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Animal-Poke. (open access)

Animal-Poke.

Patent for an animal-poke that is "placed over the animal's neck and provided with spurs, whereby the animal is pricked when he attempts to pass a fence or other barrier" (lines 9-12). This invention doesn't prick the animal while it is grazing and is more comfortable to wear than similar animal-pokes.
Date: January 14, 1896
Creator: Dickey, John S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cattle Stanchion (open access)

Cattle Stanchion

Patent for a cheap and simply constructed cattle stanchions. Illustration included.
Date: July 14, 1903
Creator: Reck, Emile & Reck, John P.
System: The Portal to Texas History