AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, MECHANIC ARTS,
INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT, COMMERCE,

AND

GENERAL LITERATURE.

Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts are the basis of Civilization.

M. TARVER AND T. F. RISK,
EDITORS AND PROPRIETORS.

VOL. I.

PUBLISHED MONTHLY.

ST. LOUIS:

CHARLES & HAMMOND, PRINTERS, CORNER MAIN AND OLIVE STREETS.

1848.

Economy and Habits of Plants,

Manufacture of Iron in St. Louis-Iron Mountain, &c.,

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Breweries in St. Louis,

Hops-Cultivation and Quantity consumed in St. Louis,

Grimsley's Dragoon Saddle-Tree,

Blow's White Lead Factory,

Distilleries in St. Louis,

Manufacture of Cotton in the South and West,

Natural Laws of Commerce,

Progress of the American Cheese Trade,

Effects of Frost on Vegetation,

Where shall we find a Market for our surplus Grain,