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Horace Bowker (May 13, 1877 in Boston–1954) was a farm economist and businessman, born in Massachusetts and attended Harvard University. He led the American Agricultural Chemical Company from 1918 - 1937 during the Great Depression and was one of the business leaders of 1920s. In 1931, Bowker advocated a 19-year farm relief government-sponsored program to help alleviate over-cultivation and agriculture. Despite the bleak economic conditions, Bowker's tenure saw a doubling in profitability through diversification into chemical products besides fertilizers.

References

1. BOWKER, Horace, in Who's Who in America (1926 edition); p. 315
2. "Bermuda, Thin Soiled, Gives Farmers Lessons". Reading Eagle. June 24, 1932. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
3. Farm Chemicals. 1918. p. 26. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
4. Anthony J. Mayo, Nitin Nohria (2005). In Their Time: The Greatest Business Leaders of the Twentieth Century. Harvard University Press. p. 100. ISBN 1591393450. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
5. "Farmers Urged To Cut Acreage". The Pittsburgh Press. December 6, 1931. Retrieved August 25, 2015.
6. Harvard Business School leadership database, hbs.edu.

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