Self-propelled combine harvesting crops, right rear view showing crop stalks left behind, 1955

Self-propelled combine harvesting crops, right rear view showing crop stalks left behind, 1955

Shown from the right rear, a self-propelled combine harvests crops in Washington County, Iowa, leaving behind shreds of unwanted crop stalks.

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.

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1955

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