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4-1975 The irsF t 50 Years: Agricultural Engineering Henry H. DeLong South Dakota State University

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· Published by the Agricultural Engineering Department South Dakota State University SOUTH DAKOJJ\ ST.ATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY April 1975 Chapter I honor of being the firs t Agricultural tha t fa rm mechanization wa s ma king great Engineer from Sta te wa s for Lee Minnium, strides, and tha t the Agricultural Engi­ who came in the fa ll of '25 and graduated neering Depa rtments were being formed in with the class of '29 . the La nd Grant Colleges.

Where and how did Agricultural Engineering There were other problems arising tha t start? Its beginning in institutions can called for engineering on the farm . W�t Introduction be tra ced to the first depa rtments at Iowa la nds needed to be dra ined . Dry land State, Ka nsas State , and the Univers ity of needed irrigation . Farm buildings needed In the sununer or fall of 1924 a news Nebraska . Other ea rly departments were ventilating , and to be designed to store story wa s relea sed to the papers of South formed at Minnesota , Illinois , Wisconsin, and move feed more ea sily. Wa ste products Dakota . It to ld of a new department and and Cornell in New York. All departments from the livestock enterprises increased new course of study at South Da kota State came after the turn of the century . There disposa l problems as the size of operation College, Brookings, South Da kota . This wa s a need felt by many people in ma ny increased. story described subjects to be given places tha t farming wa s ra pidly moving about farm ma chinery and tractors , farm into an era of mechanization; and that Improvement in living in the fa rm home buildings and utilities, land dra inage or farming wa s becoming much more technical called for modern wa ter systems, better irrigation, and perha ps some other items . in many ways. These concerns came as a lighting , improved hea ting , and sewage natural consequence of the beginning of disposa l. There were many attempts to The story was eagerly read by a Spink the era of fa rm mechanization about 1830 . bring modern services to the fa rm through County boy by the name of Henry DeLong individua l farm electric or gas gener­ who had gradua ted from high school the Invention followed invention ra pidly ators . previous June and who planned to go to after 1830; with the first steel plow, college if he could. Pa rt of the prepa r­ the reaper, the first drills and planters, ation wa s to work on the home fa rm in the the mowers , ra kes, the ha rvester, the So, all of a sudden, there were a host of summer and to pick corn ·by ha nd method binder. All speeded up farm work by the new things to teach. The depa rtments came for a steady six weeks during the fa ll appl ication of anima l power to mobile on demand; and in qu ite a va riety of ways . months . The first week of Janua ry 1925 ma chines; and also to stationary machines Perha ps the first need wa s adult education wa s the time to ta ke the tra in to Brook­ like the early threshers and ba lers . Such via the Extension Agricultural Engineer. ings and enroll at South Dakota State machines were complimented by much human But in the College or University the de­ College at the beginning of the winter muscle power on the forks and shovels; pa rtments developed one or more of the qua rter. and by the wa lking and shocking and lift­ following things: (1) A ma jor leading to ing by people . a B . S . degree in Agricultura l Engineering; Com pared to 1975 standa rds the campus wa s sma ll in 1925 ; but it 1 ooked ve ry large Then came steam power applied to thresh­ (2) Service courses in the College of and complicated to a fa rm boy. Henry ing and breaking prairie sod from 1890' s Agriculture and many times enough for a proceeded to locate Mr. R. L. Patty , new to the 1920 ' s . Steam power ga ve way to ma jor in Mechanized Agriculture; (3) Short head of the Agricultural Engineer.ing; but clumsy gasoline and kerosene engines of courses for high school age people; and also found it a bit too soon to rea lly la rge size to repla ce the steamers . World start Agricultural Engineering . Courses Wa r I brought on a labor shortage and the (4) Resea rch projects, usually with the available seem to lead more logically to urge to increa se agricultural output, and Agricultural Experiment Station. The a degree in Agriculture with a ma jor in the sma ll farm tractor for general field Agricultural Engineering Depa rtment at Fa rm Mechanics . This wa s the firs t degree work came into prominence . It wa s in South Dakota State began its work in all for Henry--with the class of '28. The these years just preceeding the 1920's of these fields . Chapter II In the ea rl y 20's the Agricultural Engi­ were small; two or three, to ten wa s not neering Depa rtments across the country unusual . Service courses to the College became interested in electricity on the of Agriculture students were la rger; often farm . Individua l farm plants with gaso­ crowded for our fa cilities. And then the line engines and ba ttery sets were being short course students, the "Aggies" came The Beginning Of used . Also, the wind-electric plant wa s for five months during the winter and used . But central station service with these classes were la rge. It all added Our Own Department farm distribution lines had something more up to a strenuous work load. If a heavy to offer. Several experimental ru ra l test load leads to success--the opportunity for Mr. Ralph L. Patty wa s the first depa rt­ lines were organized over the U . S . and the success wa s there . ment head of the Agricultural Engineering one in South Dakota wa s an ea rl y one . It Department at South Da kota State Univer­ wa s operating in 1925 and wa s built from It wa s 1928 when the first fa rm mechanics sity. There were some interesting events Sioux Fa lls to Renner. Mr. Patty helped ma jor wa s gradua ted with a B . S . degree in that led up to his coming . He was from conduct the tests on this "Renner Test Agriculture . In 1929 the first degree in Redfield, Iowa and received his first Line" and wrote three bulletins on the Agricultural Engineering was gra nted. It college degree from Iowa State Teachers work there . must be remembered that these were ha rd College in 1907 . In 1909 he became prin­ years . Not only wa s there the 1929 finan­ cipa l of Brookings high school . He re­ Farm building plans were also drawn by cial disa ster yea r; but soon after there turned to college some yea rs later and Mr. Patty for the College and its Agri­ followed the "dust" bowl yea rs of the ea rned' his B . S . degree in Agricultural cultural Experiment Station. The brick ea rly thirties and the very low prices of Engineering at Iowa State Univers ity in horse barn, still standing , is a monument the depression yea rs . 1916. to his engineering work. The first country club house at the La ke Campbell The financies of the State government were golf course wa s designed by him; and the in critica l condition following the "Rural Mr. Pa tty came that same yea r to Brookings plans rema ined in the files for many Credits" disaster. No new buildings were yea rs . Mr. Patty loved the game of golf. to become the first Agricultural Engineer built after the Lincoln Memorial Library on the Extension Service staff. He im­ for ten yea rs or more following the yea r mediately began to develop a service of In 1925 the teaching department of Agri­ 1927 . fa rm building plans for use by farmers . cultura l Engineering wa s establ ished . The Some plans ca rried the "South Dakota" tractor mechanics and auto repa ir courses Enrollments to college surely were held title and number; others were from USDA had been given for some yea rs in the old ba ck during the depression yea rs ; but plan service. Gymna sium building . These courses were some determined and hardy students came terminated at the end of 1924-25 school in spite of ha rd years . It wa s a wa y to yea r; and the old Gym was assigned to success, and they persisted. Due to a few wet years in South Dakota , Agricultural Engineering . A new professor about that time; Mr. Patty la id out qu ite wa s secured to teach farm power and Beginning about 1930, R. L. Patty initi­ a few tile drainage systems . These sys­ machinery courses. Mr. Patty taught the ated a research project on "Ranuned Earth". tems allowed fa rmers to dra in wet land and structures courses and the farm land This was construction of building wa lls sloughs that were interferring with farm­ engineering courses . The forg ing shop with soil and sand by a tamping process. ing procedures . The writer ha s seen some and the wood working shop; together with The idea wa s not new since it is re ferred of the old field notes , seen some of the these two instructors were assigned as to in history by P liny. Bu ilding with plans; and indeed went out to find the old pa rt of the new and beginning department. ea rth is nearl y world-wide and appea rs in drain tile still delivering water 25 yea rs several different forms . Construction after insta llation. Dra in tile were la id The writer remembers those beginning years such as this ca lled for manual labor, and by hand labor and spade work in those da ys. when the classes of the new depa rtment students were the logica l laborers . And in the depression days students were Just as conditions in South Dakota were By the summer of 1945 things began to get willing to work and work ha rd to ea rn improving the World Wa r II situation wa s reorganized to norma l college procedures . their wa y through school. More than one generating . The rubber tired tractor wa s My regula r department duties were resumed . reader of this history will look back on a grea tly improved source of power. Power One reason for this was R . L. Patty' s these days and feel of his ha nds to see ta ke off equipped tra ctors soon put an end sickness . Our Agricultural Engineering if the callouses are still there . Four to ground driven machines. Fa rm work with staff had dropped to Mr. Patty, myself, or five projects had been completed by horses wa s a thing of the past. The small and Miss Ha zel Fetherhuff, our secretary 1935 , when the writer came back to join combine came in and ended the dominance of for many years . One of my last visits the depa rtment staff . In the next five the binder as a ha rvesting ma chine; and with Mr. Patty in the fa ll of 1945 wa s to yea rs he supervised the bu ilding of five the large thresher. These new and better tell him about how many boys I had heard more structures. The student work went methods enabled the farmers to produce from who were coming ba ck to school after on until the 40' s . A brief chapter much food for the world ma rkets during the their military service. He knew at the la ter on will be devoted to the subject wa r time period . time , I believe , that he would never be of Rammed Ea rth Research. there to help teach them . He passed away on November 6, 1 945 . How well the writer remembers the shock announcement of the atta ck on Pearl Harbor. He was listening to a newscast over the From then on it wa s a struggle to build Chapter Ill ra dio on Sunday afternoon; just before back the department and staff to an ef­ returning to Minneapolis-St. Paul to the fective teaching organization. By 1948 University of Minnesota campus where he we graduated 10 seniors , and by 1949 there Progress In The 40's wa s completing his M.S . degree work in were 15. This wa s the result of the regu­ Agricultural Engineering . We were at war! lar students completing high school plus During the 1940's some of the grea test The univers ity began its adaptation to the the backlog of those whose education ha d fluctuations came to the enrollment of the times. Boys began lea ving for the been interrupted by the wa r. students at S .D . S .U . The depression of service, but those near graduation were the 1930's came to a close and fa rming apt to finish before entering their A deta iled listing of sta ff members and made a great recovery after 1938 . Farm­ military duty. In 1941 we had eight the yea rs they served can be best shown ing wa s profitable, and fa rm size in­ seniors and in 1942 - seven seniors . in a later chapter. The service courses creased . Farm boys came to college in to the College of Agriculture were large larger numbers . A few statistics of at this time and the "Aggie" school load graduating seniors in Agricultural Engi­ For the next four yea rs we ha d few men continued . neering will be shown in Table 1. students on the campus who were regular Table 1. Bachelor of Science degree in students. We did ha ve the military tra in­ Agricultural Engineering given ing program , ASTPR . This wa s an acceler­ Our staff increased to the place where in the 1940 decade . ated program of mathema tics, and science there was a specially tra ined ma n for; courses to help tra in soldiers for techni­ ( 1 ) soil and wa ter field, ( 2) farm struc­ Year Degrees Year Degrees ca l positions . Since our own classes were tures, and ( 3 ) power and ma chinery . Ex­ not being given , many of our S .D . S . U. pansion came in the rura l electric course 1940 5 1945 0 sta ff members were drafted to teach sol­ and the crop processing course. The ru ra l 1941 8 1946 2 diers . The writer taught physics for electric work wa s also offered for the 1942 7 1947 7 about two yea rs ; and worked day and night, Agricultural College and for the Aggies . 1943 1 1948 10 fa ll, winter, spring, and summer. There These courses rounded out the four general 1944 2 1949 15 were wa r time restrictions ; ga s ra tioning, area s of work then considered to be the and no vacations . proper fields of agricultural eng ineering . The rapid turnover of sta ff members made search work . Where dry land farming and The new Engineering Ha ll wa s being built it seem desirable to initiate a gradua te soil and wa ter conservation ha d been in 56-57 and the new Agricultural Engi­ program so that a masters degrees program empha sized for our area ; now irrigation neering Bu ilding wa s appropriated for in in Agr icultura l Engineering could be of­ and dra inage work came in for serious 1957 and we moved to it in September of fered. Such a curriculum wa s planned; study . The coming dam and power plant 1959. More will be said about this later. asked for and granted. John Wiersma , our structures along the Missouri River helped soil and wa ter staff member , began his promote the sprea d of Rural Electric ser­ In 1954 our department ha d a staff of four graduate program; with some of his course vice to the farms . Electric power from people, with no specia lists for research work ta ken at Colorado A&M. Soon two the Federal system also assured an abun­ and no extension workers . By 1961 , there seniors of the class of 1948 joined him . da nt and low cost source of electr ic power wa s a staff of 13, with three full time They were Fra nk Wiersma , and Dennis Moe. to the farming industry. extension people. Two things just ha d to In the spring of 1950 , the three were change to ma ke this possible; a greatly awarded their masters degree in Agricul­ Chapter IV increased budget and a larger building to tural Engineering . house the larger staff. During this period our research work had The Growth Picture Time wa s right for a great expansion in been mostly in the machinery field. D . E. soil and wa ter research . The Irrigation Wiant had a project in converting horse Of The SO's Research Farm, operated by the Agricul­ drawn machinery to use with tractors; tura l Engineering Department, wa s estab­ often in multiple hitch arrangement. Dur­ lished on the Sioux River location south ing the war years when little new machin­ Enrollments in Agricultura l Engineer ing from 1950 through 1959 were irregular. and west of Brookings . The experimental ery wa s ava ilable, L . F . Larsen worked farm at Redfield called for experimenta ­ over mowers for tractcir mounting, old Starting with a gradua ting class of 10, ending with 16, and ha ving a high of 18 tion in irrigation and dra inage in that binders for tractor drawn swathers; and soil area . developed tractor mounted ha y bucks, and a low of 3, this would average out to be the usua l 12 graduates per year . In stackers, and loaders . These things were Since 1938 the Rural Electric Coops of our very popular for a time . They log ically addition, there were 13 M. S . degrees is­ sued in this 10-year period. sta te were literally covering the state gave wa y to a new cla ss of farm machines with electric serv ice to every farm . This that came surging onto the market after progress wa s held ba ck by the war years in the war. There were tra ctors complete Progress wa s slow in these years in the the 40' s, but continued out through the with P.T.O. , rubber tires and hydraulic field of physical plant and teaching and ranch country and wa s largely completed by lifts ; the three-point hitch, and de ta ch­ research equipment . The 1940's ha d seen 1955 . This ha d aided in enlarging our able implements. The self-propelled com­ great progress in farming. But increases teaching, research, and extension staff bine had arrived with the World War II in appropriations to state educationa l in the rura l electric field. era ; the corn picker sheller and the need institutions were very slow in coming. for drying equ ipment set the pa ce for But after a long lapse in the bu ilding The "Aggie School" or short course wa s machinery research work in the 1950' s . program; in the early 50's came the large dropped wh ich ended a sector of the teach­ Agr icultura l Ha ll. This wa s placed to the ing load. But this also allowed more Even before the wa r years the Pick-Sloan we st of our old building and "surrounded" empha sis to be placed on our Mechanized plan ha d been adopted for the Missouri the old Da iry Bu ilding on the west and courses . La te in the 50's, a staff member River develoµnent and Fort Peck dam ha d south . With Plant Pathology, Agronomy skilled in the Vocationa l Agriculture been bu ilt. The other large dams were Seed House, Wenona Annex , Scobey Ha ll and tra ining wa s a dded. As a result, the being started and the future irrigation Pugsley Union added to the older bu ild­ group of Mecha nized Agriculture students projects were in the planning stage . Th is ings; by 1954 the campus sudden! y began to became larger than our Agr icultural Engi­ set the pace for the soil and wa ter re- expand in all directions. neering group. Colleges of Agriculture have no organi­ larger size ; so the old structure became The fire destroyed the entire building za tion for na tiona l accreditation ; the a "hand-m e-down" to the "tra ctor short beyond any hope of repa ir or rebuilding . Engineering Colleges do . We ha d been course" and the "auto mechanics" program. The firemen did have the fire checked long looking ahea d to the da y when our Agri­ In 1925 the wr iter took one of the auto enough for us to work part of the night cultura l Engineering curriculum could be mechanics courses and worked on the re- and get out all our school records , course accredited by ECPD (Engineering Committee outlines and books ; together with our ac­ for Professional Develoµnent) . Since this cumulated experiment station records . The is an area of the engineering college ad­ pa ir ing of model T Ford eng ines wh ich people whose offices were on second floor ministrators; they ma de no inspections of were plentiful at the time In the year lost everything they ha d. departments that were administered by an . of 1935-36 a "WPA" cement block addition Agricultura l College. wa s built on which gave five additiona l rooms . They were not fancy, but in some Th is wa s dur ing a regular legislative ses­ wa ys they were better fa cilities than the sion at P ierre . To ma ke a long story It seemed advisible to have our department old bu ilding . In the early 50' s , the short: our pr iority on the bu ilding list accredited; so that our gra duates would sta ff members ha d a roof ra ising party wa s moved from second to first and an ap­ have equa l rating with engineers from and built a roof over the open "C" of the propriation wa s ma de for a new Agricul­ other schools. The first step wa s to have north addition. This added the sixth room tura l Engineering Building in the last the Agricultura l Engineering curriculum and sea led out a ba d snow bank. hour of the last da y of the 1957 session. administered by the Engineering College, The new building wa s started the next fa ll and this step wa s accomplished in the rnid- and wa s ready in the fa ll of 1959. The 50 ' s. The Mechanized Agr iculture curricu­ new structure wa s approximately 51 ,000 lum, the Agricultural Experiment Station From here on, to keep up with class size, square feet of floor space, and cost work and the Extension work were still expanded load of research, added courses , $683 , 153 . 00 ; thus the cost wa s $13. 40 per under the administra tion of the College of and increasing staff, we ha d to improvise. square foot. Agriculture . Offices were built on second floor , and ma ny shifts were ma de . And then it ha p­ pened! On a very cold night in Ja nuary 1957 , the old building caught fire and As a departmenta l staff we ha d worked on The first inspection wa s carr ied out with burned. plans for a new bu ilding and ha d many the limited sta ff and the old bu ilding and ideas of wha t we needed. We therefore old fa cilities , and at this stage accredi­ ha d the opportunity to work with the ta tion by ECPD wa s not granted. The at­ architects and see many of our ideas in­ ta inment of this goa l ha d to await the corporated in the new building . We chose expanded staff and the new bu ilding with The fire department came , found the first a spot to the ea st of the old Da iry Barn, its improved facil ities . fire hydra nt frozen , and were delayed in their efforts . They could not control the which wa s then at the edge of campus . As fire, which started in the north-west the campus ha s developed in the following corner of the Annex . People in the old 15 years , we are now in the center of The change of bu ildings is a story in it­ da iry building sa w the fire and sent in bu ilding a ctivity . The footba ll sta dium self. The Agricultura l Engineer ing Bu ild­ the a larrn. We got out a few pieces of is near to the northeast; the Physica l ing as of 1925 wa s the university' s first equipr nent from a north room ; the pickup Education Complex to the ea st; and the new Gynrnasium and Armory built in 1899. It and a self-propelled picker-sheller . How Student Un ion just south of our location . wa s sturdy and we ll-built, and probably well the wr iter remembers dr iving that out The new Horne Economics-Nursing Bu ilding well-suited to its first use . World War of the smoke-filled room , with a few minor is southwest and the new Library is to be I times brought a new gymnas iurn of much explosions going on in the adjoining rooms. our next-door neighbor to the west. Ta ble 3. Gradua ting seniors receiving Chapter V degrees , 1961-1970.

