Clutch lever Dirt-proof housings for gears (both sides) Alemite lubrication. Dirt-proof bearing for steel roller Alemite lubrication.

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1 The PENNSYL- VANIA "New" Fairway Quint being pulled by the sturdy 6- cylinder PENN- S Y L. VANIA Tractor. Wheels 17" diameter 2Yz" tread Two Tiinken roller bearings in each wheel Clutch lever Dirt-proof housings for gears (both sides) Alemite lubrication Five crucible tool steel blades Double edge lower blade Inter mediate gear Ratchet gear on both sides of mower. This insures an even drive and smoothness Dirt-proof bearing for steel roller Alemite lubrication Roller for intermediate gear Two Tim ken roller bearings for drive wheel 9 adjustments for height of cut Castellated nut to secure drive wheel It takes 5 efficient units to make an efficient Quint Experienced greerrkeepers know that a fairway gang mower cannot be any more efficient than its individual cutting units. Every cutting blade of the PENNSYLVANIA "New" Fairway Quint or Trio is made of the finest crucible tool steel, oil-hardened and water-tempered. Each knife is given three separate grindings. Highest quality bearings throughout either ball or roller. Alemite lubrication. Write for further details and COMPLETE GOLF CATALOG. PENNSYLVANIA LAWN MOWER WORKS 1628 North 23rd Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Clutch for throwing gear in and out

2 Hoseless Irrigation for Golf Courses»» Modern Superior Country Club of Detroit. Fairway Irrigation l>y Wendell P. Miller and Associates Sooner or later, every course that needs irrigation at all will be driven by the demands of superior economy and convenience to install an engineered irrigation system. It is a penny-wise, pound-foolish policy to install or use makeshifts. The installation of Miller-designed systems is invariably followed by greater club prosperity, because of actual savings in time and labor of watering, reduced course maintenance, and increased member patronage At least have us make a survey of your property and a report of your needs the cost is nominal. Full information on request. WENDELL P. MILLER and Associates 105 W. Monroe St., Chicago 85 E. Gay St., Columbus, Ohio Consulting Engineers Eastern Engineering Representatives for BUCKNER-CALIFORNIA Ilose and Hoseless Systems DRAINAGE IRRIGATION TURF DEVELOPMENT

3 FAIRWAY Power Reduces Maintenance Expense This new type of gang mower, designed for use with the FAIRWAY, is another compact unit that combivs with the FAIRWAY in reducing maintenance expense on golf courses POWER NEEDS for golf course maintenance and construction are well taken care of by the McCormick- Deering FAIRWAY Tractor. Low maintenance costs the goal of the greens keeper and the greens committee follow the use of the FAIRWAY. The savings effected by it give the committee leeway in their budget for improvements. The FAIRWAY enables one man to handle a remarkable amount of work. With a gang mower, the FAIRWAY cuts from 75 to 100 acres a day and rolls the fairways at the same time. It has a special built-in 7-foot mower to cut the rough. The exclusive square-turn feature (it turns in an The Golf Tractor INTERNATIONAL 606 So. Michigan Ave. 8-foot radius) permits working in close quarters. Three-point suspension provides flexibility for all kinds of going. While the FAIRWAY does some of its best work keeping the course in excellent shape its power is also available for a variety of jobs. It plows, disks, seeds, moves dirt and materials; pulls wagons, compost distributors, rollers, etc.; builds roads, paths, terraces. You can obtain service near at hand. There are 115 Company-owned branches, 50 distributors, and thousands of McCormick-Deering dealers in the United States and Canada. See the FAIRWAY now. Write us for special catalog. HARVESTER of America (Incorporated ) COMPANY Chicago, Illinois MCORMICK-DEERING FAI RWAY

