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                   UNITED STATES
         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
              Washington, D. C. 20549
       
                   SCHEDULE 13-G
       
       Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
       
               (Amendment No.    4  )
       
       
                        Butler Manufacturing Company                 
                  (Name of Issuer)
       
                        Common Stock                
           (Title of Class of Securities)
       
                     123655-10-2         
                               (CUSIP Number)
                                                         
       
                                                                  
Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement      (A fee
is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on
reporting the beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of
securities described in Item 1; and (2)  has filed no amendment subsequent
thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.)
(See Rule 13d-7).

*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities,
and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be
deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities and
Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act
(however, see the Notes).
                                                  
                                         








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     Name of reporting person: Ryback Management Corporation
     I.R.S.  Identification  No. of  Above Entity 43-1615580



2.        Check Appropriate Box  if  a member of a group*


3.        SEC use only


4.        Citizenship or Place of Organization

           Michigan       

Number of      5.     Sole Voting Power

Shares                  240,000

Beneficially   6.     Shared Voting Power            

Owned by               

Each           7.      Sole Dispositive Power

Reporting                240,000

Person With    8.      Shared Dispositive Power
                        
                                                   
                                                          
9. Aggregate Amount Beneficially owned by each reporting  person:

        240,000 held by Lindner Growth Fund

10.    Check box if the Aggregate amount in Row (9) excludes certain shares:


11.    Percent of  Class Represented by Amount in Row  (9)

                     3.16%
 
12.    Type of Reporting Person

       IA - Ryback Management Corporation  IV - Lindner Growth Fund

sec 1745 (6-80)
                  SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


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                                          SEC  13-G 3 
                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                          SCHEDULE 13G Amendment No.  4

Item 1(a)   Name of Issuer:
            
            Butler Manufacturing Company
        
Item 1(b)   Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
           BMA Tower-Penn Valley Park, P.O. Box 419917
          Kansas City, MO 64141-0917
            
Item 2(a)   Name of Person Filing
            Ryback Management Corporation

Item 2(b)   Address of Principal Business Office:

        7711 Carondelet Ave., Box 16900, St. Louis, MO 63105
 
Item 2(c)   Citizenship:

            Michigan

Items 2(d)  Title and Class of Securities:

            Common Stock

Item 2(e)   CUSIP:

            123655-10-2

Item 3)     This statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b) or, 13d-2(b), 
            on behalf of a:
   
  [X] Investment Company registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company
      Act  (  LINDNER INVESTMENT SERIES TRUST)

  [X] Investment Company Adviser registered under Section 203 of the
     Investment Advisers Act of 1940     (RYBACK MANAGEMENT CORPORATION)
  
Item 4   Ownership:
         The Shares listed below were held in a fiduciary capacity by
         Ryback Management Corporation and/or Lindner Investment Series Trust
         as of December 1, 1997:
     
   (A) Amount beneficially owned: 240,000 shares held by Lindner Growth Fund
   (B) Percent of class:    3.16%
   (C) Number of shares as to which such subject COMPANY has:
     (1)sole power to vote or direct to vote: 240,000
     (2)shared power to vote or direct to vote:
     (3)sole power to dispose of or direct disposition of: 240,000
     (4)shared power to dispose or direct disposition of:  

 Instruction:  For computation regarding securities which represent the right
               to acquire an underlying security see Rule 13d-3(d)(1).


     



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Item 5.  Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class
   
         Lindner Growth Fund (formerly Lindner Fund, Inc.), a registered
         investment company, is no longer the holder of more than five
         percent of the outstanding class of securities.  Lindner Growth Fund
        is a separate series of the Lindner Investment Series Trust.
   

Item 6.  Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person.
         Not Applicable
     
Item 7.  Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary which Acquired
         the Security Being Reported On By the Parent Holding Company.
          See Item 3

Item 8.  Identification and Classification of Members of the Group.
         Not Applicable

Item 9.  Notice of Dissolution of Group
         Not Applicable

Item 10.  Certification
           
           By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and
           belief, the securities referred to above were acquired in the
           ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose
           of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the   
           control of the issuer of such securities and were not acquired in
           connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such
           purposes or effect.

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify
that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.

DATED: December 5, 1997          

                        /s/  Eric E. Ryback, President
                           Ryback Management Corporation
                           Lindner Investment Series Trust
                           (314) 727-5305