Yea r Number Year Number

1961 2 1966 18 The Expanding 60's 1962 7 1967 16 1963 6 1968 20 The picture of college enrollment during 1964 9 1969 20 the 60 ' s is impressive. The tota l student 1965 8 1970 20 count at S.D. S. U .• is shown here in 10-year interva ls for the pa st 50 yea rs (see Figure 1. The Old Building , 1899-1957. Table 2). With the fa cilities of the new building and with increased staff, the popularity of the mechanized agriculture program in­ Table 2. Total college enrollments, creased ra pidly. It is qu ite logical to 1920-1970. choose such a course of study in a day and age where farm mechanization ha s increa sed so ra pidly. A high percentage of these gradua tes rema in in the state as fa rm and Yea r Number Year Number ra nch managers or in industry that is closely rela ted to agriculture. 1920 416 1960 3,050 1930 1,161 1970 6 , 256 The 60's was indeed a growth period in 1940 1,427 1974 6,181 campus expansion of the physical plant. 1950 1,732 Six new dorm itories, three new dining ha lls, a new Da iry-Ba cteriology building , and the planning of the Veterina ry Labor­ atory came in ra pid succession. A ma ster The surge of students to college in the plan for an enlarged campus wa s prepared. 60' s would be a na tura l result of the By the mid-60's, all of the college farms �opulation explosion of the early 40's. were moved farther out and rebuilt into --- - • Figure 2. The New Building , 1959 There was also an empha sis on the arts and modern plants. sciences; so the trend did not necessarily reflect an increase in the engineering Certa inly the 60' s wa s a great time of enrollment. This wa s a na tionwide trend, expansion for the agricultura l engineering and has resulted in a sca rcity of new people. Crop drying equipment wa s ob­ engineers. ta ined, and the crop processing courses were started. The rura l electric courses The 60's wa s the time of ra pid growth of had their own classroom and la boratory. our Mechanized Agriculture student group. The following statistics show this growth The fine equipment for the hydraulics by listing the gradua ting seniors re­ la boratory added much to the developnent ceiving degrees (see Table 3). of the soil and water courses; especia lly in the fa cilities available to the gradu­ va riety of copiers and printers ; with the pa rt of the country and in Mex ico for ma ny ate students and faculty. The hydraulics large Bruning ammonia process copier as yea rs . The depression yea rs brought on a laboratory is used by the Civil Engineer­ the la rgest one . The plan service is in need for low cost construction; and what ing Department as well as the Agricultural la rger qu arters . We rnake use of the rna terial could be lower in cost tha n soil Engineering ; since the fluid mechanics "Midwest Plan Service" which is an out­ right at the building site. courses are taught by the Civil Engineer­ standing example of Regional cooperation ing Department . of 12 states working together. Prof . R . L . Patty began investigating the possibilities of the project near the 1930 The fa rm ma chinery and motors laboratory The above description of sorne of the new period . Many types of soil were gathered wa s large and ha d a large classroom . The fa cilities is only a beginning . The and of each type an experimenta l test wa ll lab needed equipment and many new and cur­ forrner graduates (prior to 1959-60 year) wa s made. These wa lls were placed in a rent motors were located and insta lled . A will ha ve to see the new bu ilding and ha ve little outdoor testing ya rd just north of fine loading and test dynamometer wa s a tour of it to appreciate the change. the old Agricultural Engineering building . mounted . Wha t a delight, as compared to Every college teacher and re search man It wa s sornetimes referred to as the "grave the old "Prony Brake" that we formerly deserves one new bu ilding in a lifetime , ya rd" , since the 1 ittle test wa lls re­ used . we believe . Those of us who worked minded one of tornbstones in a cemetary. through the 60's ha d tha t thrilling ex­ When exposed to the weather of all sea­ The large farm stru ctures laboratory room perience. sons; some of the soil fa iled, but others wa s left open and adapta ble for wood con­ proved to be very good. This prompted struction , concrete work, truss con­ inquiries into "why" one soil was satis­ struction, model bu ildings , etc . The Chapter VI factory and why another fa iled . Mr. Patty writer would guess that no other branch determined the opt imum mixtures and the of agricultural engineering is in a more optimum procedures . ra pid state of change than the fam1 The Unique Project Of structures work. A 50 foot long loading In the fa ll of 1935 , when the writer re­ appa ratus wa s constructed for the de­ Rammed Earth Construction turned to the campus , several reta ining structive testing of structural members wa lls had been bu ilt, one poultry house such as beams and t russes . Testing ser­ Perha ps the rnost unique project that the finished, and a large ma chine shed was vice is offered to companies in the Agr icul tura 1 Engineering Depa rtrnent sta ff ha lf built . His first job then wa s to construction business. undertook was tha t of Rarnrned Ea rth . It supervise the construction crews of four wa s rerna rka ble for the following reasons: to eight student workers and finish the Ma ny thousands of wea ther record ca rds (1) it atternpted to bring a low cost ma chine shed . Students worked one or rnore were processed and stored by the meteor­ structure to the depression da ys of the afternoons per week in fall and spring olog ists. Three rooms were set aside for 30's , (2) it proposed ha nd labor and quarters , and usua lly all day Saturday. such work. Vis itors to our part of the "self-help" in an era when it wa s desir­ These boys needed to work these hours , campus will see a little "pent house" on able, (3) it provided work for many stu­ even at the wa ges of 25¢ per hour, to help the roof of our bu ilding . This is the dents during the ha rd times who needed to pay for their room and board at school . weather observation' station for da ily earn their wa y through school, and (4) the The work wa s hard, too, since it wa s all records of the temperature , ra infall, etc . bulletins and letters about the project done by hand shoveling and hand tamping . had worldwide circulation. The ra mming forms were hea vy , too , and Some of the "old timers" may ha ve ha d the usually took a crew to reset them . experience of blueprinting , by using the Bu ilding with ea rthen rnaterials is cer­ old frame which we pushed out the upsta irs ta inly not new . There were many ways , window and exposed the print to the sun­ and most tech niques needed i mprovernent. In the next five yea rs , and several stu­ light . The present equiprnent provides a Adobe ha d been popular in the Southwestern dent crews la ter, we had constructed five farm bu ildings on the campus . A few It may or ma y not have been low cost, de­ Chapter VII people out over the state had tr ied out pending on the cost of labor , but it did the method on sma ll buildings. The gener­ not solve the tota l building needs . We al theme of earth construction wa s expanded live in a da y when lumber is shipped from Agricultural Extension to earthen floor mixtures; and protective the costal states, br ick from another covering of rarruned earth such as pa ints area , cement from the Black Hills area , Work By The and plasters . steel from Chicago or Pittsburg ; but we make no effort to use the materia l we wa lk Agricultural Engineers R. L . Pa tty wr ote the bulletin 277 en­ over every da y. Architects will not titled "Rammed Earth Wa lls for Farm Build­ specify it; and building codes do not It wa s the year 1916, as mentioned before, ings" which wa s circulated widely and mention it. when Mr. R . L. Patty came to the South caught the fancy of people with building Dakota State College to be the first Agri­ needs in the depression years . This bul­ The history of the first 50 years of the cultura l Engineer in the Extension Ser­ letin was reprinted (3rd edition) in 1945 . Agricultura l Engineering Department wou ld vice. This wa s in the forma tive years of In addition , five other bulletins were be incomplete without mention of th is the service, when the County Agricultura l published. By now the supply of all is unique experiment in the construction Agent wa s new. Specia lists in various exhausted. Visitors ha ve come from many field. subject matter fields were being estab­ states , Alaska , Germa ny, Korea , and Is­ lished in the State Extension Office. ra el to see the buildings and ta lk about the work . Correspondence ha s been carried This came during a per iod of more tha n on with people in many countries . norma l ra infall. Pra irie ponds and low spots were full of wa ter , or at least In 1959, the wr iter prepared Cir . 149, muddy . The wr iter remembers those years "Rarruned Earth Wa lls" , to send out to when it wa s difficult to get corn culti­ people who continued to wr ite for infor­ va tors or harvest machinery through the mation. Such requests have slowed down , "muddy places" in the fields . There wa s but they are still coming . This last bul­ need for and farmer interest in the dra in­ letin ha s a "25-year observa tional sum­ age of such places. Mr. Patty ha d ha d mary" of the buildings wh ich we built, and experience in installing tile dra ins on how well they stood up under actua l use. Iowa farms; so this became one of his This wa s a timely record and carries the early projects . In those da ys much of the pictures of the work . In the 60 's, all of tile dra ins were layed by ha nd work . Some the bu ildings except the ma chine shed were of their projects were as far away from torn down to make wa y for new structures Brookings as Spink County. on the campus . Twenty five years afterwards the wr iter Ra rruned earth proved to be substantia l and used some of the old field books and ma ps durable for wa lls; but did not solve the Figure 3. The last of the Ra lllllled Earth and hunted up two Brookings County dra in­ problem of windows , roof, floors , util i­ Poultry Houses to be bu ilt by age projects . The tile were still func­ ties , insulation and many other th ings. the Agricultura l Engineers. tioning . The farm bu ilding plan service wa s a major project from the very first. The big farm barn wa s a dominant pa rt of the farmstea d; and stood as a tra demark of success. It wa s designed to store great quantities of meeting to observe a 50th-year of oper­ It is not so much that the subject changes ha y above; and ha d ample space for the ation . as it is the complexity of the subject work horses . Soon there wa s need for the changes . Genera 1 purpose farm bu ildings specialized da iry barn with its stansions, Old blueprints , and old methods , have a ha ve given wa y to specialty bu ildings . A milk room, silo, and specia l feed storage. wa y of becoming obsolete. There is al­ real revolution ha s been going on on all The mechanica l milker wa s developing . wa ys something new to work on . In the agricultural fronts; in bu ildings , in There wa s also need to develop better depression years (1930' s ) there wa s very power and ma chinery, in soil and wa ter poultry houses with more light, warmth, little extension work carried out. The conservation , and in rura l electrification. and ventilation. The hog farrowing house, extension time wa s cut from t and then to with its pens , alleys and roof windows i of one man's time, so little wa s done We have seen the Pick-Sloan plan for the appeared. except the plan service. Missouri River development ta ke place . The six major dams, together with their Suddenly garages were needed for cars and power plants are now all complete. The trucks and the plans for farm shops de­ The drought years signa led the beginning · flood control is accomplished. Their veloped. Some south Da kota State plans of the Soil Conservation Service, which power plants have been providing nearly were developed for ea ch of these . There expanded to most area s of the sta te . We 100% of our farm electric energy. Recre­ wa s much duplica tion of effort with ea ch began plac ing our gra duates into the engi­ ation facilities and wildlife preserva tion sta te drawing its own plans, so at an neering position of this organization . are being improved. The long awaited ir­ early da te the 12 North Central states This grea tly extended the technica l ser­ rigation system in the James River Ba sin cooperated on a centralized plan serv ice vices to the people of the State. The is the feature that ha s lagged behind. ca lled the Midwest Plan Service. ra pid organization and growth of the Rural The agricultural engineers on our Exten­ Electric Cooperatives after 1938 added a sion force have been very busy, helping new phase of Extension work; that of farm individua l farmer irrigators as they pump There were also many changes going on in wiring , electr ic appl iances, automa tic from streams or wells . Much progr�ss ha s the farm home . Plans were mostly those of control of heating in homes and bu ildings been made . the U. S . Department of Agriculture ; with and ma ny other. items . To help the exten­ only a few state plans. After the 1940' s sion program; the Cooperatives employed Crop drying is one of the newer duties of the Midwest Plan Service wa s used to pro­ their "power use advisors" and several of the agricultural engineer . With large vide a greater variety of house plans. our graduates entered this work . corn picking and picker sheller outfits ; After the 1910' s, great changes were ma de it becomes desirable to dry the corn crop. in farm housing . The extension agr icul­ With the fuel and energy pinch corning on tura l engineer ha d to dea l with the de ­ In the 1940' s our department began to there is interest in "solar" drying . All veloping centra l heating system, the farm build ba ck in to a program of extension of the new development in fertilizers, light plant, farm ga s plants, the first specia list. In 1946 a full time spec ia l­ weed sprays , and insecticides has brought crude wa ter systems , flush toi lets , septic ist wa s employed. In 1947, two more were in new machines for the power and ma chin­ ta nks, and new building materials . added; one in structures and one in rural ery specialist. electrification . A specia list in soil The beginning electric service to the farm , and wa ter wa s added in 1949, and in 1952 Farm sa fety ha s also been empha sized, and from a centra l station , began before 1925 , came the power and ma chinery specia list. especially now when federal controls and with the Renner Te st Line. Mr. R . L . Patty By now, many of the engineering problems restrictions have to be reconed with . For supervised some of the test work done . on the farm were not to be solved by the many years farm sa fety wa s emphasized in Three bu lletins were wr itten about this County Agricultura l Agent. The special­ connection with the State Mechanical Corn work, and the project wa s a huge success. ists worked through the county offices; Picking Contest. This contest followed The line, by the wa y, is still in exis­ but worked more directly with the farmer the old state and na tiona l hand corn pick­ ta nce and the pe ople of that area ha d a and his specific problem . ing contest that wa s so popular. Many years we wou ld take most of the Agr icul­ were additiona l staff members involved; tura l Engineering staff and also a group and many times students and graduate stu­ of students to help with these contests. dents. Other projects were cooperative The students gleaned the field for losses, with other departments . After 1940 there the professors were the judges and the often were regiona l connections so tha t ca lculators . The tota l job wa s to arrive severa l states were involved in the same at a score to determine the contest win­ project. ners . The following letters will be used to We are sure that our extention agricultur­ point out these involvements: (1) (S ) al engineers will never run out of a job. for student workers, (2) (G ) for graduate Our guess is tha t the job will get harder student participation, (3) (C ) for coop­ as time goes on . eration with other departments and (4) (R) for regiona l connections ( see Ta ble 4) .

