100 years of agriculture: 1900 – 1925
November 9, 1999
Daily Staff Writer
1901 — Horticulture laboratory erected
1902 — Establishment of the agronomy department
1904 — Establishment of the forestry department
1906 — Robert E. Buchanan receives his masters from Iowa State
1910 — Jacob E. Wagner receives the first agricultural engineering bachelor’s degree
1912 — Annual agricultural carnival begins, major precursor to Veishea
1914 — 35 forestry majors attend first Forestry Camp
1918 — Ada Hayden becomes first woman to receive doctorate degree from ISU
1920 — Henry A. Wallace receives master’s in animal husbandry
1922 — S.A. Beach dies after 17 years of service to ISU
1922 — First agricultural engineering building erected
1923 — William E. Drips broadcasts farm event