Insect-Destroyer. (open access)

Insect-Destroyer.

Patent for an insect destroyer specifically for use in removing boll weevils from cotton plants by shaking them off the plants and sucking them up with suction tubes which deliver them to a crushing mechanism.
Date: February 18, 1908
Creator: Peek, Joseph S.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interviews with Charles A. Schreiner, 1998 (open access)

Oral History Interviews with Charles A. Schreiner, 1998

Interview with Charles A. Schreiner, III, a rancher and businessman from Kerr County, Texas. The interview includes Schreiner's recollection of Kerr County history and his experiences as a rancher in Texas and Montana. A Schreiner family tree, photographs, and newspaper clippings relating to Schreiner are also included.
Date: February 18, 1998
Creator: Hedgpeth, Don; Stacy, William G. & Schreiner, Charles A., III
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History