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| Material Type: | Booklet |
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| Monographic Author(s): | Beale, Reginald |
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| Author Affiliation: | Manager of Sports and Grass Department |
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| Monograph Title: | The Practical Greenkeeper, 191x. |
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| Publishing Information: | London, England: James Carter and Co. |
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| Edition: | 4th |
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| # of Pages: | unknown |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Site preparation; Seeding; Lawn maintenance; Manures; Sports turf; Drainage; Golf courses; Composts; Equipment
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | unknown |
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| See Also: | See all records for known editions of The Practical Greenkeeper, search as MCODE=PRACG to isolate as a set or see records related to PRACG |
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| Annotation from Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf, by James B Beard, Harriet J. Beard and James C Beard: | "A very rare, small book that has some revisions, especially the illustrations and tables. In the early 1900s, the merits of a newly developed gravity drop spreader were compared to the traditional manual method of planting grass seeds:
Seed Sowing Machines.
These machines, which were invented by our firm, are specially constructed to sow grass seeds over large areas at rates varying from 6 to 12 bushels per acre. An experienced man can, with the help of a machine, sow from 3 to 4 acres a day, sowing the seed evenly and at the desired rate per acre without waste.
The advantage of using a machine over hand sowing is this: the machine saves time, sows the seed evenly and well, does not waste seed, and can be used with success on days when the wind would make it impossible to sow by hand. We are always pleased to rent a machine when large areas are to be sown, charging carriage on the machine only, unless an expert is sent with the machine to supervise the sowing, when his time and expenses will be charged also." p. 161 |
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| Beard Section Heading: | Bibliography of books/monographs on turfgrass culture |
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| Beard Rarity Statement: | Very rare |
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| Beard Special Note: | Identified by James B Beard in Turfgrass History and Literature: Lawns, Sports, and Golf (2014) as being old and rare based on his experience. |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Beale, Reginald. 191x. The Practical Greenkeeper. London, England: James Carter and Co. |
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