biography
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Wallace, Henry Cantwell
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| lived:
| (1866–1924)
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| biography:
| Journalist and cabinet member, born in Rock Island, Illinois, USA. A farmer and professor of dairying at Iowa State Agricultural College, with his family he published Wallace's Farmer (1894–1924). His political and scientific writings influenced farm organizations. Secretary of agriculture (1921–4), he emphasized matching farm production to consumption, championed agricultural education, and instituted the bureau of agricultural economics, the bureau of home economics, and radio market reports. |
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