. The seeding and care of golf courses. Golf courses; Grasses. ^ O. M. Scott & Sons Co., Marysville, Ohio THE COMPOST HEAP A COMPOST heap is a necessary adjunct to every golf -<^^course. This is a pile of various humus-forming and fertilizing materials, spread in layers about six inches thick and left to decay and to undergo chemical modification. It may include in its composition almost any decomposing vegetable matter, lime, inorganic fertilizers, earth, barn- yard manure, peat, leaf-mold and sod. Composting is a valuable process, producing a humous material very beneficial to the tur
. The seeding and care of golf courses. Golf courses; Grasses. ^ O. M. Scott & Sons Co., Marysville, Ohio THE COMPOST HEAP A COMPOST heap is a necessary adjunct to every golf -<^^course. This is a pile of various humus-forming and fertilizing materials, spread in layers about six inches thick and left to decay and to undergo chemical modification. It may include in its composition almost any decomposing vegetable matter, lime, inorganic fertilizers, earth, barn- yard manure, peat, leaf-mold and sod. Composting is a valuable process, producing a humous material very beneficial to the turf. If a good manure com- post is used in spring and fall, nothing else may be found necessary, except for the occasional application of nitrate of soda or sulphate of ammonia as a quick stimulator. The pile should be built under cover if possible, the va- rious materials being laid in alternating layers of four to six inches. If peat is used, lime should be sprinkled in with it to neutralize acids and to promote bacterial yard manure is a necessary ingredient for the introduction of bacteria. The pile is broken down vertically and thor- oughly mixed several times during the composting period. The compost is then sifted through a screen and the coarse material saved for the next pile. The composting process should continue at least six months before use. A year is better. Composting six months will kill most of the common weed seeds, but a year will dispose of all of them quite certainly. The character of the soil ingredient of the compost will depend upon its use. If for sandy fairways, clay may be in- corporated in as high proportion as three parts of clay to one of organic material. If for a sandy green the pro- portion of clay should be reduced. Soil ^.- -i_,^=..^ 'is unnecessary in compost intended ^/ :^^,,^ [34]. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appea
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