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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Activated sludge as a substitute for stable manure in fairways |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 13, No. 1, January 1933, p. 17-18. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 2 |
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| Question: | "We wish to fertilize our fairways. They have an even stand of grass but are cuppy. We have demonstrated on our approaches the value of fertilization. We have previously applied a thin covering of stable manure, thin because scarce and fairly expensive. Can you recommend the use of activated sludge? Such commercial manures as poultry, sheep, and ground bone are very difficult for us to handle on account of our windy location. We understand activated sludge is more granular. Can we afford to use rotted stable manure on our fairways at a cost of $3 a yard measured after loading? It is composted with seaweed as used in stables, and breaks up very fine in a manure spreader, but a yard of it does not cover much ground." |
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| Source of Question: | Massachusetts |
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| Answer/Response: | "We do not recommend the use of stable manure for topdressing putting greens and fairways, since it often contains a great quantity of weed and clover seeds and moreover can be used to better advantage in preparing compost. Activated sludge (Milorganite) is usually as much as 5 times as effective as well-rotted stable manure. We have had very good results from its use and do not hesitate to recommend it for use on fairways. It should be applied to fairways at the rate of at least 600 pounds an acre for best results. It is granular and spreads more easily in the wind than finer material. The cost of 600 pounds of activated sludge would be from $8 to $9 while it would require about 2 yards of manure to supply the same amount of plant food. The cost of handling the manure would probably be a little greater, but at the price for which you are able to purchase manure it would appear that it is somewhat cheaper, if one does not consider the possible injury to the fairways by the introduction of the large quantities of clover and weed seeds which manure contains. Although 2 tons of manure would supply the same amount of plant food as 600 pounds of activated sludge, we doubt that 2 tons of manure could be spread on an acre of land in a sufficiently thin and uniform layer unless it were mixed with some soil or other inert material, and that of course would bring the cost close to the price of activated sludge. We would recommend that you use your manure in the soil or compost pile for making topdressing material, as manure is an excellent source of organic matter." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Activated sewage sludge; Application rates; Cost efficiency; Golf fairway maintenance; Manures; Organic fertilizers; Recommendations; Topdressings
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1933. Activated sludge as a substitute for stable manure in fairways. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 13(1):p. 17-18. |
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