Chapter VIII

Ag Engineers Take Part In Experiment Station

The Agr icultura l Experiment Station is an integra l pa rt of the College of Agricul­ ture in the La nd Grant College System. Ma ny Agricultura l Engineers, therefore, work solely or jointly in the experimental field. At South Da kota State Un iversity almost everyone with teaching du ties ha s also experiment station du ties. This al­ lows for a 12 month contra ct , gives vari­ ety to the years work, and enables many graduate students to work in interesting and timely projects . Mention ha s been made before of some of these projects; and a chapter wa s given to the unique projects on rammed earth .

It would ta ke volumes to descr ibe com­ pletely the nature of all of the projects, their goals, reasons for beginning the study, and the benefits of the results. It seems best to only mention the project number , the year, the title, and the name of the project leader. Very often , there Table 4. Research projects, 1925 to 1975. Table 4. Continued.

Project Project Number Title of Project References Project Number Title of Project References Project or Fund and Year Started S G C or R Leader or Fund and Year Started S G C or R Leader

Purnell 1925 Electricity on the (s) R.L. Patty 136 S.D. 1943 Soybean Harvest and (C) H.H. DeLong Farm. "Renner Line" Threshing Machines

Purnell 1927 Feed Grinding for (S) (C) J.F. Goss 152 S.D. 1944 Storage of High (C) H.H. DeLong Livestock Moisture Ear Corn

Purnell 1927 Combine Operati on J.F. Goss 136 S.D. 1945 Performance of Self H.H. DeLong Tying Pickup Hay Baler Purnell 1930 Corn Harvesting (S) R.L. Patty Machinery 83 1946 Outdoor Feeding (S) (C) J.L. Wiersma (Revised) Purnell 1930 Rammed Earth for (S) R.L. Patty Farm Building Walls 36 1947 Performance of H. H. DeLong Field Silage Harvesters 15 S.D. 1932 Steel Fence Posts R.L. Patty Galvanized or Painted D.L. Moe (49) 165 1947 Concrete Silage (S) N.B. Anderson Staves for Cisterns T.R.C. Roknby (52) Purnell 1933 Field Machinery D.E. Wiant and Septic Tanks Hitches for Tractors and Large Horse Teams 192 1948 Supplemental Sprink­ J.L. Wiersma ler Irrigation in S.D. S.D. 1933 Rammed Earth in (S) (C) R.L. Patty Poultry Houses U.S.D.A. 1948 Effect of Irrigation (C) L. J. Erie s.c.s. on Soil Drainage 73 S.D. 1939 Use of Rubber Tires H.H. DeLong for Farm Vehicles 188 1949 Farm Electrification (C) with H.H. DeLong by Wind. Industry 83 S.D. 1940 Hard Surfaced Floors (S) (C) R.L. Patty Electric and Automatic (G) (Earthen Mixtures) J.S. Boyd (45) Engine Plants J .L. Wiersma (46) 203 1949 New Farm Building (C) D.L. Moe 84 S.D. 1940 Mechanical Injury of (G) H.H. DeLong Materials. (lightweight Barley in Threshing and aggregate from expanded Combining shale - "Molite".)

34 S.D. 1941 Conversion of Horse (S) L.F. Larsen 237 and 1952 Temporary Silos (C) G. C. Zoerb Drawn Machinery to H.H. DeLong (45) 237 A for Grass Silage H.H. DeLong (55) Tractor Use Harvey Young (57)

35 S.D. 1941 Rammed Earth (S) (C) R.L. Patty 232 1952 Poultry House (C) T. R.C. Rokeby Poultry Houses H.H. DeLong Ventilation D. Hamann (56) (Mechanical Ramming) 246 and 1953 Conditioning Wheat (G) (C) H.H. DeLong 22 S.D. 1942 Side Thrust Studies R.L. Patty A. R.S. on Long-Time Storage, of R.E. Walls c.c.c. Field Picker Sheller Operation and Carn Drying 114 S.D. 1942 Finding Best Ways (C) H.H. DeLong to Store Grain Sorghum 280 1955 Poultry Brooding (G) (C) V.H. Flesher with Electric Power Myron Paine (58) Table 4. Continued. Table 4. Continued.

Project Project Number Title of Project References Project Number Title of Project References Project or Fund and Year Started S G C or R Leader or Fund and Year Started S G C or R Leader

281 1955 Toxic Effect on (G) J.L. Wiersma S-340 1959 Application and Henry Waelti Plants of Iron Laden 1964 Development of Equip­ Irrigation Water ment for Conservation Farming H-291 1955 Weather Modifi­ (G) Wm. F. Lytle cation for Agriculture S-341 1961 A Study of Ultra­ Myron Paine sonic Treatment of Grain 317 and 1957 Drying Crops with Myron Paine 370 Supplemental Heat and H. Winterfield H-395 1961 Design of the Farm (R) H.H. DeLong Low Voltage Controls Feed Handling Center for Feeders H-398 1963 Irrigation Manage­ John L. Wiersma 275 and Water Conditioning and (C) H.H. DeLong ment in S.E. South Dakota 348 Deminera 1izing S-400 1964 State-wide Services. Marvin Larson 320 1957 Mechanical Properties (C) G.C. Zoerb Res. findings on Clinics, of Agricultural Seeds Workshops and Short (Combines and Crackage) Courses

316 1957 New Construction Con­ (s) Charles N. Hinkle S-437 1964 Analysis of Manage­ (G) Harvey Young cepts in Farm Structure Milton Shute (66) ment Systems of Livestock Design (Swine Shades) Production Systems

340 1960 Effect on Plow Draft (C) G.C. Zoerb S-448 1965 Application and (G) Paul Turnquist by Killing of Plants by Donald Hamoun ( 61) 1968 Developnent of Prin­ Spraying ciples for more Effi­ cient Harvesting of 1960 Hail in South Dakota E.M. Frisby Sorghum and Corn

321 1961 Transfer of Radiant (R) Charles N. Hinkle H-474 1967 Livestock Poultry and (C) Milton Shute Energy between Object and Human Environmental (G) M. Hellickson (6� Reflective Enclosures Studies

H-335 1959 Hydrologic Studies Wm. F. Lytle S-977 1966 Agricultural Engi­ (S) (G) Tom Klosterman of Small Watersheds neering Research Farm

H-338 1961 Drainage Investigation Walter Lembke WRI- 1966 Effects of Marginal Walter Lembke of Proposed Oahe Soils 3559 Quality Irrigation Water on Accumulated Salts S-339 1959 Cloud and Weather Wm. F. Lytle Study as Related to WRI- 1968 Hydrology of Small Wm. F. Lytle Weather Modification 3560 Drainage Basins

H-291 1960 Weather Information (R) Wm. F. Lytle WRI- 1968 Low Rates of Water John Wiersma (NC-26) for Agriculture 3557 Applications by Sprinklers Table 4. Continued. Table 4. Continued.

Project Project Number Title of Project References Project or Fund and Year Started S G C or R Leader Number Title of Project References Project or Fund and Year Started S G C or R Leader WRI- 1968 Water Quality Lab. John Madden H-565 1970 Climatic Resources R Wm. F. Lytle 3549 Storage and Retrieval ( ) NC-94 of the N.C. Region of Data WRI­ 1971 Ground Water Manage­ (C) John Wiersma WRI- 1968 Salinity Above the Walter Lembke SD-027 ment for the Big Sioux 3566 Water Table as Effected River by Rainfall S-617 1972 Evaluation of Sys­ (C) J.L. Wiersma ARS 1968 Runoff and Erosion Charles Onstad tems for Disposal of A .L. Dittman SD-M-2 of Poinsett Soils Livestock Waste ARS 1968 More Easily Farmed Charles Onstad NSF-GR 1972 Heat and Moisture (C) M. Hellickson SD-M-14 Terrace Systems Production in Beef Con­ finement Unit ARS 1968 Water Storage Charles Onstad SD-M-15 Capacity of Various WRI­ 1972 Investigations of (C) S.T. Chu Surfaces and Shapes SD-023 Time Parameter of Water­ sheds S-423 1968 Long Span Fence (C) Harvey Young Research R.A. Moore H-628 1973 Forage Production (R) (C) Paul K. Turnquist and Utilization--A Base WRI­ 1968 Evaluation of (C) Delvin Brosz for Livestock Production SD-017 Functional Operation of Irrigation Systems S-635 1972 Principals and (G) Clarence Johnson Methods for Incorpor­ WRI­ 1968 Polution Potential (C) John Madden ating Livestock Wastes SD-025 of Runoff in Livestock in Soils Feeding Installations S-636 1972 An Evaluation of (G) Darrell DeBoer S-483 1969 Farmstead Electric (G) (C) M. Hellickson Multifield Irrigation Power Use and Safety Systems S-536 1970 Application of An­ (G) Clarence Johnson Darrell DeBoer hydrous Ammonia to S-658 1973 Drainage Investi­ (G) gation of Irrigated Soils Grasslands S-962 1970 Administrative Pro­ D. L. Moe H-562 1970 Drainage Investi­ (C) Darrell DeBoer ject gations of Oahe Soils S-977 1974 Agricultural Engi­ (C) DeBoer and Chu S-563 1970 A Saline Water Darrell DeBoer neering Farm Balance Mathematical Model A-030- 1971 Operational Evaluation Delvin D. Brosz S.D. of Irrigational Systems S-564 1970 Components for (G) Paul Turnquist Greater Comfort and A-032- 1972 Development of Irri­ (G) Delvin D. Brosz Efficiency of Tractor S .D. gation Water Management Opera tors Practices 316440 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Table 4. Continued . Chapter IX Staff Members Of The Agricultural Project Number Title of Project References Project Engineering Department 1925-1975 or Fund and Year Started S G C or R Leader Table 5 . Staff members, duties, and years of service. EPA - 1973 Animal Waste Man­ John Wiersma 3650 agement in Northern Name Duties Year Tra ining and Type of Work Great Plains Ext. 1916 Extension Agr . Engr . A-042- 1974 Linear Program­ Shu Tung Chu S . D . ming Analysis of Ralph L. Patty Teach 1925 BSAE ( Iowa State) Bra nched Pipe Net­ (Dept . Head ) Res . 1926- Teaching in Structures, Soil & Water work Systems 45 Research in Structures & Rural Elect. ( ) S-707 1974 Trickle and C Darrell DeBoer J . Fletcher Goss Teach 1925- BS & MS in Agr . Engr . ( Iowa State) Spr inkler Irrigation Res . 27 Power and Machinery on Shallow Rooted Vegetables J . A . Bonnel Teach 1927- Stout Institute 41 Wood Working Shop

Freeman Andrews Teach 1927- Instructor in Forging & We lding 35

D . E . Wiant Teach 1927- BS ( Iowa State ) , MS (Ka nsas ) Res . 38 Power and Machinery

Lee Minium Teach 1929- BS (SDSU) Res . 34

Henry H. DeLong Teach 1935- BS ( SDSU) , MS ( Univ . of Minn . ) Res . Pres. Power and Machinery Rura l Electric & Crop Processing

Henry Bloem Teach 1936- BS (SDSU) 41 Instructor in Forging & We lding

Albert Snethen 1938- Assistant in Research 39

Lester F . Larsen Teach 1939- BS & MS ( Nebr . ) 43 Power and Machinery

Henry H. DeLong 1945 Department Head

Ra y F. Lien Teach 1945- BS (SDSU) 46 Power and Machinery

James S . Boyd Teach 1946- BS ( SDSU) , MS (Texas ) Res. 47 Farm Structures

Merle Esmay Ext . 1946- BS ( SDSU) 47 Farm Structures Table 5 . Continued . Table 5 . Continued.

