goes into olution is practicallyconstant, this being controlled by the sizof the holes leading to and from the fertili-zer chamber. Only a small part of the to-tal volume of water flow through thechamber.

The Bell Plant Food prinkler is madof aluminum. It is attached by th ordi-nary hose connection dir ct to th hydrantand the hos attaches to it. The companyalso makes a soluble plant food for golfcourse and lawn use.

Cost of the sprinkler is $10.00 po rtpaid.Five pounds of the Bell plant food is sentfree with each spr inkl r.

PLAYGFor Your Country Club

MERRY WHIRL No. 500

We plan and equip Play-ground to uit any need.

Send for free information

M TC ELL MFG. CO1550 Fore t Home Ave.

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Kronlon duh!! and • Icholl h ad ,Kroydon and .J. n. D. baH • and com-plete Ilne of hlg-he t quality I)ro hop m 'r-chandi e nd UPI)Ii(·. G tour J)ri('e •

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YELLOW AND ORA GE BALLSOW IN WILSO LI E

BERLOY HAS NEW SECTIO LGOLF BAG AND CLUB RACK.ELIEVr.., "G that there is an ev r in-creasing n d for an . pandabl !l s-

tem for the storag of club: and bag.The Berger Mfg. Co., linton, Ohio, hasannounced a steel rack built on th unitprinciple with several c. elusive feature.

The illustration shows thr of th trw-

Berger's New Expanding Club and BagRack

dard units in one assembly ith a com-bin d capacity of 10 bags. Each un it ithre fe t wid b thre fc t d p by 4inch s high including th thr inch bas.Each sh If ha continnou Jab I holder

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MAY, 1928

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iving d finit practicalinstructions a' to the arrang m nt andquipment of th mod rn lock r room and

a compl t des rtptton of th new golfbag and club rack i obtainabl from thabo m ntion d c mpany.

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By RRProf Ional, P nob cot Vall y 'ountry tub,

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Comparing m m thods and tho.'oth r v t ran. (and at th ag of 39 om

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EVER found your elfv .ithout a pencil and nowav to mar kyo u rscor? It can't happenagain if you have apock t full of RITEPencil TEES-for e erte i a pencil. nd theyco no more han othert

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F F;,cr. membe-r of vour club U. Nt P R-TEI<;.on \\ ould t'lirninate e er ohJ.'ctionnblft'atllre re lilting from the use of vooden

or metnl tees, in('luding the fremendous damag'to lawn mower bhrde ,

The 10001 Golf eep \R-Tr~T" il" the first and only scientiflcally de-fligned Golf 'l'po (mUlle of Pun' R('(\ Ruhher) co n-st.ru ct ed upon mecha ntcn l p rJn cl p les w her hy andboca ise of Ih Ro ker ct lo n 1))" which the tet ur ns over as soon as the club comes into con-ta ct with tho hu l l, pe r rnl t t ing the dull to followt hr u without the least reststunce. It \Von't II;r!1'.\R-TI·'J.' srt on anv surface-sand. clay. m ud ,grafH'l, snow, Tdeal for indoor golf d oe s awaywith the usual mat .

. '0 •.\. 'CHORL'G REQt'IREH!T)ops away wllh 1h e sand box. Doell a.wnv withtru sh lng or driving In wood en or metal tees, sa v-in g' your fingers from br uls s and your e lu b frommarr tne. Does not tear t h r u clothing. Compact,convenient, sanitary. Only on ne d erl to carryw it h vou.P .•\ R-TI':y.; is as pe rf'er-t n nrl dn in t y ns H g'('m:worth it s weight In Go lrl, but only costs Its w elgh tin silver-2fic. (Price in Cn na d a 35(')' One la s tsindefinitely!

Or((.'r . '0\\' and reap the proflt" re-'Iulting from our. uttonat A.ht'rtt ing

PRH'f', TO PROS. A. n DBA LJ',RS, 2.00 n r!11~play card of 12 P.\H-TEE'S having a total r e-tnll vn luo of $:l.oo· a 50% profit on cost. Or d e rfrom your .TOBBER.

P R - T • Inc.1105 Guarantee Title Uldg, Cleveland, Ohio

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TRAVELERS elect the Great Northern for itswonderful location in Chicago's "loop". They

return because the large comfortable rooms, homelikeenvironment, attentive service, excellent food andmoderate charges make it an ideal hotel.

f 400 Newly Fur nisbed Room $2.50 a }- Day and Up. Sample Rooms $4.00, •

$5.00, $6.00, $7.00 and $8.00WALTER CRAIGHEAD, ManaAer

Dearboro_ treet fromJack 00 to Quin<;,y

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Interest Is GeneralThe tournarn nts RO th high h n-

dlcan play 1'S hay a chan and allclasses are anxiou to comp t

T always hay figur d that a pro can doa whol lot to rnak or ruin tha golf club and th sducted with th id a of promoting ourclub spirit. It do s the youn pro no harmto think that a r at deal of th su sof the lub r sts on his should rs, and Ilik to see th youngst rs HC in that vaywh n, of COUl'S , th y don't lORp rsp ctive and get too ch y"

If th pro is r ally ins rvices to his club on publicity matt 1'8

the n wspap rs velcorne his tip for stor-ies. W get great tr atment from our localpap rs, and although I am religiously car .tul to r frain from th slight st sugge tion

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U ed Golf Balls BoughCheck lent 48 hours aftertheir receipt. Any Quantity,

GOLF BALL SUPPLY1311 Chestnut

--St. Louis, Mo.

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GOlF SHAFTS FOR FIFTEEN GENTSTHOROUGHLY SEASONED, PRO FINISHED,

FAIRLY STIFF; for both wood club and ironclubs. Have ov r- tock of 200,000 sh fts. S nd$15.00 for 100 sh fts, postag p Id; C. O. D. hlp-mentl will be sent collect.

~OHH W. WEIS, 650 He York t.. e phis, Tenn.Pleas mention GOLFOOM when writing advertisers