Resource Type

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.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Medicated Salt Brick. (open access)

Medicated Salt Brick.

Patent for a formula for a livestock salt brick that purports improve animal health. The formula includes salt, clay, sulfur, saltpeter, copperas, nux vomica, and santonin.
Date: February 24, 1903
Creator: Eaton, James B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Lowering or Raising Drill Disks or Plows. (open access)

Means for Lowering or Raising Drill Disks or Plows.

Patent for a means of raising and lowering drill disks on plows to allow the machine to travel and not get tangled in obstructions such as underbrush or rocks.
Date: February 2, 1909
Creator: Burks, William Edward
System: The Portal to Texas History