Name Duties Year Tra ining and Type of Work Name Duties Year Tra ining and Type of Work

John L. Wiersma Teach 1946- BS & MS ( 50) ( SDSU) PhD (Ca lif. ) Geo . R . Durland Ext . 1955- BS ( SDSU) MS Res . Pres . Soil and Water Conservation Pres. Power and Machinery

Niels B . Anderson Teach 1946- BS (Univ. of Minn. ) Wm . H. Peterson Ext . 1955- BS ( SDSU) MS Res . 50 Fann Structures Rura l Electrification

George McPhee Ext . 1947- BS (SDSU) 48 Rura l Electric Specia list Dennis L . Moe 1956 Department Head

Louis Lubinus Ext . 1947- BS (SDSU) Pres. Farm Structures Dona ld D . Hamann Teach 1956- BS (SDSU) MS Res. 61 Power and Machinery Dennis L. Moe Teach 1948- BS , MS (50 ) (SDSU) D .Sci. (Augustana ) Res . Pres . Power and Machinery Paul Wheeldon 1956- BS ( SDSU) Farm Structures Pres. Department Draftsman ( ) Ma rt in Fogel Ext. 1949- BS & MS Univ . of Minn . Chas . N . Hinkle Teach 1957- BS & MS (Purdue) PhD (Missouri ) 60 Reclama tion Specia list Res . 65 Farm Structures

Gera ld C . Zoerb Teach 1950- BS (Sask) MS (Minn . ) PhD ( Mich. ) H . Winterfield Res . 1957- BS (SDSU) Res. 60 Power and Machinery 70 Rura l Electr ification

Leonard J . Er ie Res. 1950- BS ( SDSU) Myron D . Pa ine Teach 1958- BS ( SDSU) MS ( Illinois) 52 Soil and Water Research ( USDA ) Res . 64 Rura l Electric, Crop Processing

T.R.C. Rokeby Teach 1951- BS (Ont ) MS (Toronto ) Marvin Larson Teach 1958- BS & MS ( 59) (SDSU) Res. 55 Farm Structures 70 Mechanized Agr . and Voc . -Agr .

Virgil Flesher Teach 1951- BS & MS (SDSU) Foster F. Kerr Ext . 1960- BS (USD) Res . 55 Rura l Electrification Pres . Extension Water Resources

Niel Dimick Res . 1952- BS & MS (SDSU) Wa lter D . Lembke Tea ch 1961- BS & MS ( Illinois) PhD (Purdue ) 54 Irrigation Engr . (BR -USDI ) Res . 69 Soil and Water Engineering

Wm . T. We lchert Ext . 1952- BS (SDSU) Wm . F . Lytle Teach 1961- BS & MS ( Univ. of Illinois) 54 Power and Machinery Res . Pres . Climatology and Soil and Water

Harold Holman Res. 1954- BS & MS (SDSU) Wa lter Sphuler 1962- BA (Nebr . ) MS (Ca l Tech) 55 Research in Crop Processing 73 State Climatologist and Rura l Electrification Henry Wa elti Teach 1963- BS (Oregon ) MS (Purdue ) Harvey G . Young Tea ch 1955- BS ( NDSU) MS ( SDSU ) Res . 69 Power and Ma chinery Res . Pres. Farm Structures Me chanized Agr iculture Fred Schrner Ext. 1963- BS (Colo . ) MS ( SDSU) PhD (Texas ) 69 Area Irrigation Engineer Dona ld Brosz Res . 1955- BS ( SDSU) Remote Sensing 60 Irrigation Engineer Arthur Vandall 1963- BS ( SDSU) 69 Rura l Civil Defence Specia list Table 5. Continued. Table 5. Continued .

Name Duties Year Tra ining and Type of Work Name Duties Year Tra ining and Type of Work

( ) Tom Klosterman Res . 1964- BS SDSU Edward Dowd ing Tea ch 1969- BS ( SDSU) MS (Wyoming ) Pres. Superintendent of Irrigation Farm Res. Pres. Power and Machinery Charles R . Umba ck Res. 1964- BS (SDSU) James R . Hoover Res. 1969- BS & MS (Ohio) 65 Assistant in Agr . Engineering 73 USDA Soil and Water Research ( ) ( ) Paul K . Turnquist Teach 1964- BS (Kansas ) MS & PhD (Okla . ) Clarence Johnson Teach 1970- BS Okla . MS & PhD Iowa State Res . Pres. Power and Ma chinery Res . Pres. Power and Machinery

Coy w . Doty Res . 1964- BS (Auburn ) MS (SDSU) Gary McVey Teach 1970 - BS , MS , PhD ( Iowa State ) 68 Soil and Water Research 73 Mechanized Ag . - Vocationa l Ag .

Dwayne Konrad Ext . 1964- BS (SDSU) MS (Ariz. ) Darrel Pahl Ext . 1970- BS ( SDSU) 67 Extension Irr igation Specialist Pres . Ext. Specia list - Soil and Water

Delvin Brosz Res. 1964- BS & MS ( SDSU) Albert Dittman Res . 1971- BS ( SDSU) 74 Soil and Water Engineering Pres . Research Assistant

Sidney Black Ext. 1965- BS & MS ( SDSU) Marion Kimmons Teach 1974- BS , MS , PhD (Missouri ) 67 Extension Spec ia list in Irr igation Pres. Mechanized Ag . - Vocational Ag .

Milton Shute Teach 1965- BS (Georgia ) MS (Cornell) PhD (Mo . ) Res . 69 Farm Structures

John Ma dden Wa ter Resourses Water Resources Lab. Figure 4.

Roger Svec Res . 1966- BS ( SDSU) 71 Assistant in Research

Darrell DeBoer Teach 1969- BS , MS , and PhD ( Iowa State ) Res . Pres . Soil and Water Engineering

Shu Tung Chu Teach 1967- BS (Ta iwa n ) MS & PhD ( Univ . of Minn . ) Res . Pres. Soil and Water Engineering

Clayton Hansen 1967- BS (NDSU ) MS ( Idaho) 73 Belle Fourche Station

Charles A . Onstad 1968- BS & MS ( Un iv. of Minn . ) 72 Soil and Water Research (Madison) ( ) ( ) M . Hellickson Teach 1969- BS & MS NDSU PHD We st Virginia Ra lph L. Patty Henry H. DeLong Dennis L. Moe. Res . Pres. Farm Structures and Environment

Victor Myers Tea ch 1969- BS & MS ( Idaho ) Res. Pres . Director of Remote Sensing Chapter X Table 6 . Continued .

Table 6. A listing of our Agricultural Engineering graduates A C . Branch ( ) . Present Address B.S. in Agricultura l Engineering . Year Name B . Work D . Adva nced Degrees

35 Delbert s. Taute 103 w . 4lst, Sioux Fa lls, S.D. 57105 A . Present Address C . Bra nch Lumber Business Name Year B . Work D. Advanced Degrees Structures

29 Lee Minnium 4848 Ca lver , Lincoln, NB 68506 36 Joe E. Cranston 1207 E . Kentucky, Woodland , CA 95695 College Teaching--Prof. Emeritus Interna tiona l Harvester Dealer Genera l College P & M M. S . 36 Raymond Ellis Deceased 30 Harry Ha dler 1108 Hunter Road, Glenville, Ill. 60025 SGS in South Dakota 37 yrs ., Interna tiona l Harvester--Retired Soil and Water P & M 36 Leonard Ku lish 5308 N .W . Drive, Onaha , NE 68104 32 Leslie w. Johnson General Delivery, Zapata , TX 78076 Federal Land Bank--Retired with John Deere - Moline Soil and Water P & M - Design 36 Martin Kloster Clark, S .D . M. S . Farmer and Rancher 33 Dale L. Bidwell Rt . # 1 Arp, TX 75750 Howard R. Test TX with SGS - now private bu siness 38 1422 S. 13th, Edinburg , 78439 Soil .and Water Farm Implement Dealer p P.E. & M

33 Lowell M. Graves 1561 E. Doyer Cr ., Mesa , AZ 85201 38 Oscar Tiegen Decea sed Farmer - Co . Agr . Program--Retired J . I. Case Branch Manager P & M 33 Ward Henden 38 Elbert Snethen 25 E. Orchard, Council Bluffs, IA Chief R & R Section Army Engineer 33 Harry H. Leonhardt RR 13, Box 76, Ft . Worth, TX 76119 Structures with SGS - Engineer Soil and Water 38 Fred Larson 2604 S. First Ave, Sioux Fa lls, S.D. 57105 Co . Agent -J .D . Implement Dea ler 34 Wa l ter w . Johnson Fra nkfort, S.D. 57440 Power and Machinery SGS , Farmer , Rancher , Legislator 38 Henry Delong 421 12th Ave ., Br ookings , S.D. 57006 Ag Engr . Dept. , SDSU--Retired 34 J . Emerson Wolfe 507 Ha nsing , Volga , S.D. 57071 . E & SGS - Lumber Dea ler lect . Power Proc . M Soil and Water - Structures . s. 38 August Taute Military Service 415 May St., Elmhurst, I ll. 60126 34 Will iam D . Test Col. in U.S. Air Force with Sears , Roebuck & Co . --Retired M. S. 39 Marvin Ellis 1806 Madison St., Bellevue, NE 68005 Asst. Chief - Eng . Div . - Corps . of Engr . 35 Ingram R. Hermanson 2657 Sewell St. , Lincoln, NE 68502 Govt . Serv. SCS--Retired Soil and Water 39 John Wolfe 3235 N .W. Crest Dr ive, Corvalis, OR 97330 P.E. Ag . Engr . Dept., Oregon State Univ . Soil and Water 35 Da le Ryman 760 Patrol Road, Woodside, CA 94062 PhD . , P.E., D . H.E. SGS - Mi l itary - Ca 1 if. Hwy . Dept . Soil and Water P.E. Table 6. Continued . Taole 6. Continued.

A . Present Address C . Bra nch A. Present Address c . Bra nch Year Name B. Work D . Advanced Degrees Year Name B. Work D . Adva nced Degrees

39 George McPhee Port Tobacco, MD 20677 4l Ray M . Lien 427 S. Sharon Chapel Rd ., W. Layfaette , Rural Electric - Rea l Estate IN 47906 El. P & P Assoc. Prof. of AE - Purdue Univ . P & M and Ed . & Res . 39 Cameron W . Lane 108 High Street, Villisca , Iowa M. S . U . S . Air Force - Implement Dea ler Power and Machinery 4l Leroy Mernaugh 627 N . Ja ckson , Pierre , S .D . 57501 Soil Conserv. Serv . 39 James S. Boyd 127 Orchard, East La nsing , Ml 48823 Soil and Water Prof . --Ag . Engr . Mich. State Structures 4l Paul R. Rist 724 11th St. s . w., Huron, S.D. 57350 PhD ., P .E . S .D .S .C . S . - Watershed Planning Soil and Water 39 Paul Ellingson 3020 N. Shore Drive, Wa yzata , MN 55391 Federa l Housing Adm . --Retired 42 Milo Anns 462 Siesta Dr ive, Marion , OH 43302 Structures - Govt . Design Engineering p & M 40 Leo Larson 2161 S .W . 122nd Pl ., Seattle, WA 98146 with Deere and Co . 42 Merle Esmay 1272 Scott Dr ., East Lansing , Ml 48823 p & M Prof. - AE, Michigan State Structures - International Assign. 40 Ernst Olson Lake Nordon, S.D. PhD Farming . 42 Ra lph Frevik Deceased 40 Wayne Skow with Ford Motor - Machinery 40 Edwin Townsend Deceased P&M (World War II casua lty) 42 Sheldon Ho lt Or ient, S.D. 57467 Farming and Ranching 40 Thomas H. Weeks LeMars, IA 51031 Consulting Engr . & Surveyor 42 Ray R . Huxtable 1055 Cinderella Dr ., Reno , Nev . 89503 Soil and Water SCS - RC & D 41 Leonard Bonhorst Box 4338, Huachuca City, AZ 85616 Soil and Water - Government ( ) Govt. Services many places 42 Moyne H. Kirby Deceased - Newell, S.D. Soil and Wa ter - Construction Engineering - Government Service Soil and Water 41 Ha rold Campbell Hayti, S.D. 57241 County Agricultura l Agent 4'.2 Paul C. Venard 1305 14th St., Hawarden, Iowa 56023 Education Owner-Manager, Lamberton Elevator Gra in and Feed Business 41 Robert Dirksen Box 209 , Madison , S.D. 57042 Insurance Business 43 John L. Wiersma RR # 2, Box 8, Brookings, S.D. 57006 Govt . Services for Lake County Director of Water Resources Inst. Soil and Water 41 Burdette Hinsey 5221 Rosehill, Shawnee, KS 66216 PhD ., P.E. Soil and Water 4A Roy Brandt 430 12th Street, Mason City, Iowa

41 Gera ld Karstens 2301 Jess-Davis - # 826 Arlington, VA Design Engineer - Farm Machinery Feed Processing (V .P .-VFM'\ ) Power and Machinery Feed Processing Table 6 . Continued. Table 6 . Continued .

A. Present Address C . Bra nch A. Present Address C . Branch Year Name B . Work D. Advanced Degrees Year Name B. Work D. Advance Degrees

44 Norman Evans 1847 Micha el Lane, Ft . Collins, Colo. 80521 48 Darold C . Mccrossen 1020 Ca sa Crande Pl., N.E. , Albuquerque, NM Wa ter Res . Inst. - Colorado NSDA - SCS Soil and Water Soil and Water PhD . 48 Dennis L. Moe RR # 3, Brookings, S .D . 57006 46 Leonard J . Erie 4233 East Indianola , Pheonix, Arizona Dept. Head, Agr . Engr., SDSU U.S. Wa ter Conservation Lab AE Education and Research Soil and Water M. S . M .S ., P .E . 48 Dale L. Persinger 5116 Ryan Ave ., Edina , MN 55924 46 Gordon Olson 913 Liberty Street, Dubuque, Iowa 52001 Credit Dept . - Deere & Co . Deere & Co. of Dubuque Power and M3chinery Power and M3chinery 48 Frank Wiersma 1425 N . Endigo Drive , Tucson , Arizona 85705 47 Keith Emerson RR, Phillip, S.D. Prof. - AE, Univ . of Arizona Farming and Ranching - Surveyor Structures 47 Stanley Kvinge 2854 Edgewood Dr ive, Fargo, N .D . 58102 PhD., P.E. Lutheran Minister 48 Paul Winckler RR 3, Roanoke, Texas 76262 Dept. Director - Civil Defense 47 Louis Lubinus 103 Sunnyview, Brookings, S.D. 57006 Government E�tension Agr . Engr., SDSU Structures and Education 49 Joe Berge ll4 Belmonte Drive, M3nkato , MN 56001 Territory M3nager, M& M Gear Co . 612 Cedar Street, Ventura , Ca lif. 93001 47 Emil Sederstrom Power and M3chinery Highway Department 49 Harlan Collins 3735 SW Bridal Mile, Portland , Ore . 97221 47 Leslie Thompson Deceased Soil and Water Consumers Coop, Mitchell, S.D. Bu siness M3nagement 49 Henry Dahlquist 3508 Reder Street, Rapid City, S.D. 57701 scs 47 - Ward Wa llace 4631 White Horse Trail, Rockford, Ill. 51103 Soil and Water Plant Engineer - Amerock Co. Power and M3chinery 49 Donald Minehart SCS in South Dakota , Foreign Missions Soil and Water 47 Clinton Weldert 49 Leslie Roberts Ashton, S.D. 57424 48 Ray H. DeKramer 110 19th St. s.w. , Huron, S.D. 27350 Farming Irrigation Spec ., Bureau of Reclamation MN Soil and Water 49 Lowell E. Ha ngaard 1909 Franklin , Glencoe, 55335 Plant Engr . - Green Giant Co . 48 Thoma s B. Durland 873 Naomi Ave., Chico, Ca lif. 95826 Engr. & Food Processing Zone M3nager - Ford Tractor ., Power and M3chinery 49 M3ynard Sorruners 1209 E. Erskine, Pierre , S.D. 57501 Engineer, State Highways, S.D. 48 Lowell Endahl 8633 Ft . Hunt Rd ., Alexandria , Va . 22308 Soil and Water Research Division, NRECA El . P & P 49 Myron Stevens Decea sed Engr . Contractor 48 Francis Guptil Interior, S.D. 57750 Farm Owner and Operator 49 Thomas Murley 1281 Arlington Ave., Columbus, Ohio 43212 Engr . for Genera l Equip. Co . 48 M3rvin L. Haag Rt. 1, Box 52, Hoven, S.D. 57450 Power and M3chinery Farming and Ranching 49 William F. Ryan Table 6. Continued . Table 6. Continued.

