ASAE Historic Landmarks of Agricultural Engineering Historical Markers
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering (ASAE / ASABE) recognizes historic developments in Agricultural and Biological Engineering. The American Society of Agricultural Engineering changed its name in 2005 to American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineering.
Near Mauna Loa Avenue 0.5 miles east of Glendora Avenue.
The Rain Bird horizontal action impact drive sprinkler head was invented in
1933 by Orton Englehardt, a citrus grower and native of Glendora. The design
offered slow rotation and uniform watering, benefits long sought by local
irrigators. . . . — — Map (db m146402) HM
George Stockton Berry (1847-1917) of Lindsay, Tulare County, California designed, built, and in 1886, operated the first self-propelled combine. He was granted a U.S. Patent (# 374,339) in 1887.
The Berry design embodied the following . . . — — Map (db m243177) HM
Since the beginning of irrigated agriculture, it has been important to measure of the flows of irrigation water. Accuracy of early water measurement methods often suffered because of trash or sediment in the water, or unusual flow conditions. . . . — — Map (db m175805) HM
On Bay St. at Drayton St, on the right when traveling west on Bay St..
This creative development which was responsible for the survival of the cotton industry in the United States occurred on General Nathaniel Greene's plantation near Savannah, 10 miles northeast of this marker. Separation by hand labor of the lint . . . — — Map (db m13521) HM
On East Main Street at South Washington Street, on the left when traveling west on East Main Street.
In the Shelbyville area during the Spring of 1929, Raymore McDonald designed and developed the first commercial pick-up baler as conceived and financed by Horace Tallman and his sons, Leslie R. and Gentry L.
These balers were marketed for many . . . — — Map (db m10992) HM
On Madison Street at Lincolnway, on the right when traveling south on Madison Street.
Meinrad Rumely
Meinrad Rumely was the founder and guiding spirit of the Rumely Companies for more than 50 years. He came to America from Germany in 1848, and in 1853 on this site opened a blacksmith shop that was to grow into a large . . . — — Map (db m43463) HM
On Russell Street north of Harrison Street, on the left when traveling north.
The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) was developed at the
USDA National Runoff and Soil Loss Data Center at Purdue
University in a national effort led by Walter H. Wischmeier and
Dwight D. Smith. The USLE was published in 1965 in . . . — — Map (db m195101) HM
On 11th Street west of 19th Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Early tractors were massive and expensive. Their steel lug wheels gave poor traction and a rough ride. Lugs were prohibited on many roads.
1926 Hoyle Pounds modified a Fordson tractor with zero pressure truck tires on special rims to improve . . . — — Map (db m234252) HM
Near North Street (U.S. 6) just east of Brown Avenue (State Highway 10), on the left when traveling east.
Frank Zybach, farming near Strasburg, Colorado, patented a "Self-Propelled Sprinkling Irrigating Apparatus” on July 22, 1952. Mobile towers carried a pipeline in a circle around a pivot. Sprinklers on the pipeline distributed the water. In 1954, . . . — — Map (db m147176) HM
Near College Farm Road 0.2 miles north of U.S. 1, on the left when traveling north.
A crucial step in the evolution of modern plant agriculture was the
development of low-cost, energy-efficient greenhouse structures that
provide optimum growing conditions year-round.
In 1964, Professor William J. Roberts developed . . . — — Map (db m195092) HM
On Clarence Street (U.S. 54) near South Fields Street, on the right when traveling east.
Preventing wind erosion was the primary objective of Feed Hoeme, a Hooker, Oklahoma farmer, when he developed a heavy-duty chisel plow in 1933. Hoeme and his sons manufactured and sold about 2000 plows from their farmstead. In 1938, W.T. Graham . . . — — Map (db m55270) HM
On Steeles Lane (Virginia Route 937) 0.6 miles east of Raphine Road ( Route 606), on the right when traveling east.
Where Cyrus Hall McCormick invented and in 1831 demonstrated the first successful reaper to introduce the era of farm mechanization is designated an Historic Landmark of Agricultural Engineering by American Society of Agricultural Engineers. — — Map (db m172943) HM
