Henry Cantwell Wallace

Henry Cantwell Wallace

Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Henry Cantwell Wallace


order=7th
title=United States Secretary of Agriculture
term_start=March 5, 1921
term_end=October 25, 1924
predecessor=Edwin T. Meredith
successor=Howard M. Gore
birth_date=1866
birth_place=Rock Island, Illinois, USA
death_date=1924
death_place=USA
party=
spouse=
profession=
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Henry Cantwell Wallace (1866–1924) was a United States farm leader. He served as the Secretary of Agriculture between 1921 and 1924. He was the father of Henry Agard Wallace. He was editor of "Wallaces' Farmer" 1916 - 1921.

Son of "Uncle Henry", who was a prominent farm journalist and counselor to statesmen, Henry C. (Harry) Wallace was born in Rock Island, Illinois. He graduated from and was a professor of dairy science at Iowa State College. He farmed near Orient, Iowa, where his son Henry A. Wallace was born. Harry handled much of the daily details at "Wallaces' Farmer" and became editor when his father died. Harry Wallace helped establish 4-H clubs and extension programs in Iowa, and helped start the Iowa Farm Bureau.

He served as the longtime president of the Cornbelt Meat Producers Association. Appointed Secretary of Agriculture by President Warren G. Harding in 1921, Harry Wallace promoted programs for American farmers struggling against over-production and the collapse of farm prices following the first World War. His book, "Our Debt and Duty to the Farmer", was published posthumously.


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