The Seeding and Care of Golf Courses • \\'} 



Grass clippings should never be removed from the fair- 

 way unless so long as to be a nuisance. They are a most 

 valuable manure. A crop of hay annually removed from a 

 field with no replacement, would soon impoverish the land. 

 To remove continually the cuttings of growing grass is a 

 still more serious drain on the soil, and necessitates the ad- 

 dition of much expensive manure. 



Mowing of the green requires especial care as the quality 

 of the putting surface depends largely upon it. Sweeping 

 the green lightly before mowing removes refuse and sets the 

 grass up to the knives of the machine. Alternate the direc- 

 tion of the machine in successive mowings. Run it off the 

 green to turn. The knives must be sharp and correctly set, 

 to cut the grass cleanly without bruising it. Cut frequently 

 rather than too closely. 



The picturesque flock of sheep on the golfing landscape 

 earn their living nicely by keeping the grass mown, but there 

 are certain manifest disadvantages in their use. Among them 

 are fouling of the fairway, scalding the turf, damaging the 

 bunkers and being generally in the way. They are of doubt- 

 ful advantage except possibly as a labor saver for a strug- 

 gling club. 



ROLLING 



Z"'he course should be rolled as soon as frost is out of the 

 ground in the spring in order to compact the earth. The 

 spring reseeding should precede this rolling. While a rea- 

 sonably heavy roller may be used for this purpose a light 

 roller should be used in the playing season. Heavy roll- 

 ing on any soil is advisable only in the spring and fall. 



