HORT 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Lawn, John James Ingalls, Bowls
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Read in praise of bluegrass john james ingalls (cid:862)the pri(cid:373)ar(cid:455) for(cid:373) of food is grass. Turf - a community of grass plants that form continuous groundcover under frequent mowing. Functions of turf: beautiful home lawns, hotels, parks, cemeteries, etc. Turf lawns are wide-ope(cid:374) spa(cid:272)es, (cid:862)(cid:272)a(cid:374)(cid:448)as(cid:863) for la(cid:374)ds(cid:272)apes: recreational golf, soccer, football, baseball, softball, lawn tennis (must wear white), lawn bowling (older crowd), lacrosse, rugby, cricket, croquet, horse racing, polo (polo in the ozarks), Ultimate, field hockey, frisbee golf, volleyball, australian rules football etc. 225 golf courses in ar, most lucrative of all turf sports. Most widely played sport in the world is soccer world cup. American football is most watched on natural grass, synthetics are becoming more popular. Arkansas razorback stadium (dwrrs) converted to synthetic 2009. Tennis causes heavy wear research methods to deal with: active and resting courts. Turf grass is (cid:271)est for a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:859)s #1 leisure sport of ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g out: functional.
