Exhibit 23.1


                          CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
                                           
                                           
Board of Directors
The Toro Company:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements of 
The Toro Company on Forms S-3 and S-8 (File Nos. 33-26268, 33-31586, 33-38308,
33-44668, 33-51563, 33-55550, 33-59563,  33-62743, 333-4521, and 333-20901) of
our report dated February 18, 1997, on our audit of the combined balance sheet
of the James Hardie Irrigation Group as of March 31, 1996 and the related
combined statements of operations and cash flows for the fiscal year ended March
31, 1996, which report appears elsewhere in this Form 8K/A.

                                       
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.


Los Angeles, California
February 18, 1997