Turf for Golf Courses 



By CHARLES V. PIPER 

 Agrostologist, United States Department of Agriculture 



AND 



RUSSELL A. OAKLEY 



Agronomist, United States Department of Agriculture 



Profusely illustrated, cloth, 8vo, $3.jo 



A very important treatise which will help to fill the demand for more knowledge in the art of 

 growing grass turf. The authors deal with the subject from the point of view of the golf course 

 rather than from the comparatively simple one of lawn and greensward. 



If what is known of fine turf culture is utilized intelligently, much needless waste of effort and 

 money may be avoided. Professors Piper and Oakley present in simple form a comprehensive 

 survey of present knowledge in this field, with many helpful suggestions as to upkeep, selection of 

 ^eed, extermination of animal and weed pests, etc. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



I. General View. 

 II. Soils for Turf Grasses. 



III. Fertilizers. 



IV. Manures, Composts, and Other Humous Materials. 

 V. Lime and Its Use. 



VI. The Important Turf Plants. ' 



VII. How to Distinguish Different Kinds of Turf. 



VIII. The Turf Grasses for Different Purposes. 



IX. Making the Turf. 



X. Subsequent Care. 



XI. Weeds and Their Control. 



XII. Animal Pests. 



XIII. Turf Machinery. 



XIV. Experimental Work on Golf Courses. 



XV. Personal Experiences. (Under various climatic conditions in various soils.) 



" It is the best book on grasses and turf ever published. Written by Mr. Piper, the Govern- 

 ment agrostologist, who, in other words, is an authority on grasses, and by Mr. Oakley, the Govern- 

 ment agronomist, who is an authority on the care of land, the book is the last word on grass and 

 soil." — Philadelphia Public Ledger. 



" Green-keepers throughout the country will find this book invaluable." — N. Y. Evening Post. 



" An authoritative and practical treatise on the growing and maintenance of grass turf. Almost 

 every possible phase of the subject is dealt with, soils, fertilizers, drainage, sodding methods, special 

 seeds for different localities, and control of pests. * Turf for Golf Courses ' should be an indispensa- 

 ble volume in every country club." — Argonaut. 



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