The Weekly Brazos Pilot. (Bryan, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 27, 1883 (open access)

The Weekly Brazos Pilot. (Bryan, Tex.), Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 27, 1883

Weekly newspaper from Bryan, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: June 27, 1883
Creator: Clark, Luther W.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Plow. (open access)

Plow.

Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "has for its object to produce a plow which shall scour or clean itself readily in sticky soil and shall be Light of draft. To this end it consists in the construction and combination of the point and mold-board of a plow" (lines 8-13).
Date: July 3, 1883
Creator: Simpson, George
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Seed Planter. (open access)

Combined Corn and Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design is "to simplify the means employed for providing at will recesses of different depths in the wheel, and also to provide means whereby a recess of both greater width and depth can be provided for cotton-seed than for corn, whereby the cotton-seed can be fed from the hopper in a more certain, free, and efficient manner than heretofore" (lines 23-31).
Date: March 20, 1883
Creator: Holland, Joseph J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History