100 years of agriculture: 1900 – 1925

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