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Improvement in Stalk-Pullers. (open access)

Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.

Patent for improvement in cotton-stalk pullers with beveled edges for firmer hold on the stalks.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Heacock, Cadwallader
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Sawing-Machines. (open access)

Improvement in Sawing-Machines.

Patent for improved sawing-machine, which can be operated either horizontally or vertically so that trees may be felled and cut up with one machine, the driving mechanism of which is in a protective housing.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Morey, Harvey & Bellah, Samuel H.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Road-Scrapers. (open access)

Improvement in Road-Scrapers.

Patent for a new improvement in the construction of road-scrapers to make them more facilitating, faster, and with less animal power required.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Tate, Thomas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for a new improvement in agricultural plows that will not clog when used with sticky prairie-soil, including illustration.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Ford, Isaac M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Harness. (open access)

Improvement in Harness.

Patent for a new improvement in harness that "enables the detachment of the horse therefrom instantaneously" (lines 8-9) including illustration. It may also be called "safety harness" (line 10).
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Ellis, Ira
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Bale-Ties. (open access)

Improvement in Bale-Ties.

Patent for bale ties that are designed "to have a series of holes in each end portion of the hoop, so that two keys can be used; also so that the hoop can be taken up short and again used on the compressed or repressed bale." (Lines 20-24) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: October 27, 1874
Creator: Jones, Henry B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plows. (open access)

Improvement in Gang-Plows.

Patent for an improved gang-plow with an adjustable crank-axle, mechanism to raise and lock the plows, and a brace for increasing rigidity.
Date: January 27, 1874
Creator: Cummins, Allison G. & Cummins, John R.
System: The Portal to Texas History