ISU Facilities Planning and Management

Landscape Memorials, Plaques,
and Class Gifts


In Memoriam:

Title:

Innovative Baler

Location:

Southwest of Davidson Hall

Plaque Text:

"Farmers were saved from the backbreaking chore of slinging hay bales in the 1960s when Iowa State agricultural engineering professor Wesley Buchele and a group of student researchers invented a baler that produced large, round bales that could be moved by tractor. The baler has become the predominant forage-handling machine in the United States."

Additional Notes:

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