A short newspaper item from the 1840s on carpet manufacturing in the United States. It reports a proposal to build a steam carpet mill near Boston, with Winnissimet named as a possible site, and says American carpets match imported ones in machinery, colors, designs and materials. The text cuts off mid-sentence at the end of the page.

A short 1847 magazine article describing the grunting ox, or yak, of Tibet, with an engraving. It covers the animal's range, appearance, long hair, temperament, and its use by Tartar nomads for carrying loads, butter, and tents and ropes made from its hide. A second section describes the musk ox of North America as a comparable long-haired animal.

A short 1846 magazine item on hemp as an emerging staple crop of the American West. It reprints a New York mercantile circular advising farmers on preparing dew-rotted hemp for market by hackling it to remove tow and shives, bundling it in tied hands, and baling it in the manner of Russian hemp. It also gives prices obtained, about 6 to 6½ cents per pound, and notes that tow and inferior hemp can be used at home for bale rope and bagging.