Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: February 7, 1905
Creator: Woods, John Bell
System: The Portal to Texas History
Brace For Heel Sweeps (open access)

Brace For Heel Sweeps

Patent for a brace to be used with the class of agricultural implements known as 'heelsweeps'. Illustration included.
Date: February 12, 1907
Creator: Ingram, John H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Walking Seed-Planter. (open access)

Walking Seed-Planter.

Patent for a walking seed-planter. It has a frame, a supporting-wheel between two beams of the frame, a seed-slide with forwardly-projecting arms and blocks that are engaged by cams, a hopper that overlies the seed-slide, springs attached to the hopper and the seed-slide that return the slide to its usual position, a pin that limits the seed-slide's movement, shovels on the frame, a seed-spout, a bolt that holds the frame together, and brace-rods.
Date: February 4, 1896
Creator: White, Lee
System: The Portal to Texas History
Potato-Cutter. (open access)

Potato-Cutter.

Patent for a potato cutter for dividing seed potatoes into sections for planting.
Date: February 25, 1908
Creator: Wheeler, Melley M.
System: The Portal to Texas History