An interview with Harold Steele / Harold Steele ; Don Shandrow, interviewer. 2008.

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An interview with Harold Steele / Harold Steele ; Don Shandrow, interviewer. 2008.

An interview of Harold Steele conducted by Don Shandrow for the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library. Topics discussed include diversified agriculture; University of Illinois; ROTC; Field Artillery Basic Training; 89th Infantry Division; Margery (Whiteley) Steele; threshing machine; the invention of the combine; hog confinement; Smithfield; Prairie Farmer Magazine; land-grant college system; Illinois Farm Bureau; Illinois Agriculture Association; Farm Week; farm credit system; Archer Daniels Midland Company; international agricultural market; trade missions; Meat Export Federation; Ronald Reagan; Farm Bill; and Farm Credit Administration.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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