VII 

 WEEDS 



J^^^^^EEDS are the Philistines of the golf course 

 ^ ^ against which unceasing and relentless war- 



^ T/fT' ^ fare must be waged. They are not only un- 

 ^ r r ^ sightly but they spoil the fair gl-een carpet 

 ^ sP" so necessary for the game. They are the rob- 



^WW^^ bers of the plant world, using the moisture 

 and fertility that otherwise would go to the nourishment of 

 good grass. 



PERSISTENCE OF WEEDS 



TTT'EEDS are everywhere prevalent, making homes for 

 rj^themselves in every inch of unoccupied soil. Their 

 seeds are borne by the winds and carried by birds. They are 

 ever restless migrators. Careless people become their allies. 

 Introducing them into their fields and lawns by sowing Im- 

 pure seeds. 



Land in preparation for turf growing should remain fal- 

 low for an entire season and be subjected to repeated har- 

 rowings until the successive weed crops can be exterminated. 

 Even then occasional survivors and incoming migrants ap- 

 pear amid the young grass. 



Weeds are Inured to hardship through their generations 

 of battle against drouth, the elements and man. 



They know how to propagate themselves in the most dif- 

 ficult environment. Nature equips the perennials with deep 

 and spreading roots that re- c^ 



sist the most severe weather. - ' 



