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The oldest son of Henry C. Wallace, who served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture from 1921 to 1924, Henry A. Wallace was born in rural Iowa in 1888. After graduating from Iowa State University in 1910, he worked as a writer and editor for his family's farm journal, Wallaces' Farmer .
The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC), also known as the National Agricultural Research Center, [3] is a unit of the United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service. It is located in unincorporated Prince George's County, Maryland, [4] with sections within the Beltsville census-designated place.
Henry Cantwell Wallace (May 11, 1866 – October 25, 1924) was an American farmer, journalist, and political activist who served as the secretary of agriculture from 1921 to 1924 under Republican presidents Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge.
The Wallace House at 756 16th St. in Sherman Hill was the home of Henry A. Wallace's grandfather, the first of three Henry Wallaces who were influential in Iowa agriculture and politics.
Catalpa, generally known as Wallace Farm, is a historic farm located near the small city of Orient, Iowa, United States.It is associated with Henry Cantwell Wallace, who owned and operated the influential agricultural publication Wallaces' Farmer, and served as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture (1921-1924).
In 1926, farm journal editor and future U.S. Vice President Henry A. Wallace, along with a group of Des Moines, Iowa businessmen, [1] founded the Hi-Bred Corn Company. The group included Henry's brother James W. Wallace, Fred Lehmann, J. J. Newlin, Simon Casady Jr. and George Kurtzweil. [2]
Wallace and Henry C. Taylor, head of the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, rallied behind the plan, which formed the basis for the bill introduced by McNary of Oregon and Representative Haugen of Iowa, both Republicans. The basic idea of the bill was an equalization fee.
Henry's son, Henry Cantwell Wallace, and his son, Henry A. Wallace—later a Cabinet secretary and vice president under Franklin Delano Roosevelt—served as editors. The first issue of the combined Wallaces Farmer and Iowa Homestead came out in October 1929, as the stock market began to crash .