A . Present Address C . Branch A. Present Address C. Branch Year Name B . Work D . Advance Degrees Year Name B . Work D . Advance Degrees

49 Clarence Peterson Box 361 , Pelican Rapids, MN 56572 51 R. Louis Scott Box 905, Pierre, S.D. 75501 f.lanager - REA Coop. State Dept . of Education Elect. P & P Education 49 Robert Victor 116 N. Van Buren, Pierre, S.D. 57501 51 George Van Sherril 841 Colo. Ave., Huron, S.D. 57350 Private Bu siness - Trucking Program Spe., ASCS-USDA Business Government 49 James Thompson RR # 1, Ashton, Ohio 43003 51 Charles Anderson 399 Riverview, Auburn, Ca lif. 95603 Engr . Design and f.lanagement - Huber Corp . Adm . Ser., Dept . of Transporta tion Power and f.lachinery Engr . and Adm., Highways M.S. 49 Thomas Wright Deceased - 1971 51 Arlo Clemenson Conde, S.D. 49 Leslie Wyborny Deceased Farming and Feeding Soil and Water 51 Niel Dimick Islamabad ID State Dept., Wash ., DC 50 Lester Aeilts 417 N . Wa shington , Carthage, Ill. 62321 Foreign Service, Land Engineer f.lanager , REA Coop Assoc . Soil and Water in Pakistan EP & P M.S. 50 Kenneth Huchendorf 4625 98W, Bloomington, Minn . 55431 51 Arthur Fenn 425 S. 39th Street, Lincoln, Nebr . 68510 Internationa l Harvestor Co . Design Engr ., SGS-USDA Power and Machinery Soil and Water 50 Glen L. Johnson 717 E. 6th Street, Willmar , Minn. 56201 P.E. Dist . Soil f.lanager , f.lassey Ferguson 51 Albert Hamelstrom 2990 Bonnie Brae, Salt Lake City, Utah Power and f.lachinery State Conservationist, SCS Soil and Wa ter, Government 50 Elmor P. Jordeth 51 Lewis Kuehl 50 Robert Lees 2135 Elmwood Drive, Brookings, S.D. 57006 Partner , Lemco Construction 51 Virgil Flesher Veterans Service-Hospital Plant, N.Y. Contractor-Builder Government 50 Harvey Mills RR # 4, Box 29, Brookings, S.D. 57006 M. S . Pres ., H. E. Mills Const. Co . 51 Donald Lippke W285 N2052 Louis Ave ., Pewauke, Wisc. 53072 Contractor-Bu ilder Power and Machinery 50 Donald R. Nickelson 1020 National, Belle Fourche, S.D. 57717 Rancher and Feeder 51 Herbert Rohrback P.O. Box 71, Ipswich, S.D. 57451 Supervisor, F & H Adm. - USDA 50 Curtis Otterby Renner, S.D. 57055 Government Farming 51 Kenneth Rowen RR 5, Box 53, Lawrence, Ka nsas 66044 50 Lorrin Schwartz 297 Davis Lake Road, Oxford, Mich. 48051 Res . Engr . - Army Corps of Engrs. Engr., Ford Motor Co ., Machinery Soil and Water Power and Machinery M.S., P.E. 50 Keith Taylor Conde, S.D. 57434 51 John Peterson Civil Engr., Oregon State Univ. Farming Prof. of CE , Corvallis , Oregon Structures and Environment 51 William Peterson 221 17th Ave., Brookings, S.D. 57006 PhD., P . E. Ext . Agr. Engr., SDSU EP & P 51 William T. Welchert 2909 E. Devon, Tuscon, Ariz. 85716 M. S. Ext. Agr . Engr. - Arizona Structures and Environment M. S., P.E. Table 6 . Continued. Table 6 . Continued.

A . Present Address C . Branch A . Present Address B. Branch Year Name B . Work D . Advance Degrees Year Name B . Work D . Advance Degrees 52 Ja ck Wanstedt Keldron , S .D . 57634 51 Calvin Meyer 3705 Clear View , Cedar Falls, Iowa Farming and Ranching P&M 52 Richard Wilson 12249 Willidus St ., Omaha , Nebr . 68144 51 Russel Dodds P .O . Box 9, Eden, Wyoming 82926 Systems Analysis, Univac M. S . 52 Willard Ambur Beresford, S . D . 57004 Farming 52 Lloyd Wa ll

52 Jaime Cardenas Bogota , Columbia , SA 52 Fra nk Whitehead 1141 S . 7th, Aberdeen, S .D . 57401 Gen. Engr ., Bureau of Indian Affairs 52 Anthony Dylla RR 1, Morris, Minn . 56267 Res . Leader - Irrigation ARS 52 Robert Raymond 1707 La s Trampas Rd ., Alamo , Ca lif. 94507 Soil and Water Materials Manager - Crown M. S . Zellerback, Manufacturing P . E . 52 Bruce Foster Rt. 2, Box 303 , Tayler Ridge, Ill. 61284 Adv . Manager , Deere & Co . 52 Darwin Wendland Power and Machinery 53 Wa lter Christman Box 52, Lemmon, S .D . 57638 52 Eugene Doering 1705 6th Ave ., N .w., Mandan , N .D . 56554 Res . Engr . - ARS - USDA Soil and Water 53 Maurice Cranston Rt . 2, Tra fa lgar, Indiana 46181 M. S ., P.E. 53 Geo. Robert Durland Agr . Engr . Dept ., SDSU , Brookings, S . D . 52 Harold Holman Decea sed , 1972 Ext . Agr . Engr . 57006 Prof. of AE, NDSU Power and Machinery Soil and Water M. S . M. S . 53 Franklin E. Fischer Box 265, Santa Clara , Calif. 95052 52 Alvin Iverson Rt . 2, Spicar, Minn . 56288 Engr . and Manager with FM: Chief Engr ., Telephone Engr . Service New self employed MBA Engr . Services P . E . P . E . 53 Marvin Knaback 2121 Gilbert Rd ., Madison, Wis . 53711 52 Charles Miller Deceased State Engineer SCS J , I. Ca se, Rockford Soil and Water Power and Machinery 53 Ronald Jarrett Britton, S .D . 57430 52 Thoma s Perry 6 Falcon Lane, St. Paul , Minn. 55110 Jarrett Ranches, Inc . Air Conditioning Engineer 53 Roger A. Miller ll7 Westwood Road , Columbus , Ohio 43214 52 Leon Reinecke 27 12 Arrow Head Drive, Rapid City, S . D . Ext . Agr. Engr ., Ohio Mosler Safe Co . Structures Sales Engineer M. S . M .S . 53 Robert Rudebusch 809 Franklin, Rapid City, S .D . 57701 52 Virgil Sluka Box 24 DIC , Omaha , Nebr . 68101 Sales and Training , Rushmore Ins. 52 Glen Vanderburg 1003 Broadmore Circle, Silver Springs Soil and Water - Business Administrator ARS - ISDA 53 Clarence Simonson 504 N . 4th Street, Marshall, Minn. 56258 Education and Research Area Engr . , SCS M.S. , PhD . Soil and Water P .E . Table 6 . Continued. Table 6 . Continued.

A . Present Address C . Branch A. Present Address C . Branch B. Work D . Adva nce Degrees Year Name Year Name B . Work D . Advance Degrees 53 Gordon Stroup 508 N . Van Buren , Pierre, S.D. 57501 Soil and Water 56 Noel Egan 517 E. Benton, O' Neil, Nebr . 68763 Territory Manager - Deere Co . 53 Wilbur Groeneveld 1017 Hemlock St., Celinia , Ohio 45822 Power and Machinery Engr . Manager - New Idea Co . Power and Machinery 56 Ca rol Hackbart 1122 N . Cedar View Dr ., Bozeman , Mont. Planning Engr . - SCS - USDA 54 Maurice Ha stings Soil and Water P.E. 54 Albert Keller Chinele, Arizona 68503 Soil and Water 56 Myr on Paine # 4, Pecan Drive, Stillwa ter, Okla . 74074 Extension Service Special ist 54 Bruce Kidman 129 Lu Placita Circle, Santa Fe, N . M. 87501 Education and Research Soil and Water PhD . , P .E . 54 Francis Noonan 817 Sheritan Dr ive , Virginia Beach, Va . 57 Odel Aldrich Box 274, Jollet, Mont. 59715 Air Force Officer - SACLANT Armed Services 57 John C . Barnes 2303 Lake Ridge Drive, White Bear Lake, M .S ., P . E . Patent Attorney Minn. 55110 Field of Patent Law 54 Richard Walker 5731 Hunter Ridge , Da yton, Ohio 45431 Chief Design - Flight Dyn . WPAFB J .D . Armed Services 57 Dera ld Cox 3504 Parsifal St ., Albuquerque , NM 87111 PhD . Contract Engineer - BIA 54 Earl We llborn 1018 N . Lehmberg , Ca sa Grande, Ariz. 85222 Government Ins. Agent - Farm Ins. Gr . 57 Charles J . Hendr icks 114 W . Lincoln St. , Harrisburg, Ill. 62946 Power and Machinery - Business Forest Supervisor - Shawnee 55 Donald J . Brosz 1905 Spring Creek Dr ive , Laramie, Wyo . Government -- National Forest Ext . Irrigation Engr . - Wyo . 82070 57 Howard Horner Toronto, S.D. 57268 Soil and \!later Farm Operator M. S . Farming 55 Donald D . Hamann 4205 Weaver Drive, Raleigh, N .C . Assoc . Prof . - Food Engr . 57 Lawrence E. Little 812 LaBarge, Pierre, S.D. 57501 food Processing City Engineer - Pierre M. S ., PhD . Government 55 Don Magnus Box 208, Elkton, S . D . 57026 57 Walter Ochs 6731 Fern Lane, Anandale, Va . 22003 Math Teacher - Elkton Wafer Management Engr . - SCS - USDA Education Soils and Water , Government M. S . - Ed . P.E. 55 Dwayne Konrad 850 13th Street, Burlington, Colo . 80807 57 James Shurr 2112 Cascade Dr ive , Walnut Creed, Calif. Ext . Irrigation Engr . - Colo. 94598 Soil and Water M. S . 57 John T. Swenson 3512 Valley Wood Lane, Napa , Ca lif. 94558 55 Mausour Karim 318 N . Jefferson, Pierre, S.D. 57501 Flood Control Engr . - Solano County Hydraulics Engr . - Highwa y Department Government Soil and Water P.E. M. S . 57 C. Russel Umba ck Lenunon , South Dakota 57638 Farming and Ra nching Soil and Water M. s . Table 6 . Continued. Table 6 . Continued.

A . Present Address C . Branch A . Present Address c . Branch Year Name B. Work D . Advance Degrees Year Name B. Work D . Advance Degrees 57 Robert A . Wiles 12462 West Miss. Ave . , Denver , Colo. 80228 58 Darrel Vea l Deceased

58 John Neuberger 1710 S. 139th, Oma ha , Nebr . 68144 59 Bernard Hengel 1809 S . Lincoln, Aberdeen, S . D . 57401 Cha irman-Missouri Ba sin Cormnission Soil and Wa ter , Government 59 Kenneth Huber 1710 Utah SE, Huron, S . D . 57350 M. S ., P .E. River Basin Planning - SCS Soil and Water 58 Ronald Lee Ba ll Box 519, Berthood , Colo. 80513 Chief, Water Schedule Div. USER 59 Roger Iverson Box 127, Harrisburg , S . D . 57032 Soil and Water , Government Area Service Manager - Deere & Co . Power and Machinery 58 David Brietung 712 Fair Street, St. Pater , Minn. 56082 Engr . - Kato Manufacturing Co. 59 Henry T . Knudson 648 Old Friars Road, Columbia , S .C . 29210 EP & P Sr . Products Engr . - Estate Lawn Power and Machinery 58 Charles O . Danielson 1137 Washington Rd ., Rye, N . H . Tr . B. s . Pilot - American Airlines 59 John R. VanLent 58 Lowell Erickson 315 Topaz , Blackfood, Idaho 83221 Agr . Engr . BIA - Fort Ha ll 59 Ivan Fischer 1113 Lark Lane Drive, Brandon , S.D. 57005 - Soil and Water Division Manager V . P . Pace Co . Power and Machinery 58 Leo E . Grimm 59 David Sveum 317 Morris, San Ramon, Calif . 94583 58 Harwood Hoeft 2201 Lock Lane, Wa lnut Creek, Ca lif. 94598 Chief Hyd . Engr . - Army Corps Engrs . Pilot - Airlines Soil and Water, Government M . S . 58 Howard v . Hoscheid 558 13 Street, SE , Huron, S .D . 57350 District Engr . - S .D . Highwa ys 59 Richard B . Cullen Government 59 Roger L. Davis 2266 NW 7lst St. Place, Ankeny, Iowa 50021 58 Leland Jost 28 Pick Avenue, Ft. Leavenwork, Ka n . 66027 Pres . - Davis Equipment Corp . 58 Harlan Lewis 1910 Wayne, Bellevue, Nebr . 68005 Soil and Water 59 Wa lter E. Gassma n RR 8, Silver City, N . M. 88061 58 Kenneth Lucke 609 Pioneer Lane, Colorado Springs, Colo. Agr . Engr . - SCS - USDA 80904 Soil and Water 58 Cleyon L. Mulder 7023 Teller Court, Arvada , Colo. 50002 59 David L. Pa ine RR 1, Ellenda le, Minn . 56026 Plant Manager - Ra lston Purina Food Processing 59 Vernon D . Pepper Rt. 1, Apple River, Ill. 61001 Airline Captain , American Airlines 58 Musa Nasir Egypt Soil and Water , P &M M. S . 58 Virgil Pochop 1201 N . 4th Street, Aberdeen, S.D. 57401 59 Daryl J. Siebens RR 1, Akron , Iowa 51001 58 Howard Reese Rt . 2, Neola , Iowa 51559 Farming Power and Machinery , Farming 58 Eugene L. Rowen 124 Lake View Drive, Pierre , S.D. 57501 Deputy Sec . - Dept. of Transportation 59 Richard E. Sievert 1616 McClelland Drive, Huron, S.D. 57350 Government Public Utilities Spec ., USBR P.E. Government Table 6 . Continued. Table 6 . Continued .

