The Founding of an Agricultural Innovator
In 1901, brothers Charles Butler and Newton Butler established the Butler Manufacturing Company in Kansas City. What began as a modest operation would grow into one of the most influential manufacturing companies in American agricultural history.
The Butler brothers combined ingenuity with practical farming needs, initially focusing their efforts on improving essential farm equipment. Their early work centered on developing a better livestock watering tank—an innovation that addressed a fundamental challenge for farmers and ranchers of the time…