EXHIBIT 24




                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

    The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Kendrick B. Melrose, J.
Lawrence McIntyre and Stephen P. Wolfe, and each or any one of them, his true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution, for
him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities to sign
Amendment No. 1 to its Registration Statement on Form S-8, relating to The
Toro Company Investment and Savings Plan (Registration No. 33-59563), to be
filed by The Toro Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission with
respect to an offering of up to 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock and related
Preferred Share Purchase Rights, and to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to the Registration Statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys-in-fact, and each of them, full power and authority to do and
perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in
and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as I might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact, or any one of them, or their or his substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney
this 18th day of November, 1998.


RONALD O. BAUKOL
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Ronald O. Baukol


ROBERT C. BUHRMASTER
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Robert C. Buhrmaster


WINSLOW H. BUXTON
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Winslow H. Buxton


CHRISTOPHER A. TWOMEY
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Christopher A. Twomey