A . Present Address C . Branch A . Present Address C . Bra nch Year Name B . Work D. Advance Degrees Year Name B . Work D . Advance Degrees

60 Fred Bement 3421 S. 94 Ave . , Omaha , Nebr . 68124 60 James H. Hammer 410 Glenview Drive, Des Mo ines, Iowa Land Appra isal - Federal Land Bank Pres . , Mech. & Electr. Warehouse Soil and Water Ind. Power Distributor 60 Odean A . Bierma n Rt. 1, Mansfield, S .D . 57460 60 Lyle E. Jarvis Cottonwood , S.D. 57728 Farmer and Ra ncher 60 Marvin v . Br eitung Gainsville, Georgia 60 Lyle M. Johnson Winifred, S .D . Engr . - Gainsville Feed and Packing Co . 60 Shin Chuam Wang 1100 E . Church, Pierre , S .D . 57501 Processing 60 Richard L. Carr 206 Tyler, Pierre, S .D . 57501 60 Kenneth Lawver Dana , Larson, Roubal, Associates Structures - Consultant 60 Robert Sestak 14254 S.E. Fairwood, Renton, WA 98055 P .E . 61 John w . Addink Nebr . 60 Donald M. Edwards Room 181 - Nebraska Ha ll, Univ . of Nebr . Asst. Dean and Director - Lincoln, Nebr . 61 Jera ld M. Busema n Engr . Research M. S . , PhD . 61 Royce C . Decker 933 Utah S.E., Huron , S.D. 57350 60 Leonard P . Kuck 3109· S . 7th, Sioux Fa lls, S .D . 57105 Area Agr . Engr . - SGS 61 Max M. DeLong 60 S. Mississippi Riv . Blvd, St. Paul, MN Soil and Water Proj . Engr . - NSP 55104 P.E. Nuclear Power M. S . , PhD. 60 Paul Otte 3217 Cedar Lane , Bemidj i , Minn . 56601 Highwa y Engineer 61 Fredrick E. Fischer Box 2, Oelricks , S .D . 57763 S & W - Government 60 Lance L. Otto Rt . 3, Box 12, Hinckley, Minn . 55073 61 Arthur E. Isom RR 1, Donaphan , Missouri 63935 Prof. , Engr . -Resource Development - SGS S & W - Government 61 Robert E. Jones

60 Louis A . Pertl 61 Jay L. Leonhardt 3425 Guadalupe , Ft. Worth, Texas 76116 Soil and Water 60 Harlan Peterson 11303 Larry Lane West, Hopkins , Minn . 55343 Sr . Proj . Engr . - White Motor Co . 61 Charles Linn 211 Polk, Pierre, S .D . 57350 P&M State Highwa y Dept . 60 Aron M. Schiable Deceased , 1971 S&W with J . I. Case 61 John M. Madden 104 Br ia n Lane, Rock Ra pids , Iowa 51246 60 Arnold Sorensen Rt . 1, Tyler, Minnesota Consulting Engr ., D,G,R, & Assoc . S&W 60 Gerald Stoick Box 158 , Rosebud , S.D. 57570 M.S., P .E . Supt . Hwy . Engr . - Rosebud RR 1, Box 54 , Webster, S.D. 57247 Hwy. Engr . 61 Raymond A. Ninke 60 Duane J . Sveum 5514 N . 78 Ave . , Omaha , Nebr . 68134 61 James L. Shurz 7317 39t Ave . N., New Hope, Minn 55428

60 Lyle H. Tufty 2501 E . Blvd . Ave., Bismarck, N .D . 61 Eugene A. Ulring Star Route, Staples, Minn. 56479 Chief Engr . - Clark Co . - Me lroe Irrig . and \liell Drilling Instr . P&M Educ . and Res . Table 6 . Continued, Table 6. Continued.

A . Present Address C . Branch A . Present Address C . Branch Year Name B. Work D. Advance Degrees Year Name B . Work D . Adva nce Degrees

62 Jay. L. Duenwa ld Hoven, S.D. 57450 63 Arlo D. Levi Peninsula Rd ., DLLWD , White Bear Lake, MN Farming Engr . & Management - 3M Corp . 55110 M. S ., Bus . 62 Richard L. Eide 133 Nichol s Drive, Saline, Missouri 48176 Test Engr . - Chrysler Corp . 63 Neal C . Knights Box 198, Epworth, Iowa 52045 P & M (Air Cond . ) Prod . Engr ., Scovill Corp . M. S . P&M

62 Robert Horning Rt . 2, Box 27 , Northfield, Minn . 55057 63 Harry A . Martens Pierre, S . D . 57501 Co-pilot, N .W . Orient Airlines Computer Services - State Govt . S&W 63 Verne E. Matter 709 Lynn St ., Hor icon, Wisconsin 53032 62 Ching Hong Kim South Korea S&W M. S . 62 Lowell J . Koepsel Box 109, Rosebud, S.D. 57570 63 Lawrence E. Weiss 904 E . Capitol, Pierre, S . D . 57501 62 Charles F. Moeller 633 Mtn . View Dr ., Twin Falls, Idaho 83301 Tech. Serv . Engr ., State Highways Prod. Manager - Asgrow Seed Co. S&W Structures 64 Sidney Black 3105 N. Ninth, Fargo, N .D . 58102 62 Richard Pederson Farm Hand Corp . - Green Isle, Minn. 55338 Sales Engr ., Butler Mach. Engr . Farm Hand Corp . S&W P&M M.S . M. S . 64 Delwin Brosz Dept. Na t . Res., Office Bldg . 2, Pierre, 62 Larry Pochop Ag . Engr . Dept ., U . of Wyo., Laramie, Wy . Water Res . Engr . S.D. 57501 Assoc . Prof . - Teaching, AE 82070 S & W - Government Structures - Education M.S., P .E .

62 Glenn Sanders 3366 Grant Pass, Oregon 97526 64 Alfred H . Christenson 1416 S. Lake Dr ., Watertown , S.D. 57201 AE - SCS 62 Leo Soukop 3334 E. Swiss, Flagstaff, Arizona 86001 s & w Gen . Engr., Irrig ., USE S & W - Government 64 Charles E. Ditmar 607 N . E . 6th St., Madi son , S.D. Man. of Engr ., Gehl Mfg . Co. 62 James Suhr Box 24 , 113 E. 2nd St., Kewaunee, Ill. 61443 P & M Real Estate 64 Ronald H . Jones 62 Wm. D. Van Eldik 2717 Magnolia Ct ., Sioux City, Iowa 51106 Systems Gas Engr . - IPS 64 James J. Jacobson 233 Belle Ave . , Des Mo ines, Iowa 50315 EP & P Sa les Rep. Traffic Control Prod ., 3M Sales 63 Daryl C. Anderson 1437 23 Ave . Ct ., Grealey, Colo . 80631 Prod . Manager - Farmhand Corp. 64 John Swanda Box 708 , Beresford , S.D. 57004 P&M AE - SCS M. S . s & w 63 Edwin Dowding 2013 Iowa St., Brookings, S.D. 57006 65 R. Kent Anderson 12000 Maddox Lane, Bowie, MD 20715 Inst., AE, SDSU USPHS , Officer Engr ., USEPA P & M, Structures Ed . Government M.S. M. S.

63 James C. Folkerts RR 2, Jasper, Minn. 56144 65 Marvin Antonen Arlington, S.D. Table 6 . Continued . Table 6. Continued .

A . Present Address C . Branch A . Present Address C . Branch Year Name B . Work D . Advance Degrees Year Name B . Work D . Advance Degrees

65 Loren R . Blankenhorn RR 1, Flandreau, S.D. 57028 67 Da le A . Bucks 1730 E. Campus Dr ive, Tampa , Ariz. 85282 C . E . with Corp . of Engr ., Omaha , NE Ag. Engr . - USDA - ARS s & w Government M. S . 65 Thomas R. Gannon 7618 Chancellor Way, Springfield, VA 67 Asst. Coord ., Naval Facilities Engr . Marvin N . Egan Rt . 229 C-1, Brush Prairie, Wash . 98606 Government 67 Dennis Ryland 1041 3rd Ave ., Brookings, S .D . 57006 M. S . Asst. Hydrologist - Remote Sensing 65 Larry J . Holton Sisseton, S.D. 57262 p & M M .S .

65 Da vid F. Konechne 1220 1st Ave . West, Mobridge, S .D . 67 Lloyd E. DeJong 3701 Autumnwood , Clovis, NM 88101 Area Engr . , SGS Pilot - USAF s & w S & W - Armed Service 65 Norman L. Knoechne 409 N . Tyler , Pierre , S .D . 57501 Res . Engr ., Dept . of Highways 67 Richard O . Hegg 2953 N . Pascal Ave ., St. Paul , Minn. 55113 s & w Ag. Engr . - USDA - ARS Structures 66 Larry Selken Deceased, 1972 M.S., PhD . 67 Lloyd Herbst 1427 16th, Ames, Iowa 50010 66 Jerry Cotton 98-1649 Hoomaika S.F. Pearl City, HI 96782 Chief Air Crew Eva l . - Kickam AFB 67 Jack B . Hippen RR 1, Wilmot, S.D. 57279 p & M Francis James Lilly, S.D. 57250 66 William Maas 111 14th St. N.E., Owatonna , Minn . 55060 67 Sr . Proj . Engr . , Owatonna Mfg . Co . Farming and Livestock s & w P & M 67 James R. Lucas 3614 36th St., Mol ine, Ill. 61265 66 Glenn Kanengieter RR 2, Blooming Pra irie, Minn. 55917 Test Engr ., Combines, IHC Sr . Proj . Engr., Owatonna Mfg . Co. & p & M P M P.E. 66 Robert Nogle Vardon , S.D. 67 James L. Reeves P .O . Box 245 , 2020 Milvia , Berkely, Calif. C.E. in Transportation Planning 66 Clayton Melrose 490 W. 3rd St. , Cocato , Minn. 55321 Transportation Planning Design Engr . - Mobile Equip. M. S . P & M 67 Dennis Vehe 66 Delbert Rust St. Maries, Idaho 83861 U . S . Forest Service 68 Alan J . Anderson 6294 Murfield Dr ., Galeta , Calif . 93017 s & w Air Pollution Meteorologist - Weather Cons. Str . K Environment 66 Gerald Stangl Box 49, Perry, Oklahoma 73077 M. S .

66 Ha rlan Trefz 5630 S. Tennessee , Claranden Hills, Ill. 68 Theodore Maunu 22 Columbia Cir . s.w., T.a coma , Wa sh. 98499 Project Engineer , IHC E.E. with Consulting Engr . Co . P & M P & M and E.P . M. S . 68 Edwin L. May 67 David Boyenga ll09 s. Pa ine St. , New Ulm , Minn . 56073 Table 6 . Continued . Table 6 . Continued.

A . Present Address C . Branch A . Present Address C . Branch Year Name B . Work D. Advance Degrees Year Name B . Work D . Advanced Degrees

68 John F . Ourada 418 W . Owatonna St., Duluth, Minn. 55803 69 Jerold L. Anda! 3950 Fallbrook Dr . , NE , Cedar Rapids , Iowa Proj . Engr . Western Lake Superior - EPA Design Engineer , FM:: Soil and Water P & M M. S . 69 Richard L. Herther Hecla , S . D . 57446 68 Charles w . Richter Colman, S . D . 57017 Farming 69 Wesley G . Tschetter 111 So. Poplar, Pierre , S .D . 57501 p & M Legislative Fiscal Analyist - St. Capitol Government 68 James D . Sorensen 10440 Paramount Blvd . H-177 , Downey, Calif. M. S . Proj . Engr ., Conta iner Corp. Paper Processing 69 Dale M. Worms tad Artesian, S .D. Farming 68 Rodney TeKrony Redfield, S.D. 57469 p & M Hydra ilics Engr ., Oahe Irrig . Proj . S&W 70 Garry L. Akkerma n RR 1, Box 95, DeSmet , S .D . 57321 Farming 68 Michael Vig 613 8th Ave., S., Hopkins , Minn . 55348 Des . Engr ., Tractor Cabs, White Motor 70 Vincent J . Alsaker c/o Kermit Alsaker , Rosholt, S . D . 57260 p & M Chief Consol . Maintenance - FUERTH M. S . Armed Service M. S . 69 William F . Cherp Rt. 2, Henderson, Minn. Area Engr . , SCS 70 Daniel P . Apland 20409 42nd Ave. E., Spanaway, Wash. 98387 S & W - Government Pilot in Air Force Armed Service 69 Robert D . Davis 429 13th St. N.E., Owa tonna , Minn. 55060 Proj . Engr . , Owatonna Mfg . Co . 70 Robert D . Lease 1713 4th Ave., Grinnell, Iowa 50112 Proj . Engr ., FarmHa nd, Inc . 69 John R . Durfee 554 Sundance Dr ., Bo lingbrook, Ill. 60439 P & M Design Engr . , II-IC p & M 70 Ha l D . Werner 421 N . E . 2nd St., Staples, Minn. 56479 Ext. Ag . Engr . - Cent . Minn. Demo . Farm 69 Da le L. Johnson 3007 Wayne, Bellevue, NE 68005 s & w Weather Forcaster, USAF M . S . Armed Service 70 David L . Willard 1465 40 St. N.E. , Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 69 Keith E . Pieper 1944 Willow Ave., Worthington, Minn. 56187 Proj . Engr ., Crane Div., F.M3 P & M 69 Gary C . Polk 934 Westbrook Way, Apt. 6, Hopkins, Minn . A . R. Wood Mfg . Co . Hydraulics Engr ., White Farm Equip. 70 Arthur E . Bich P & M Luverne, Minnesota 70 James H. Eidet Ortley, S . D . 69 Robert S. Snoozy Lindsay Mfg . Co ., Lindsay, NE 68644 M. S . Res . Engr . Center Pivot Irrigator s & w 70 Roy E. Ireland Martin , S .D . 57751 M.S. Farming 69 Robert L. Tibbits Porter, Minn. 56280 70 Keith Kettering Mellette, S.D. 57461 Farming Table 6 . Continued. Ta ble 6 . Continued .

A . Present Address C . Branch A . Present Address C . Branch Year Name B . Work D . Advanced Degrees Year Name B . Work D . Advanced Degrees

70 Kip R . f'Btkins Howes Rt ., Box 11, Sturgis , S .D . 57785 72 Keith E . Anderson Countryside Estate 12, Redfield, S . D . 57469 Farming and Ranching M. S . 72 Roger Burnett RR 1, Huron, S.D. 57350 70 Burton E. Tulson 72 Jerry M. Christensen RR 2, Lake Preston, S.D. 71 Michael Kuck 403 S . Harrison , Gettysburg , S . D . 57442 72 Donnel P. Froehlich M. S . 71 Carol D . Langland c/o Ray DeWald, Tripp, S . D . 72 Steven A . Qu issel Box 594 , Pickstown, S .D . 71 Kent S . Leibsch RR 4, Arlington, S.D. 57212 Farming 73 Normal Andenas Howard, S .D .

