Henry Cantwell Wallace (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Henry Cantwell Wallace 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, who would follow in his footsteps as Secretary of Agriculture under President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He was editor of Wallaces' Farmer 1916-1921.Son of Henry Wallace, who was a prominent farm journalist and counselor to statesmen, Henry C. Wallace was born in Rock Island, Illinois. His grandfather, John Wallace, was an immigrant from County Antrim, Ireland . 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