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Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers. (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers.

Patent for new and valuable improvement in cotton-worm-poison distributer (distributor) to secure to a saddle upon a horse.
Date: December 29, 1874
Creator: Willie, William T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Insect-Destroyers. (open access)

Improvement in Insect-Destroyers.

Patent for "machines which are designed for distributing poison-dust over the leaves of plants for the destruction of insects, especially the worms which prey on the cotton-plant." (Lines 11-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 29, 1874
Creator: Eldridge, Frank A.
System: The Portal to Texas History