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| Material Type: | Booklet |
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| Monographic Author(s): | Noer, O. J. |
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| Monograph Title: | The Role of Lime in Turf Management, 1955. |
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| Publishing Information: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Turf Service Bureau, Sewerage Commission, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Edition: | Revised |
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| # of Pages: | 26 |
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| Collation: | [1], 25 pp. |
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| Series: | Turf Service Bureau, Sewerage Commission Bulletin No. 1 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Chemical properties of soil; Application rates; Golf greens; Golf fairways; Lime; Lawn turf; Liming; Soil acidity; Soil pH; Fertilizers; Soil amendments; Acid era
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| Business Name: | Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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| Abstract/Contents: | Includes: Part I, Theory (Acid Era in Turf Management; Golf Clubs Were First to Put Acid Theory into Practice; The Acid Era Died with the Grass in 1928; The Rhode Island Turf Fertilizer Plats; Moss and Wet Location Not Sure Sign of Acid Soil; Active and Potential Acidity; The Effect of Reaction on Living Plants; Northern Grasses Vary in Ability to Withstand Acidity; Acid Soil Not Essential for Bent Grasses; Reaction Ranges for Southern Grasses; Theories Used to Explain Why Plants Are Sensitive to Reaction; Marked Acidity Discourages Deep Rooting; Acidity Accentuates Matting of Turf; Acidity Discourages Worms and Affects Micro-Organisms; Soil Granulation Depends Upon Soil Reaction; Phosphates Most Available in Very Slightly Acid Soil; Acidity Increases Solubility of Trace Elements; Acid Soils Occur in Humid Regions; Commercial Fertilizers Change Soil Reaction; Superphosphate Reduces Acidity; Potash Fertilizers Increase Active Acidity Temporarily; Gypsum and Lime are Soil Amendments; Gypsum Seldom Used; Kinds of Lime to Use; Stabilizing Action of Silt and Clay; and Humus has Beneficial Buffering Action); and Part II - Practice (Soil pH shows When Lime is Needed; Quick Tests are Good Enough; Type of Vegetation Suggests Reaction of the Soil; Spotty Growth One Sign of Incipient Acidity; Acidity Reduces Vigor of Turf So it is Less Able to Cope with Drought or Withstand the Shock of Chemical Treatments; Lime Counteracts Turf Disease; When Turf Does Not Respond to Ammonium Sulfate Need for Lime is Indicated; Lime is Not Compatible With Ammonia Fertilizer; Agricultural Lime; Limestone Rock Principal Source Agricultural Lime; Ground Limestone; Hydrated Lime; Mixture of Hydrate and Limestone; Lime for Fairways and Lawns; Soil Texture and Kind of Grass Affect Rate of Application on Fairways and Lawns; Rates for Applying Ground Limestone to Fairways and Lawns; When to Lime Fairways and Lawns; Lime on Greens; Rates for Applying Finely Ground Limestone to Greens; and Scalded Greens Need Hydrated lime). |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | See also earlier edition, 1947, R=71338. R=71338
See also [1955] French edition, R=325970. R=325970
See also later edition, 1958, R=71343. R=71343
See also later edition "The role of lime in turf management" Proceedings...1968 West Virginia Turfgrass Conference, 1968, p. 22-23, R=211738. R=211738
See also later edition, 1970, R=294403. R=294403 |
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| Note: | "February 1, 1955" on foreword
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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: | "Only slight revisions of this rare booklet." p. 301 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
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| Beard Rarity Statement: | Rare |
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| Beard Special Note: | Identified by James B Beard in Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf (2014) as being old and rare based on his experience. |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Noer, O. J. 1955. The Role of Lime in Turf Management. [1], 25 pp. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Turf Service Bureau, Sewerage Commission, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
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