Resource Type

Bridle-Bit. (open access)

Bridle-Bit.

Patent for a bridle bit that holds and manages vicious horses and that can be adjusted to also fit a calf or colt.
Date: December 19, 1911
Creator: Smith, John T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Seeder and Planter. (open access)

Seeder and Planter.

Patent for a seeder and planter improvement. The invention "produce an improved leveling board to be used in connection therewith the purpose of leveling soil and crushing clods and for the additional purpose of regulating the depth to which the seed shall be planted." (lines 9-14)
Date: December 23, 1913
Creator: Mallory, Merideth T.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Harrow. (open access)

Harrow.

Patent for "a simple, inexpensive and efficient implement by which roots of weeds and obnoxious grasses may be removed from the ground and destroyed," while also leaving the ground plowed (lines 9-12). The object also provides a simple way to remove accumulation of roots that generally clog implements of this type.
Date: December 3, 1918
Creator: Garrett, Jefferson D.
System: The Portal to Texas History