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Seed planter. (open access)

Seed planter.

Patent for the improvement of seed planters, according to the inventor, "by providing the hopper of the same with regulating devices, whereby the seed may be planted in desired quantities and at desired intervals".
Date: February 9, 1886
Creator: Ratliff, John W.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seed Planter. (open access)

Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "the combination, with a supporting-frame, of a revolving hopper, comprising circular heads connected by cross-bars having recesses, circular strips inclosing the cross-bars and leaving a space between their inner ends, flanges secured between and projecting through the circular strips and leaving a space between them, a slotted plate located on one of the bars of the frame and having its end located between the flanges, and a set-screw for clamping the plate in place" (lines 92-103).
Date: November 30, 1886
Creator: Holland, Willis Asa
System: The Portal to Texas History