% ) • The Seeding and Care of Golf Courses • ^ 



CLEAN SEED 



SIDE from being blown across the fields and carried by 

 birds, weed seeds get into the soil of the golf course in 

 one of two ways : 



First: They may be spread on the soil in manure. 



Second: They may be sown with impure grass seed. This 

 is the result of careless buying, and is inexcusable as long as 

 clean seed can be obtained. 



A recent bulletin issued by the Departrnent of Agricul- 

 ture begins with this statement: "In a sense, farming might 

 be called a warfare against weeds. So powerful are weed 

 enemies in reducing crop yields, and at the same time mul- 

 tiplying labor, that the farmer should at every turn strength- 

 en his position against them." 



This bulletin, like everything else that has ever been pub- 

 lished on the subject, closes with the admonition that to be 

 rid of weeds, pure seed must be sown. Exactly the same 

 thing applies to the seeding of the golf course. If weedy seed 

 is used, seedling grass plants maybe overcome by the weeds 

 sown with the seed, together with those already in the 

 ground. The farmer can practice rotation of crops and cul- 

 tivation as a means of keeping down weeds. This is impos- 

 sible on the links, so it is even more important than on the 

 farm that pure seed of strong vitaUty be sown. 



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