Box. (open access)

Box.

Patent for a metal, rural, mail carrier supply box with various compartments for different supplies.
Date: February 16, 1909
Creator: Dullye, August V. & Woodrome, George H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in seed-planters. (open access)

Improvement in seed-planters.

Patent for a seed planter that drops seeds into the plow furrow, where a roller covers the seeds with dirt. Includes illustrations.
Date: February 17, 1874
Creator: Pressly, Thompson
System: The Portal to Texas History
Poison - Distributer (open access)

Poison - Distributer

Patent for a new and improved poison-distributer. This design is to "provide a machine for distributing poison or a fertilizer to the plants at each side of the furrow through which the machine may be drawn" (line 7 - 9).
Date: February 8, 1898
Creator: Richter, Frank L.
System: The Portal to Texas History