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Herbert Myrick (1860 - 1927) was an editor and publisher. He served as president and editor-in-chief of the Phelps Publishing Company.[1] The Library of Congress has a photo of him.[2] He wrote books on various agricultural and business subjects including the commercial cultivation of corn, hops, sugar, federal loans available for agriculture, turkeys, and tobacco.[3] He served as secretary of the Farmers League.[4][5] He founded the Farmers' Political League in 1901.[6]

The Met museum has one of his books in their collection.[7]

Writings

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  • "Creating New Industries" (1901)[7]
  • Cache La Poudre - The Romance of a Tenderfoot in the Days of Custer (1905) illustrated by Edward Deming (Edwin Deming?)
  • "The Real Meaning of Prosperity" (1905)[8]
  • "The American Sugar Industry" [9]
  • Tobacco Leaf, Its Culture and Cure, Marketing and Manufacture: A Practical Handbook On the Most Approved Methods in Growing, Harvesting, Curing, ... Selling (1923)
  • The Hop - Its Culture and Cure Marketing and Manufacture
  • A Swim For Life, pseudonym Uncle Ted?
  • Turkey and How to Grow Them
  • "Rural Credits System for the United States"
  • The Book of Corn
  • A Revolution in Agriculture

References

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  1. ^ "Herbert Myrick House, Springfield, Mass - Lost New England". Lost New England. 24 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Herbert Myrick". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  3. ^ "No label defined".
  4. ^ Ashby, N. B. (November 25, 1890). "The Riddle of the Sphinx: A Discussion of the Economic Questions Relating to Agriculture, Land, Transportation, Money, Taxation, and Cost of Interchange: a Consideration of Possible Remedies for Existing Inequalities, and an Outline of the Position of Agriculture in the Industrial World; with a Comprehensive History of the Leading Farm Organizations, Their Constitutions and By-laws". Industrial Publishing Company – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Allen, Emory Adams (November 25, 1891). "Labor and Capital: Containing an Account of the Various Organizations of Farmers, Planters, and Mechanics, for Mutual Improvement and Protection Against Monopoly". Central publishing house – via Google Books.
  6. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1927/07/07/archives/herbert-myrick-66-publisher-is-dead-backed-agricultural-periodicals.html
  7. ^ a b "Herbert Myrick | Creating New Industries."
  8. ^ "The real meaning of prosperity. By Herbert Myrick. 1909. [Edition from "Farm and Home." Chicago and Springfield, Mass.: Phelps Publishing Co.]". Library of Congress.
  9. ^ "The American sugar industry". Library of Congress.
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