4 G lfaom Vol.4 JULY, 1930 No. 7 EDITORIAL CONTENTS Push of New Business Regime Pays Veteran Club By Herb Graffis 17 Results Show Value of Three Phase Fertilization By B. R. Leach 21 Club Officials Show Interest in Advancing Pros By Herb Graffis 24 "Samples" of Menu's Merit Build House Volume By E. Irene Yahr 26 Hunt for Course Upkeep Data Shows Greenkeepers' Need 28 Course Watering System Features Described By Wendell P. Miller 36 "Discount Hound" Banished from One Pro's Troubles By Jack Fulton, Jr 44 Wandering Golfer Surveys Pros' Business Ways By Harvey Kendricks 50 Movie Analysis of Pro's Own Game Helps His Teaching By Al. Lesperance 59 Pat's Outline of Pro Policy And Other Pro Tips 62 Swimming Pool Has Major Value to Live Clubs By H. D. Mackey 78 Landscaping Tips for Greenkeepers From Pennsylvania State College 82 Getting the Most from Your Golfdom GOI.FDOM appreciates comments favorable and unfavorable on any article it prints. The authors want this comment, too, for golf as a business still is so new that all are seeking information. Using GOLFDOM this way helps all of us to get the right bearing. Use the advertising columns for your help. GOLF- DOM gets the advertising of the newest and best products and services for golf club use, and these advertisers pay for your copy of the magazine. Expert Food Buying Is Test of Manager By Robert E. Love 84 GOLFDOM earnestly solicits letters from all club officials, department heads and manufacturers on methods, means and policies that are successful in course and clubhouse construction, operation and maintenance and on pro merchandising of goods and services. Use GOLFDOM as the medium of exchange for ideas and as your aid in digging up facts that will promote business-like operation at your club. We have no pets and no prejudices, but the determination to make each copy of GOLFDOM bring some specifically profitable idea to each reader. 236 N. Clark St. Chicago, III. Tel.: State 3160

5 ... if, and when you want Especially Prepared for Golf Courses TORO Equipment FRIEND Sprayers ECONOMY Sprinklers STANDARD Products KOPPER'S Sulphate MILORGANITE LECCO The finest grass seeds. Specially cultivated Bent Stolons. Or any kind of proven maintenance equipment, supplies and parts. Write, wire or telephone for prompt, personal service THE GOLF COURSE SUPPLY CO. Dept. G, Carnegie Cleveland, Ohio Long Distance Telephone: Cherry 7220 or 7221 A. E. FLACK, Pres. H. J. STREICH, Sec'y Treas. Ave., WW If you haven't a copy of our catalog, send for it now. Greens and Fairways should always be green always fresh looking 1. But if the soil from which the grass roots get their food is worn out if the plant food is not there in abundance, woe to appearance. Driconure Nature's very own fertilizer quickly restores grass vitality by supplying to the soil all the plant food elements that have been used up, Manure from high protein fed cows and peat moss, the greatest humus forming, moisture holding organic known. Dehydrating removes all weed seed. Also Driconure is 100% pure it contains no filler or trash of any kind. Try it now use it as you would any top dressing and watch results. $75.00 per ton f. o. b. Juliustown, N. J. Write for literature to Atkins & Durbrow, Inc. Burling Slip, near Front St. New York City FRANKENS for expert help in course beautifying A. COURSE and clubhouse ground beautifying plan is a vital part of the first-class golf club's operation. Franken Brothers' extensive and intimate experience with greenkeepers and green-committees that have been notably successful in this work qualify us to serve your club to your complete satisfaction. The finest of bulbs, shrubs and other landscaping material and expert, conscientious service to help you with your plan and your planting make the Franken Brothers' proposition interesting to every golf club. Write us about your landscaping problem. FRANKEN BROTHERS, inc. DEERFIELD, ILL.

6 BULLDOG CUTTING UNITS are stronger than any other lighter than any other Bulldog cutting units have low wheels and a stocky, rigid frame. They have strength that cannot be equaled by. high - wheeled cutting units, with their long side frame. For the same reason (low wheels) the Ideal Bulldog is lighter in weight. The wheels weigh less. The shorter side frame weighs less. The towing frame is extra strong and heavy. And, because Bulldog cutting units are pushed into the work, they need no dead weight to hold them to the ground. Send today for illustrated book on the art of keeping fairways smooth. IDEAL POWER LAWN MOWER COMPANY 446 Kalamazoo Street.*. Lansing, Michigan 413 West Chicago Avenue, CHICAGO, ILL. 237 Lafayette Street, NEW YORK CITY 273 nylston Street, BROOK LINE, MASS. 161 Vester St., FERNDALE (Detroit) MICII. Dealers in all Principal Citiea Canadian Distributor*: Aikenhead Ildw., Ltd., 17 Temperance St.. Toronto, Ont. IDEAL GOLF COURSE EQUIPMENT

