Lowrie lectured on natural science and agriculture at Gordon's College, Aberdeen then was appointed principal of the Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia, where he made a special study of the effects of fallowing and the use of water soluble phosphates as fertilizer.
Lowrie lectured on natural science and agriculture at Gordon's College, Aberdeen. In 1887 he was appointed Professor at the Roseworthy Agricultural College, South Australia, where he made a special study of the effects of fallowing and the use of water soluble phosphates as fertilizer.