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| Content Type: | Q & A |
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| Corporate Author(s): | USGA Green Section |
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| Title: | Value and use of tannery refuse, sawdust and charcoal as material for top-dressing |
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| Section: | Questions and answers
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| Source: | The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section. Vol. 10, No. 6, June 1930, p. 118. |
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| Publishing Information: | Washington, DC: USGA Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 1 |
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| Question: | "We have available a supply of tannery refuse, sawdust, and charcoal. Would these be suitable for use as material for top-dressing putting greens?" |
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| Source of Question: | Cuba |
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| Answer/Response: | "If tannery refuse is composted in the proper manner, it should be a good source of organic matter to mix with sand and loam. We would not advise the use of sawdust unless it has first been broken down into a pulpy texture. The rotting of sawdust can be hastened by sprinkling nitrate of soda on piles of sawdust and then dampening them. It can then be used much as tannery refuse is used. Charcoal does not serve the same purpose as rotted tannery refuse and sawdust, as it is practically pure carbon and is extremely inert. Tannery refuse or rotted sawdust may be used in piles much as old sods and clippings are used. If you can not obtain sufficient manure to make layers of manure in the pile, we would recommend that you build up the pile with a layer of loam, then a layer of tannery refuse or sawdust, and then a layer of sand, the layers of loam, refuse, and sand being repeated as the pile is built up. In preparing the layer of tannery refuse or sawdust it is best to mix hydrated lime with it, using 25 pounds of lime to a cubic yard of refuse, and then dust the top of the layer with sulphate of ammonia at the rate of 10 pounds to the cubic yard. By treating the layers of refuse in this manner while the pile is being built up the rotting process will be much quicker and more thorough. The pile will heat up rather quickly and should be cooled by wetting several times before being turned. Further information on the construction of compost piles is contained in the Bulletin for February, 1928." |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Charcoal; Composting materials; Composts; Sawdust; Topdressings
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also related article "Hints on making compost" The Bulletin of the United States Golf Association Green Section, 8(2) February 1928, p. 34-35 R=51146 R=51146 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
USGA Green Section. 1930. Value and use of tannery refuse, sawdust and charcoal as material for top-dressing. Bull. U.S. Golf Assoc. Green Sec. 10(6):p. 118. |
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