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Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a new and improved bale tie. This design utilizes a strap-iron binder with notches along the sides that allow for a bail to clamp firmly within them; thus, the bale is fastened.
Date: December 30, 1879
Creator: Johnson, Jordan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.

Patent for a device to destroy "winged insects which are destructive to the cotton plants and other vegetation" (lines 19-21) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 6, 1870
Creator: Byrne, Thomas; Strunk, Diedrich & Schott, J. J.
System: The Portal to Texas History