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RAGBRAI began in 1973 when Des Moines Register feature writers John Karras and Donald Kaul decided to go on a bicycle ride across Iowa. Both men were avid cyclists. Karras challenged Kaul to do the ride and write articles about what he experienced. Kaul agreed to do it, but only if Karras also did the ride.
But Bush Hog was the first. It all began in 1951, when a new rotary cutter was demonstrated to a group of farmers. When one exclaimed, That thing eats bushes like a hog, the name Bush Hog became synonymous with the Selma, Ala. manufacturer whose reputation for quality and performance continues to this day.