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| Publication Type:
| Popular |
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| Material Type: | Booklet |
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| Monographic Corporate Author(s): | Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. |
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| Monograph Title: | The Improvement of Lawns, Golf Greens and Fairways, [1930]. |
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| Publishing Information: | London, England, United Kingdom: Agricultural Research and Advisory Department, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. |
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| # of Pages: | 12 |
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| Collation: | 12 pp. |
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| Related Web URL: | http://archive.lib.msu.edu/tic/beard/history/465.png
Last checked: 11/14/2016
Notes: From Turfgrass History and Literature, 2014 - see Beard Annotation note for context |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Lawn turf; Golf greens; Golf fairways; Fertilization; Watering-in; Composting; Tennis courts; Weed resistance
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| Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Fertilizer Treatment; How to Apply the Fertilizer; Watering In; Composting; Fairways; Tennis Courts; Explanation; and Susceptible and Resistant Weed Species. |
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Library of Congress
Subject Headings: | Turf management -- Great Britain; Lawns -- Great Britain; Athletic fields -- Great Britain; Golf courses -- Maintenance -- Great Britain; Grasses -- Fertilizers -- Great Britain; Athletic fields; Golf courses -- Maintenance; Grasses -- Fertilizers; Lawns; Turf management |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also later edition, 1933, R=112510. R=112510
See also related booklet, The Improvement of Lawns, Golf Courses and Tennis Courts, 193X R=112485. R=112485 |
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| Note: | Cover title: Improvement of Lawns and Golf Greens
Pictures, b/w
Tables |
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| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "A rare, small booklet on the fertilization and establishment of turfgrass for lawns, greens, fairways, and sports fields. It is oriented to the cool-season turfgrass conditions in England. ICI proposed the following fertilizer and application technique for use on turfgrass in the early 1930s as follows: [See table image in Related Web URL]
These proportions were determined after a considerable amount of experimental work and will be found suitable for almost all classes of soils. It is true that on a few soils potash may be unnecessary, but it was thought desirable to provide a fertilizer as nearly as possible suited to all requirements, and the presence of a small quantity of potash, whilst it does not add very much to the cost of the material, ensures its adaptability to soils deficient in this material and cannot do any harm to those soils which already possess a sufficiency. A small proportion of phosphate has been included in the mixture in order that the growth of the grasses should not be checked. Investigations have shown that there is little fear that the small quantities of phosphate and potash will encourage the clovers and other leguminous species. In one particular experiment in which ammonium phosphate was applied to a lawn containing wild white clover, the clover content was reduced from 21 per cent. to 0.2 per cent. in the season, in spite of the fact that a dressing of phosphate equivalent to 1¼ tons of superphosphate per acre had been added during that time. The fertilizer should be carried in a bucket or other convenient receptacle and distributed in small handfuls, each handful being thrown with an upward semicircular motion of the arm, such that the granules fall as a light spray on the turf. It is advisable to keep to a line when carrying out this operation and to keep ones back to the wind." p. 465-466 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Specialty turfgrass books/monographs: Private company-related turfgrass publications |
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| Beard Rarity Statement: | Rare |
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Annotation from
Golf Course Design,
by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Michael J. Hurdzan: | "An interesting thing about this booklet is the cover showing a basket flagstick on a green. In the United States we associate basket flagsticks with Merion Golf Club, although they are common in Europe. Imperial Chemical made 'sulphate of ammonia and also a mixture of sulphate of ammonia and calcined sulphate of iron'. These materials were once touted to 'kill weeds and make a thicker and more uniform sward which wears well and resists drought'. A very good source for those researching early maintenance practices in Europe." p. 119 |
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| Cornish & Hurdzan Ratings: | M2; H3 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd. [1930]. The Improvement of Lawns, Golf Greens and Fairways. 12 pp. London, England, United Kingdom: Agricultural Research and Advisory Department, Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. |
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