THE

WESTERN JOURNAL.

OF

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. :

Moral Uses of Plants,

Economy and Habits of Plants,

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

Manufacture of Flour in St. Louis,

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36

53

Hops-Cultivation and Quantity consumed in St. Louis,

Grimsley's Dragoon Saddle-Tree,

Blow's White Lead Factory,

96

97

99

Where shall we find a Market for our surplus Grain,

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