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| Publication Type:
| Professional |
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| Material Type: | Book; Catalog |
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| Monographic Corporate Author(s): | Peter Henderson & Co. |
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| Monograph Title: | Sports Turf for Golf Courses and Athletic Fields, [1929]. |
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| Publishing Information: | New York, New York: Peter Henderson & Co. |
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| # of Pages: | 62 |
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| Collation: | 62 pp. |
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Library of Congress
Subject Headings: | Turf management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Turfgrasses -- Diseases and pests -- Control; Athletic fields -- Maintenance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc; Golf courses -- Maintenance -- Equipment and supplies; Golf courses -- Design and construction; Golf courses -- Design; Athletic fields -- Maintenance and repair; Golf courses -- Design; Turf management |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 0 |
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| See Also: | This publication was generally issued annually from 1915-1940; search as 'MCODE=HENDR AND YEAR=yyyy to identify a specific year, or to isolate all of them: see records related to HENDR |
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| Note: | Includes "Introductory" by Peter Henderson, President and H.M. Henderson, Vice-President; p. 1
Includes "The turf's the things" by Johnny Farrell; p. 2
Field layouts
Course layouts
Hole layouts
Court layouts
Pictures, b/w
Figures
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: | "This is a significant revision, including updated photographs and descriptions of equipment for sale. A suggested approach for the construction of root zones on greens in 1929 was as follows:
A WORD ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF GREENS, HAZARDS, THEIR CONTOURS, ETC. - The first actual work to be done on the grounds is the building, fertilizing, and seeding down of the Putting Greens. These should be irregular in outline and undulating, no two being alike, but be sure to avoid extreme ideas. Where nature has not provided the ideal undulation for a green in the location where you want it this must be built. You will frequently find that nature has partly built the undulation, and all you need to do is touch up a corner or a side here and there to complete the job. All greens should have a slight slope toward the front so that the hole itself, wherever it may be, can be seen by the player approaching it. Material can generally be found right besides the green and taken in such a way as to form a natural-looking hazard. Having decided on the location and undulations of the greens, the next step a most important one is removal of all top-soil from the green area, that is where the green is to be situated. As it is removed it should be screened and placed to one side, handy, but out of the precise green area. The same thing should be done with the top-soil from the surface of where the traps are to be. Now begin to model the undulations into the putting green, using the sub-soil from the traps as material with which to build the elevations. Be sure there are no pockets in the surface of the green where water might lay after a heavy rain. Also the entire surface of the green must be self-draining. If the soil tends towards clay, now would be the time to place the tiles (see page 19) or give the graded putting green surface from 4 to 6 inches of cinders, or finely crushed glass or porcelain. This will prevent worms from working as they do not like to bore in soil containing any material that is liable to scratch their bodies. Again, if the soil is very clayey, now would be the right time to add coarse sand to the sifted top-soil in about a 50-50 proportion, to further prevent the worms from working in the greens. This also improves the mechanical of clay soil and prevents the green from packing hard in a drought. Grasses will not grow well in a soil that packs too tightly.
TEES - They should be built perfectly level and square to line of hole, preferably all on one level 60 feet by 60 feet square or in two or more terraces of equivalent area." p. 467-468 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Specialty turfgrass books/monographs: Private company-related turfgrass publications |
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Annotation from
Golf Course Design,
by Geoffrey S. Cornish and Michael J. Hurdzan: | "A soft cover book with a chapter on course design using Hershey Country Club, Pennsylvania, for illustration purposes. Nicely diagramed and fairly good quality pictures of courses and golfers." p. 119 |
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| Cornish & Hurdzan Ratings: | D3; C3; M2; H3 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Peter Henderson & Co. [1929]. Sports Turf for Golf Courses and Athletic Fields. 62 pp. New York, New York: Peter Henderson & Co. |
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