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    Lawns, Golf Courses, Polo Fields, and How to Treat Them
    Lawns, Golf Courses, Polo Fields, and How to Treat Them
    Lawns, Golf Courses, Polo Fields, and How to Treat Them
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    Lawns, Golf Courses, Polo Fields, and How to Treat Them

    By S. A. Cunningham

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    This vintage book contains a comprehensive handbook for creating, managing, and maintaining golf courses and polo fields. Accessible and full of useful information, this timeless guide will be of considerable utility to anyone with an interest in maintaining high quality lawns for sport or leisure. Highly recommended for golf club owners and collectors of vintage sporting literature. Contents include: "Lawns", "Re-Making an Old Lawn", "Making a New Lawn", "Clipping, Rolling and Watering", "Golf Courses", "Putting Greens", "Seed Mixtures and Putting Greens", "General Care of Putting Greens", "Sanding the Greens", "Eradication of Worms", "Watering", "Fair Greens", "New Fair Greens", et cetera. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Country Books
    Release dateSep 6, 2017
    ISBN9781473340107
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      Lawns, Golf Courses, Polo Fields, and How to Treat Them - S. A. Cunningham

      FIELDS

      LAWNS, GOLF COURSES, POLO FIELDS, AND HOW TO TREAT THEM

      By

      S. A. CUNNINGHAM AND GEORGE D. LEAVENS

      UNTIL the attempt has been made, the difficulties encountered in making good lawns, polo fields, or golf greens are not apparent, although liberal sums of money are generally expended for these purposes. There is, however, such a conflict of opinion and such a dearth of definite information as to how desirable results may be obtained, that it is believed that the writers’ suggestions, based upon many years of practical experience, may not be unwelcome.

      No attempt is made to discuss herein details of engineering problems in connection with the making of golf courses and polo fields, other than a few remarks on the subject of drainage. The details of grading, levelling, tile draining, etc., should all be arranged by a competent engineer. The writers of this booklet have confined themselves strictly to matters covered by their own personal experience, realizing that in so doing they are certain to remain on safe ground and in all probability be of much greater assistance to their readers.

      LAWNS.

      A good lawn is the first essential to a beautiful landscape or to attractive home grounds. The two problems commonly presented in this connection are: first, the improving or re-making of an old lawn; second, the making of a new lawn from the very beginning.

      A GOOD LAWN MAY BE MAINTAINED IN A SHADED LOCATION IF PROPER GRASS SEEDS AND FERTILIZERS ARE USED.

      Re-Making an Old Lawn.

      The first step is to dig out with a very slender trowel or stout knife, all the weeds that infest the lawn. The best implement for this is an ordinary asparagus knife or cutter. Having removed the weeds, go over the old lawn vigorously with a sharp toothed iron rake,

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