7 COMPOST CON V -SOIL The most efficient method oi preparing top soils or mixing or screening compost for top dressing. Model illustrated is driven by small gasoline engine mounted over discharge end. Additional models for tractor or hand power. One to four grades of material at one operation Capacity 2-6 cubic yards per hour Mounted on skids for easy transportation The Converse Rotary Soil Screen has "Converse Screens Make Par Greens" a y S P S A S f f l ' XSSS* ^ Order Direct from Manufacturer or from Leading Jobbers in New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Richmond, San Antonio, Calgary, Atla., Lansing. BULLETIN ON REQUEST Manufactured by F. S. CONVERSE CO., Box B, JOHNSON CITY, N. Y. THE SLOW ROTARY PROVES WHAT IT IS BY WHAT IT DOES A Real Golf Course Sprinkler that has all the important features required for watering Putting Greens and Fairways WIDE COVERAGE EVEN DISTRIBUTION LOW PROJECTION and DURABILITY. Its performance is tangible and definite, something you can easily check yourself. Send for a sample (stating the water pressure) and let it prove itself. Send for descriptive folders. CAMPBELL IRRIGATION COMPANY M. C. LUDLAM, Proprietor Woodbury, N. J.

8 Make This the Last Trenching On Your Course Install T O N C A N (alloy) IRON Drain Pipe INFERIOR drain pipe in a course puts annoying hazards into the game impromptu lakes soggy spots excavations to replace broken pipe. TONCAN IRON is the cure for such conditions. Once in, TONCAN IRON drain pipe is in to stay. TONCAN is an alloy of highly refined iron plus copper and molybdenum. It is far more resistant to rusting, longer lasting, than any other commercial iron. You'll find TONCAN drain pipe on leading courses which refuse to harbor a pick and shovel gang. TONCAN. CULVERT MANUFACTURERS* ASSOCIATION TONCAN MASSILLON, OHIO Plants located in all parts of the United States and Canada COPPER MO'LYB-DEN-UM IRON

9 GRASS THAT GROWS Armour's Special Turf Fertilizer contains the three main plant foods rightly balanced for grasses... nitrogen 10%, phosphoric acid 8%, potash 6%. Land now too poor to produce grass will grow a sturdy, healthy sod when treated with Armour's Special Turf Fertilizer. Grass needs a deep, well developed root structure to make it healthy and strong, for good turf must be developed below the surface of the soil as well as above. Such a turf means the ultimate elimination of weeds and does away with the necessity of reseeding every year. Get to the roots of your turf troubles with Armour's Special Turf Fertilizer. Write for booklet "Solving the Turf Problem." CLOSE-TO-NATURE GolS Club Equipment The "TEESETEE" provides shade for the foursome waiting to tee off and ample shelter for those on the course when it is raining. TeeSetee is collapsible, easily portable and substantial. KWIK-UP Refreshment Stands are popular for use during tournaments, field days and picnics. This stand is 100% portable. Made in five models and twelve sizes. Write for circular. CLOSE-TO-NATURE CO.. 21 Bridie Place, Cdlax.lewa i / f r m o u r fertilizer HforAs GENERAL OFFICES: Dart. 141, lit W.Jack»»«Boulevard, Cklcap.lll. OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PRODUCTION OF FINE TURF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND BENT SEED BUCKEYE BRAND SEASIDE BENT SEED (Genuine Coos County Strain.) NEW BRUNSWICK CREEPING BENT SEED,VET BENT SEED spec and Certified Our booklet, "The Fine B:nt Grassei," free on request THE J. M. McCULLOUGH'S SONS CO. 316 Walnut Street Cincinnati, O. cocoos BENT SEED You Can Grow Beautiful Greens ^ ^ like those of famous California Clubs, Write for and Today booklet prices. I. EC C'O A complete grass food also produced by Lyman Carrier. io Here's the secret of the rare beauty and fine texture of the greens on famous California clubs. It's Cocoos Creeping Bent. Cocoos combines as no other grass the qualities of a perfect putting surface. It thrives on many Inland courses today as beautifully as it does on those famous California Greens. Now that you know the secret, resolve to have Cocoos Greens on your course. Write today for illustrated booklet. LYMAN CARRIER Granger, Iud. Willoughby, 0.