71 William Shellbourn c/o N . Shellbourn , Valentine, Nebr . 73 Michael Bjerke M. S .

71 Joseph C . Thoma s M. S . 73 Jerold D . Gregg Harold, S .D .

71 Jon w . Henslin 2930 Miller Trunk, Du luth, Minn . 57811 73 Gene L . Ha lsey Springfield, S.D. 71 Paul G . Remele 528 E. 18th St. , Spencer , Iowa 51301 Farm Buildings and Constr . 73 Calvin Luebke RR 2, Box 48 , Parkston, S . D . 57366 Structures Farming M . S . 73 Donald Tomac Keldron, S . D . 71 Da le E . Shj egstad 1017 N . /'B in, Brookings, S . D . 57006 Farm Bu ildings , Great Plains Co . 73 f'Brk Venner Pierre, S . D . 57501 Structures Darrel Winterton Brandon, S .D . 71 Larry E . Wiebesjek Box 407 , RuthDrum , Idaho 83858 73

71 James Winterton Pierre , S .D . 57501 73 Thomas A . Anderson FA -OBC 5-74 Off, Stu., Ft. Sill, OK 73503 Dept . Natural Resources , Pierre , S .D . Armed Services

72 John P . Dieltz Pierre , S . D . 57501 73 Carrol Gilbertson 8136 Harold Ct . 3A , Glenn Burnie, MD 21061 St. Voe . Ed. Lehto la Education 73 Ga le W . Paulson 72 James N . Keinholz c/o M. Keinholz, Bird Isla nd , Minn. Armed Services 73 Marvin Swanda 901 S . Ruth, Lot 66, Sioux Fa lls, S.D. 57106 M. S . 74 Robert K . Egan Ag. Engr . Dept., SDSU, Brookings , S .D . 57006 72 Steven c . Otterby 2103 4th Ave ., Aberdeen, S . D . 57401 Graduate Student Farm Bu ildings and Construction Structures 74 Stephen H . Pohl Ag. Engr . Dept., SDSU, Brookings , S .D . 57006 Graduate Student 72 Steven Saianga 5455-B Iowa St. , Ft. Knox, Kentucky 40121 74 Richard H . Smith 72 Robert E . Wagehaupt 727 Carnegie Ave . , C2, Akron , Ohio 44314 74 Roger J . Bertsch Table 6 . Continued. Ta ble 7 . A list of our graduate students, M.S . in Agricultural Engineering. A . Present Address C . Bra nch Year Names ·Year Name B . Work D . Advanced Degrees

74 Ronald E . Beyer Water Res . Inst ., SDSU, Brookings, S .D . 1949 Dennis L. Moe 57006 1950 John L. Wiersma Frank Wiersma 74 Leslie L . Christansen Ag. Engr . Dept ., SDSU, Brookings, S .D . 57006 Graduate Student 1954 Leonard Erie 1955 Niel Dimick Harold Holman 74 Kenneth E . Jacobson 1956 Virgil Flusher 74 Lyle L. Jensen 1958 Eugene Doering

74 Thomas C . Ha zelton 7323 Grant St. Apt. 5, Omaha , Nebr . 68134 1959 Donald Hamann Kenneth Rowen John Neuberger Harvey Young 74 Danny S. Brosz Tripp, S .D . 1960 Donald Brosz Anthony Dylla Structures Henry Knudson

74 Kenton R . Kaufman 1'1arion, S .D. 1961 Vernon Pepper Ali Hamidi Ag. Engr . Dept., SDSU Dona ld Edwards Graduate Student 1962 1'1ansour Karim 74 Kenneth J . Storm Mt . Vernon, S.D. 1963 Conrad Gilbertson Wm . H. Peterson Fred Schmer 74 John F. Westra Centerville, S .D . 1964 Richard Pederson Kuan Lo Yung 1965 Daryl C . Anderson Russel Umback William T . Welchert Robert A . Wiles 1966 Sidney Black Delwin Brosz 1967 R. Kent Anderson Tom S . Chisholm 75 Spring Commencement : Verne E . l'1atter 1968 Da le A . Bucks Coy w . Doty Orlin L. Jibben George R. Durland Rudolpho Laudencia l'1a Robin Leo Lovely John W. 1'1adden Luther thison Dennis Ryland Gera ld A . Stangl David P. Yexley 1969 James L. Reeves Harlan J . Trefz ********************************************** 1971 Thoma s Gannon Ha ll Werner * * Our PhD Degrees Robert Snoozy * * 1972 Vincent J . Alsaker Ivar Dybwad * * /'1artin Hellickson Rona ld O . Disrud * 72 Charles A. Onstad * James J . Rother * 72 * Robert A. Young 1973 Paul G . Remale Rodney Devine * 75 James R. Hoover * Ronald Frankenstein Micha el Vig * * James Keinholz * ********************************************** 1974 Donnel Froelich David E . Kramer Joseph C . Thoma s Chapter XI Table 8 . Continued .

The Agricultura l Engineering Department at Class of ' 51 South Dakota State Un iversity has always Robert Bullard -- Wilmette , Illinois had two ma jors to provide for . These are Carl G . Renz -- Lerrunon , South Dakota the Agricultura l Engineers and the Me chan­ Gera ld W . Strub -- Iroquois , South Dakota ized Agriculture majors . The first group now get their degrees through the College Class of ' 53 of Engineering ; the second get their de­ Verlyn G . Howe -- SDSU Ext . Service, Brookings, South Dakota grees from the College of Agr iculture . Herbert A . Papendick -- State Highway Department , Pierre , S . D .

Class of ' 54 Our commencement programs have always listed the Agricultura l Engineers as a Chalmer J . Hottman -- Gettysburg , South Da kota , Implements distinct gr·oup . Their names and respec­ Class of ' 55 tive classes are easy to find . The Clarence D . Fox -- Ford Tractor and Machinery Co ., Mi chigan Me chanized Agriculture group records are Thomas William Zimmer -- Reta il Cr edit Co ., Sioux Fa lls, S. D . not so ea sily retrieved from old corrunence­ ment booklets . However from 1954 , the Class of ' 56 Agriculture gradua tes were listed along Harry A . Jones -- Coast-to-Coa st, Brookings , South Dakota with their ma jor , and from here on our Russel l Wa ltner -- Fr eeman , South Dakota records are qu ite complete . With the new b'Jilding and the expansion of the sta ff Class of ' 58 during the 60 ' s this list of Me chanized Marvin L . Ha nson -- Farmer , Clear Lake, South Dakota Agriculture students grew ra pidly . Lately Odea n Theodore Olson -- Raven Industry , Sioux Fa lls , South Da kota it is one of the larger groups in the Col­ Ver le L. Peterson Farmer , Willow Lake, South Dakota lege of Agriculture . We will now list the Mechanized Agriculture Majors to the best Class of ' 59 Widstrom Neil of our knowledge . With two or three com­ mencements per year , as is the present Class of ' 60 custom , we ma y not have all the names in Clarence Deibert -- Farmer , Herre id , South Da kota the class year tha t will suit everyone . William Hickey -- 834 w . Arrow Hwy . , San Dimas, California Paul John Ruppert -- Farmer , Iona , Minnesota

Table 8. Me chanized Agriculture Graduates with B . S . degrees in Class of ' 61 Agr iculture . Herold Arnold -- Rancher , Mcintosh, South Dakota Robert Carroll -- Lumber , Madison , South Dakota

Class of ' 28 Class of ' 62

H . H . DeLong Robert Cottingham John Deere, Fargo , North Dakota Class of ' 29 Norman Kempf -- Soil Conservation , Huron , South Dakota Gera ld Kota s Fred Kiser Bruce McPhell Class of ' 30 Leonard Nagel -- Farmer , Gettysburg , South Dakota ??.? ??.? Edwin Dean Pearson -- Farmer , Ha dly, Minnesota of Class ' 40 Merle A . Peterson Allen Kettering -- Farming , Mellette , South Dakota Dennis Schaefer Class of ' 63 Class of ' 47 Ra lph Sorenson , decea sed Lester Chizek Vincent Gunn Class of ' 48 David Hand Donald Hel lem Thoma s Snell Robert Rolland Schrunk Lester P . Pa lmer Cla ss of ' 50 Class of ' 64 Donn Ba stian Terry Benson Robert Carlson Christian Ba ck -- Michigan, North Dakota Jon Paul Gunderson Cona ld E . Ha bicht Alfred Br iggs -- Howa rd - Reta il Robert Wa lter Harden Donald Lee Kerr Leonard Otterby -- Rt . 4, Sioux Fa lls, South Dakota Robert Lawrence Nielson Roger Svec Ha rold Winterfeld -- decea sed , 1968 Charles Will iam Rang Arnold Anderson Frederick, South Dakota David Blanchard -- Howard , South Dakota Table s . Continued . Table s . Continued .

Class of ' 65 Class of '71 Darrel D . Bahn Lawrence A . Benson Gilbert Martin Kloster Bruce Aaron Dona ld L . Hea le Gary J . Copelan y Merle Jay Rose Gary G . Bender Marlyn L. Jerke Roger K . Hermanson Kent L . Heubner William H . Bisgard Robert L . Morr ison Fra nk R . Puglia Wenda ll R . Jibben Lynn A . Frick Class of ' 66 Steve E . Peters Rona ld L. Garvin Larry D . Anderso Allen M . Anderson n Eldon L. Pust David G . Gleason Arlen v . Bensen Berwin L . Bryan Douglas J . Stengel David A . Twedt Daniel L . Carlson Gary L . Cramer Lee W . Thormodsgaard Darrel K . Vig Leslie R . Downer Earl R . Hammil Glen Garhard Storm Robert H . Holzworth Robert M. Keith Class of '72 James H . Mey€r Da llas Michel son Daniel Hefner Roger Arba ch Clark Mo eckley James H . Mo xon John D . Majeres Mi chael J . Coulter Dennis Neuharth Allen A . Opp Robert H . May Timothy Goldammer Harvey Reimer Dona ld E. Smith Ronald R . Ru ff John T . Gr iffiths Class of '67 Marvin Seibrecht Charles E . Harr Lewis Barondeau William Duenwa ld Harold J . Warner Roger L . Ha zuka David Fauske Wayne Flury Stephen Wattnem Kurt F . Ka iser Bradley Herma n Vernon Hofman David A . Klapperich Gregory S . Kampfe Larry Holbeck Thoma s E . Jewett Richard L. Oechsle Jeffery J . Peters Norman L . Johnson Curtis Pansch Edwin L. Watkins Robert H . Rose Theodore Risty Douglas D . StoI'))\ 0 David M. Siglin Dennis J . Serie Lee A . Svatos Paul E . Thomas Dennis J . Steffin Maurice Ugland Albert H . Vitte� s College Year ' 72-73 Class of ' 68 Fall Semester ' 72 Darrell D. Bentz Darrel Brown Dean R. Dostlow Verdeen L . Gross Morris H . Anderson Terrance A . Hill Danny Booze Michael T . Orrunen Wa llace v . Ho lter Robert L . Iverson Jerry J . Engstrom Darrel W . Wintertan Richard J . Jefferies Gary A . Jorgenson William L . Fargo Loren W . Kaufma n Gerald Ketterin9 w . Larry W . Schlom� Richard Lenth l:' Spr ing Semester '73 Chr istopher McConnville Doug las c. Scha� ff e r Knute K . Brock Wi lliam Orr Ha rlan O . Silbaugh Ha rris w . Swa nson Garry T. Tol lefson Dennis F . Shoup Dona ld D . Dunbar Gera ld A . Pearson David Bla ine Goos Lynn L. Peterson Ca lvin E . Willemssen Dennis R . Johnson Class of ' 69 Larry E . Ha stler Steven L . Prasels Dennis D . Anderson James L. Engel Kevin L . Johnson Terry L. Rydel l Max M . Evans Richard R . Gab Randy R . Law Marvin L . Schlomer William J . Folkerts Doule C . Ha ar Phillip G . Meeder Michael L . Schmidt Berdean w . Haupt Ra lph w . Horman Gary A . Manson James L. Ta fty Ha rlan D . He imgartner Barton L . Larson Martin J . Murphy Jack R . Tolls Myron R . Meuha user Ronnie L . Twedt Gordon D . Moes Charles W . Mart�l James L. Nickeson Ra ymond Me ligan Richard L . Wertz Roger E . Stockland Mer le D . Poppen College Year ' 73-74 Carl E . Schm eider Dean A . Sievers Spr ing Semester '74 Micha el E . Seefeldt Pa ul D . Smith Jera ld L. Cook David D . Mendel Class of ' 70 Dennis C . Hensen Wayne O . Peterson Rodney O . Cook Raymond Beard Dennis D . Heyrel Da vid E. Runge Kenneth D . Biteler David Denke Noel L. Hofer Rona ld w . Starr Charles K . Gilware Lawrence Garvin James C . Klauser Mi cha el D . Stout David A . Hetland Terrance Geary Anthony J . Doenig Daryn F . Swanhorst Duane J . Lemke David Gleason Daniel D . Lamp Reed Tieszen Dale McDowell , decea sed - ' 75 Leonard He inema �n Fa ll Semester ' 74 Da niel B . Westegaard Donald Jahra us Robert McC lura George Leitheisar David Milbrodt Bruce M. Bowers Jerry Abner Hofer Gary C . Sutherland Terra nce Moe Douglas D. Haber Albert C . Trumble Alan w . Wieczo� Rona ld D . Timmons � k several pages of pictures of floats ' but the early 40' s . The first time there Chapter XII we wi· 1 1 show only two . Figure 5 shows an were only three machines on display--and early entry (about 1932 ) and Figure 6 shows there wa s barely room for those . One year the entry of 1972, and 1973 . When the the machine show wa s in the old Agricul­ campus organizations increased, the parade tural Engineering building . Then for got too long and unwieldy; so organizations severa l years it was in the R .O . T .C . Arm­ Student Organizations were urged to combine efforts and reduce ory. With the new building for Agricul­ numbers . Of late years, the Mechanized tural Engineering, of course that became Agriculture students share the work and headquarters for the show . When necessary As soon in the departments history as management of float building with the Agri­ additional space wa s found. The Mechanized there were students enough to warrant it; cultural Eng ineers . Agriculture society takes the major re­ there wa s formed a student Agricultural sponsibility now in carrying on the machin­ Engineering Society. The writer remembers Early in the student society, there arose ery show. those very first years with a group of a a need for fund raising . At first there few students and a few professors gather­ were nomina l dues . More funds were usual­ The "Green Sheet" wa s a Christmas newslet­ ing for a combined seminar and society ly needed for a group picture in the an­ ter to the Agr icultural Engineer ing Grads , meeting. As the years passed there were a nua 1. An opportunity came for fund ra is­ and wa s prepared for many years . Many of few ideas and activities that gave pur­ ing by a group going out to pick up corn the old ones are on file and the years pose to, and reasons for , the organization. that had been blown on the ground by severe 1935 to 1972 are included . At first there wind . This wa s done on more than one oc­ were not too many to mail out but in the The first reason wa s to have contact with casion. Sometimes it wa s even hand corn later years the job of ma iling and addres­ picking with a large crew . Occasionally the senior A.S.A.E. organization; which sing became a difficult task. Students pointed the student toward memberships in there was a chance to sell hot dogs or ice the Nationa l professiona l organization of cream at some meeting. In later years Agricultural Engineers . The faculty ha s the sawing and splitting of firewood for sale to fireplace enthusiasts was done. oft:n helped with this activity, but the always encouraged the students to become Agricultural Engineering secretaries usu­ members when they graduated. The student Funds ra ised were used for travel to ally ha d the "lions share" of the work . society memberships brought the opportun­ The Mechanized Agriculture student organ­ national meetings by delegates or more ity to become student members in the ization began as soon as the group of often used to help pay expenses on the National society, and receive the A . S .A .E . majors was large enough and this wa s in spring senior trip to factories or indus­ Magazine . Occasiona lly some students at­ the 60' s . This club shares the activi­ trial sites . tended the National meetings; and on rare ties of float building with Agricultural occasions one of our students would be Engineers . A very unique project was to elected to a National officers post. The "F.E. I." report was a strenuous task for a few Agricultural Engineers each year . sell "ear muffs" designed for noise sup­ The contest sponsored by the Farm Implanent pression. The noise level near tra ctor A second reason for a student branch motors, and some other farm machines ' is society wa s that of "Hobo-day float build­ manufa cturers ; called for a report on the activities of each student branch. It be­ h.igh . One way to guard aga inst ear damage ing" , which helped to advertise Agricul­ is. for the operator to wear these special tural Engineer ing on the campus and came a real honor to receive a high rating in such a contest. The students won top earmuffs . Few, if any, dea lers stocked throughout the state . The Agricultural them . The Mechanized Agriculture Club Engineers were dedicated float builders; honors for the years ' 72- ' 73 and ' 73- ' 74; and were second place in '70-'71. stocked a few dozen and offered them for and over the years won prizes more often sale; and suddenly found themselves in than the average. Usually, the float en­ business . They have sold over 2,000; but try was in the unusua l or "clever" cate­ The ma chinery and tractor exhibit was add­ by now such equipment is for sale in many gory. It would be interesting to show ed to the "Little International" show in stores and ma il order houses. It is our observation that the Student work, and (3 ) how much additional work he Branch of A . S .A . E . and the Mechanized has taken. Such a sununary analysis is Agriculture Club have been large enough to never complete or perfect; because the be effective organizations; yet small questionnaires to compile such data is enough for good fellowship. They have never complete. We did have an excellent offered many opportunities for leadership return, but some folks move frequently and tra ining . keep ahead of our record of addresses . In the giving of present addresses and occu­ pations we fully realize that changes will occur before the ink is dry on the book The first Agricultural Engineers were eli­ pages . gible to memberships in Alpha Zeta honorary Agr icultura l Fra ternity and many were mem­ bers . When the Agricultura l Engineering From 1929 through the Fall commencement of Curriculum was administered by the Engi­ '74, we have had 363 Agricultura l Engineer­ neering college, our honor students were ing students receiving their B . S . degrees . eligible to Sigma Tau, a Na tiona l honorary Our M. S . degree students, for the same Engineering Fraternity. During the 60 ' s period number 57 . Not all of these M. S . a chapter of Alpha Epsilon was established degree men were from South Dakota State on the campus . This is an honor society University, and not all had their first specifically for Agricultura l Engineers . degree in Agricultural Engineer ing. Two men have received their PhD degree from Figure 6. A recent entry of the our department . Agricultural Engineers and Mechanized Agricultura l Engineers in the Hobo Day Of the questionna ire returned, and from parade . our records, we find from our original B . S . degree men , 65 have obta ined their M.S . degrees . This is near 18%. Of the same number, 14 have received their PhD degrees . Thirty have obta ined the registration as Professiona l Engineers.

