CARTERS TESTED SEEDS, INC. (^S“ d ) J. M. THORBURN & CO, 
SEED FOR GOLF COURSES AND ESTATES 
The Carter System of Turf Production 
The practical nature of the Carter System has made Carters the leaders 
of the world in the business of Golf Course Construction and Turf 
Production. 
For the last twenty years we have been doing in the United States what we have 
been doing for an even longer period in Great Britain and other parts of Europe. We 
have been producing from seed golf turf of the highest quality. 
Our first attempt in this country was made at the Country Club, Brookline, 
Mass. The result was a turf of such fine quality that this club has been selected 
by the United States Golf Association as the site of many national championships. 
It has been recently chosen for the Amateur Championship of 1922. 
Our system — the Carter System — has been shown to be completely successful on 
many other championship courses since the seed was first sown at Brookline. It is 
a system which, as Harry Lauder might say, “has stood the test of time.” There 
are several reasons for its success. 
In the first place Carters Tested Seeds, Inc., is a firm that is not merely interested 
in the sale of grass seed. It is interested in the production of golfing turf. The fact 
that our seed is the finest procurable does not guarantee the growth of fine grass 
regardless of weather and soil conditions. It is our knowledge of these conditions and 
our ability to prepare the soil to meet the rigors of our climate that enable us to 
produce “the finest results from the finest seed.” 
Our knowledge of local conditions has been acquired, and is being constantly 
acquired, by our Service Department, members of which are always ready to impart 
their advice to Green Committees and Greenkeepers. Their advice is given gratis 
and has saved clubs many thousands of dollars which would otherwise have been 
wasted through ignorance of the proper seed and other materials to be used. Our 
“Practical Greenkeeper” and our service bulletin, “The Golf Course” have also proved 
of great value in this respect and are mailed free on request to those interested in 
the construction or maintenance of a golf course. 
Associated with us ai'e golf course architects whose names are known wherever 
golf is played and in many places where golf will soon be played. These architects are 
always ready to furnish plans for the laying out of a new course or the remodelling 
of an old one. From their preliminary reports we draw up estimates, showing in 
detail the cost of construction, seed, fertilizer, Rex Humus and other materials. 
In our employ there are thoroughly skilled and competent construction superin- 
tendents, capable of reproducing to the smallest detail the architect’s plans, and by 
their employment we can guarantee to turn out a finished golf course, built scientifically 
on modern lines in the shortest possible time. 
Further information will be gladly furnished on request, including a list of 
“Carter” courses and others which have been using our materials to their complete 
satisfaction for years. tF 
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