Ag. Eng. I -Forge Class. Fall 1917. Ordered by MFP Costelloe. Agricultural Engineering Department. Nov. 30, 1917. Taken by W. J. Roudabush, Ames, Iowa. 2210 Lincoln Way.
The Agronomy and Agricultural Engineering Research Center west of Ames is seen from across a plowed field, 1962., The Agricultural Experiment Station began at the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm (now Iowa State University) as a result of the Hatch Act of 1887 and an act passed by the Iowa General Assembly in 1888. The purpose of the station is to conduct research relating to agriculture and associated disciplines and to disseminate that information. The name of the station was changed in in 1957 to Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station and again in 1966 to Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station.
Agricultural engineering student Kent Mitchell uses an engineer's transit in soil and water conservation work., The teaching of agricultural engineering at Iowa State University began in 1903 and was overseen by the Department of Agronomy from 1905 to 1907. The Department of Agricultural Engineering was formally established in 1907. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. In 2004, the Department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology. It is jointly administered by the College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Professor Mervine and several other individuals work on different types of tractors including; a New Hart Parr tractor, a Rock Island Plow Heider tractor and an Avery Company tractor., The teaching of agricultural engineering at Iowa State University began in 1903 and was overseen by the Department of Agronomy from 1905 to 1907. The Department of Agricultural Engineering was formally established in 1907. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. In 2004, the Department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology. It is jointly administered by the College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Bill Waters, agricultural engineering senior, learns electronic principles in the laboratory. An oscilloscope, and recording and indicating instruments, are used to show the characteristics of the circuits., The teaching of agricultural engineering at Iowa State University began in 1903 and was overseen by the Department of Agronomy from 1905 to 1907. The Department of Agricultural Engineering was formally established in 1907. It was renamed the Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering in 1990. In 2004, the Department merged with the Department of Industrial Education and Technology. It is jointly administered by the College of Engineering and College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Photograph showing soil after being cultivated by a drag harrow. The soil was cultivated was done for a project with the Iowa State University Agricultural Engineering and Botany Department in March 1926.