Chapter XIII Geographic distribution of a group is al­ ways an interesting study. Where do our students go? Eighty-six are located in South Dakota for a percenta ge of 23 + % Statistical Summary locating in the state. The concentration points in the state are at Brookings, For the sake of a historical record, it is Huron and P ierre . There is a fa ir ly good Figure 5 . An early day entry of the well to look at the statistical summary of scatter of individuals to most areas of Agricultural Engineers in several things such as: (1) a student' s the sta te. Figure 7 shows th is state-wide a Hobo Day parade. choice of subject matter, (2) his present distribution. NC PHUtSOH .. OWN MARSl'tALl. 6 • • .. CO UHDS O••

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Figure 8 . Geographic distribution of S .D . S .U . Agricultural Engi­ neering graduates living and working in the United States . Figure 8 shows the distribution of former and Water, and (4) Structures and Environ­ Chapter XIV students in the North Centra l group of ment. We asked the respondents to indicate states surrounding South Dakota . Engi­ the area they were in , but also listed some neering job opportunities are greatest other categories. To these we will add two near the population centers, in manufa ctur­ more: (1) private business, and (2) re­ The 70's And Looking ing areas, and in centra l cities where tirement. When this tabulation was made a large organizations have their headquart­ given person may have been placed in more To The Future ers. Of the surrounding states, North than one; such as (soil and water) and Dakota ha s 6 graduates, Montana 3, Wyoming (armed services), or (power and ma chinery) 3, Colorado 7, Nebraska 15, Iowa 18, and and (priva te business) . One ha lf of the 70' s decade is passed. Minnesota 39. This is a tota l of 91 in The first ha lf is now history, and some surrounding states, and when added to the Table 10 shows this tabulation as best as hopes and predictions must be used for 86 in South Dakota it accounts for al�ost we have it now . There are some , of course, the future . t of the total graduates in Agricultural that we did not hear from, a few lost, and Engineering from SDSU . several are decea sed . After a fabulous growth period of the 60' s , there came the leveling off of col­ Table 10. The choice of occupations and/or lege enrollments . This was partly due to Of the other states the Table 9 will show fields of work. the states where there are 5 or more population statistics and birth rate de­ graduates. crease in the 50 ' s . There wa s also a Fields of Work No . noticeable increa se in interest in techni­ Table 9. A list of states that have five Farming and Ranching 44 cal schools, and education in trades and or more Agricultural Engineering Power and fl-lachinery 64 industries . Wages in these area s of work gradua tes . Electric Power and Processing 19 were good, jobs plentiful, and the prepar­ Soil and Wa ter 92 ation period wa s shorter . State No . State No . Structures and Environment 23 Food Processing 3 The Viet Nam War, with all of its compli­ Arizona 9 Ohio 6 Education and Research 18 cations, had an influence on the general California 15 Texas 5 Government 23 atmosphere of the campus . Our campus was Illinois 12 fl-laryland Armed Services 16 fortunate in not having turmoil and open New Mexico 5 and D .C . 6 Retired 9 disruptive acts . There was some agitatior Private Business 19 for such things, but the majority of good stable midwestern students kept things on We have the addresses of several in the a quiet and steady pa ce. There wa s a low­ Armed Services, but usually these were not Even with some double entries the ering of general moral of the student recorded for any sta te of local ity, as tota l here (330 ) , falls short of the 363 body, and a drop in the quality of work they change rapidly. It wa s also very tota l B . S . degrees granted . done . Fortunately, this did not last very difficult to gather data on the recent long . graduating classes, due to armed service One can see the real diversity of occu­ commitments and to the entering of gradu­ pa tions, by reading over the names , addres­ ate work in other pla ces. ses and titles of present work . These go Very prosperous times in the early 70' s from real esta te to the ministry, machine were quickly followed by harder times due Our college catalogue carries the desig­ design to weather observation , aviation to to the inflation of the present year. nation of four fields of specialization manufacturing of pet foods . It ha s been a Faculty salaries were increa sed substanti­ within the field of Agricultural Engineer­ real pleasure to read about the individua l ally, tuition wa s increa sed, and may be ing . There are: (1) Power and fl-lachinery, records and the letters and greetings. increa sed aga in . Students have a sub­ (2) Electric Power and Processing, (3) Soil fl-lany thanks for your letters. stantial bill to pay for a college edu- cation now, and most students who come are It seems tha t "economy" wa s not the real Table 11. Agr icultural Engineering Student here for business and not for plea sure. reason, since some other new colleges have Group and the Degrees Granted since been added to the States system . 1970-74. After much controversy, the decision wa s The campus ha s experienced an ambitious to allow both SDSU and SD Tech to continue Enrollment in B . S . M. S . building program in that three major build­ their Engineer ing Colleges . Some course ings have been added. Just south of our Agricultural Degrees Degrees offerings and some graduate work was cur­ Year Engineering given given Agricultural Engineering Building stands ta iled, however . Throughout all of this the new Student Union Bui lding . To the controversial period, there was never any southwest stands the huge Home Economics , 1969-70 12 action to discontinue the Agricultural 1970-71 55 10 3 Nursing, Rotunda complex. To the east is Engineering work or to move it to another the new Physica l Education structure. We 1971-72 73 17 3 & 2 PhD location. The removal of the Engineering 1972-73 47 7 6 are now on the new "wa lking mall" around College from SDSU would have been a serious which much of the new campus will be bu ilt . 1973-74 40 10 3 handicap to our students . The period of 1974-75 4+ l+ We are no longer out at the "edge" of the turmoil did nothing to encourage prospec­ campus . tive eng ineering students to attend either school . Table 12. Mechanized Agriculture fvlajors The plans for bu ilding continue in that the receiving B . S . degrees, 1969-74. 1974 legislature appropriated for a new Enrollments in Engineering Colleges, nation­ Library and a new Animal Science structure . wide wa s reduced in the beginning of the Class B . S . Class B . S . Both are large appropriations, but neither 70' s. This wa s probably due to a great Year Degrees Year Degrees building has been started yet. There is a empha sis on the humanistic studies and the race between inflationary cost increases social science field. Soon there was a 1969-70 20 1972-73 28 and space wan ted. We awa it the final de­ great surplus of teachers and a scarcity 1970-71 17 1973-74 15 c1s1ons. The new Library is to be built of engineers . 1971-72 23 1974-75 4+ just west of our bu ilding. Spring Group The enrollment in Agricultural Engineering has continued in a steady pattern. Over Mechanized Agriculture majors have been The history of the Agricultural Engineer­ the years there ha s been less of a fluxu­ large groups in this last period . Several ing Department during the 70' s would not ation in enrollments than in the engineer­ in this group are remaining for graduate ing field in genera l . Ta ble 11 shows the be complete without some reference to the work . In the near future we hope to offer "Engineering College" struggle. The alum­ statistics in enrollments and graduations a M.S . degree in the Me chanized Agr iculture ni of South Dakota State University have in Agr icultural Engineering for the early curriculum. Table 12 shows the B.S. de­ been informed by the "Alumnus" publications 70' s . grees granted by S .D . s .u . to our group in about some of these activities, dates, the College of Agr iculture . hearings, legislative ba ttles, etc . At It is confusing to get exact counts of first much of the planning was secretive . students in a designated year. Usually Course contents have to change to keep up It soon developed that for the stated they are not the same by fa ll and spring with the rapid changes in farming and in rea sons of economy, there should be only semesters. Also we have commencements now the technical information that the engi­ one engineering college in the State. three times a year--fall, spring and sum­ neers need in aiding the agr icultural in­ This, when voted by the Regents of Edu­ mer . The fall semester used to come in dustry. Engineering students of the past cation, caused an inUltediate battle between January and now comes in December, across used the slide rule. Now they are using east-river and west-river area groups of the years date line. We hope we have most pocket calculators . All take courses that people. Students, alumni, legislators , of our people credited with the proper introduce them to the computer method of citizens of all kinds were soon involved. corrm1encement date . solving problems . The students of tomorrow will rise to meet "Model Farm for 2076" they speak of "har­ the challenges of their day . They must, vesting by air-supported remote control and they will. Figure 9 shows a picture of vehicles" , and show a 15 story farm fa c­ a "dream farm" of the year 2076 . This tory. We should not dismiss these idea s model farm was built by our Agricultural as impossible . Engineering students to be used along with The brief history of the S .D . s .u . Agri­ many other efforts to celebrate the Bi­ cultural Engineering Department (1925- centennial Effort of the University. The 1975) should come to a close. We have model ha s been shown on several occasions intended to recall a few things and invite and ha s received some fine publicity. your memories to recall many more of your When I say "dream farm", the term is well four-year stay at college. Our very best chosen, for these students have some big wishes go to the faculty and students who idea s ahead . In the little folder entitled will make history in the next 50 years.

Figure 9 .

The "dream farm" for 2076 as constructed by A . S .A .E . Student Branch in 1974 . (Left Lyle F. Jensen , senior and right, Dr . Milo Hellickson of the staff) . A List Of References A List Of Tables A List Of Figures , 1. South Dakota State University General Table Figure 1. The 01d Agricultura l Engineering Catalogues: for University Staff 1925 Bui lding (1899 to 1957) . to present. 1. Bachelor of Science degree in Agri­ cultural Engineering given in the Figure 2. The New Agricultural Engineer ing 1940 deca de . 2. South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Building (1959 -- ) . Station Annual Reports: 1925 to Chapter VI 2 . Total college enrollments , 1920-1970 . present, for experiment sta tion Figure 3. The last of the Rammed Earth project records . 3. Graduating seniors receiving degrees, poultry houses to be bu ilt by 1961-1970. the Agricultura l Eng ineers. 3. S .D . S .U . commencement programs; for gradua te names and class years. Chapter IX 4. Research projects , 1925 to 1975 . Figure 4. The three Department Heads of 4. Annual reports of the South Dakota Staff members , duties, and years of the Agricultural Engineering Extension Service, for extension 5 . service. Department (1925-1975) were: activities . left to right: (1) Ralph L . 6 . A listing of our Agricultural Engi­ Patty , (2) Henry H . DeLong , and 5. The "Green Sheet" , a Christmas time neering graduates (B. S . in Agricul­ (3) Dennis L. Moe. newsletter from students and sta ff to tural Engineering ) . Chapter XII the graduates: with copies on file ba ck to 1935. Figure 5 . An early day entry of the Agri­ 7. A list of our graduate students, M. S . cultural Engineers in a Hobo in Agricultura l Engineering. 6. Returned questionnaires from many Day parade. former students. 8 . Mechanized Agriculture Graduates with Figure 6. A recent entry of the Agricul­ B.s. degrees in Agriculture. tural Engineers and Me chanized Agricultural Engineers in the 9 . A list of states that have five or Hobo Day parade. more Agricultural Engineering Chapter XIII graduates. Figure 7. Geographic distribution of 10. The choice of occupations and/or S .D . s .u . Agricultural Engineer­ fields of work . ing graduates living and working in South Dakota . 11. Agricultural Engineer ing Student Group Figure 8 . Geographic distribution of and the Degrees Granted 1970-74 . S .D . S .U . Agricultural Engineer ­ ing graduates living and working 12. Mechanized Agr iculture Majors re­ in the United States . ceiving B.S. degrees, 1969-74. Chapter XIV Figure 9, The "dream farm" for 2076 as constructed by A.S.A .E. Student Branch in 1974. (Left Lyle F. Jensen, senior and right, Dr . Milo Hellickson of the sta ff) . - ......

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