. The seeding and care of golf courses. Golf courses; Grasses. O. M. Scott & Sorjs Co., Marysville, Ohio THE SEED-BED cr'nE top-soil thus formed must be raked and rolled until ^ the upper inch in which the young plant will get its start is as fine as ashes. It should be mellow, but made firm by rolling. Rolling both ways reveals inequalities of the sur- face easily adjusted by use of the rake. This rolling makes a firm seed bed and allows the soil solution, containing avail- able plant foods, to be brought up by capillary action. If capillarity is lacking, plant foods are carried down by t
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. The seeding and care of golf courses. Golf courses; Grasses. O. M. Scott & Sorjs Co., Marysville, Ohio THE SEED-BED cr'nE top-soil thus formed must be raked and rolled until ^ the upper inch in which the young plant will get its start is as fine as ashes. It should be mellow, but made firm by rolling. Rolling both ways reveals inequalities of the sur- face easily adjusted by use of the rake. This rolling makes a firm seed bed and allows the soil solution, containing avail- able plant foods, to be brought up by capillary action. If capillarity is lacking, plant foods are carried down by the rains and cannot be brought back to the surface. Frequent raking before seeding ventilates and warms the soil and, more important still, kills the young weeds as they sprout. The very fine soil acts as a blanket for the coarser soil beneath, prevents the escape of moisture through cracks, and assures quick germination. In case the original soil of the putting-green is sandy and it is impracticable to build an entirely new soil, the condi- tion maybe remedied by adding enough pulverized clay and humous material to cover the surface three or four inches deep. The three elements mixed will form a satisfactory sandy loam. SEED FOR THE GREEN /N selectmg seed t-fle~general prmciples named-under ^Making-the-Eaimsfay^" should ber-rroted. The needs of the putting-green are peculiar and more exacting than those of the fairway. The cost of seed is small as compared with the whole expense of preparing the green, and on these lim- ited areas at least, one can afford to sow only the best, giving particular attention to freedom from weeds. The grasses required differ from those used on the fairway. The turf [20}. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.. O. M. Scott & Sons. Marysville, Ohio