The reminiscences of Howard R. Tolley

Agricultural economist. Topics include: early life and teaching in Indiana; Office of Farm Management; development of bureaus in Department of Agriculture; Bureau of Agricultural Economics, 1915-29, 1938-43; Division of Agricultural Engineering; tariff policy; farm organizations; Secretaries Henry A. Wallace and William Jardine; outlook work; Giannini Foundation, University of California, 1930-33, 1935-36; Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-35, 1936-38; Office of Price Administration; interim commission of the Food and Agriculture Organization.