The Newtown bee., 1899-06-30
AFFAIRS.
Herbert Myrick.
THE CAREER OF A sELF-mADE MAN.

Probably the largest transaction ever made in agricultural journalism in this country was consummated recently when George s. Graves sold his interests in the Phelps Publishing company of Springfield, Mass, and Chicago, and the Orange Judd company of New York, Chicago and Springfield, to Herbert My rick and his associates. By this deal MT Myrick personally comes into the con- trolling interest in these properties. He has been for many years the president of both concerns, and the editor of their various publications.
 The important transaction spoken of above has local interest here as MT Myrick is a son of Rev H. L. Myrick, formerly rector of St Johns church at Sandy Hook.
 The Phelps Publishing company pub fishes a local weekly, the Springfield Homestead, and national semi-monthly, Farm and Home, It's Western edition be- Ing published in Chicago, and it's Eastern edition in Springfield, Mass. It is a Massachusetts corporation with capital stock of S200, GOO, and an enviable record for It's financial success.
 The Orange Judd company is 8 New York corporation with headquarters at 52 Lafayette Place, New York City, where 1t publishes the American Agficul- turist, weekly, for the Middle and South ern states. At Chicago 1t publishes the Orange Judd Farmer, the agricultural weekly of the West. This company also publishes in Springfield the New Eng land Homestead. These three weeklies have nearly 200, ,000 subscribers.
 The Orange Judd company's business was established in 1842 and is known around the world, not only for its peri odicals, but also as publishers of most of the agricultural and rural books, as well as many other standard works.
 No change in the personnel or manage ment of either corporation is involved in this transaction, except that the treasur- ship of the Orange Judd company is taken by Frederick Harris, cashier of the Third National bank of Springfield, while the new treasurer of the Phelps Publishing company is H. H. Bowman, president of the Springfield National bank. These gentlemen, together with W. G. Mcintyre, treasurer of the Hamp- den Loan and Trust company; lilly Haynes, proprietor of the United States hotel in Boston and the Broadway Gen. tral hotel in New York; Howard Mans field, the Brooklyn attorney, are direc- tors.
 William A. Whitney, superintendent of the advertising department of these journals, and James M. Cunningham, superintendent of the subscription de- pertinent, will also go on the board of directors of the Phelps Publishing com pany; and Thomas A. Barrett Ia secre- tarv of and director In the Orange Judd company. Herman Schultz continues as manager of the Orange Judd company's extensive book department, and George B. Briggs, Western manager at Chicago. The corps of editors remains unchanged; {; including A. w. Fulton, commercial ed- itor, assisted by E. w. Snow, statistician at Chicago; pr F. M. Hexamer and c. A. Shamel at New York with Frank Fl. Plumb and George B. Fiske at Spring feld, agricultural editors, while the literary and family features are under the direction of James E. Tower, who alao conducts the Springfield Homestead, with Edward H. Marsh as city editor, and several assistants.
 The Phelps Publishing company has a large printing and publishing plant in Springfield. The hold of It's publications upon the fArA~er and hls family ia shown