The Toro Co. engages in the provision of solutions for the outdoor environment. The firm designs, manufactures, and markets professional turf maintenance equipment and services; turf irrigation systems; landscaping equipment and lighting; agricultural micro-irrigation systems; rental and construction equipment; and residential yard and snow thrower products. It operates through the following segments: Professional, Residential, and Other. The Professional segment consists of turf and landscape equipment and irrigation products. The Residential segment comprises of walk power mowers, riding mowers, snow throwers, replacement parts, and home solution products which include trimmers, blowers, blower-vacuums, and underground hose-end retail irrigation products. The Other segment involves corporate activities such as general corporate expenditures and unallocated corporate assets and liabilities. The company was founded by John Samuel Clapper and Henry Clay McCartney on July 10, 1914 and is