Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators. (open access)

Improvement in Wheel-Cultivators.

Patent for the improvement of wheel-cultivators, combining a plow and cultivator. It includes a description and illustration.
Date: September 19, 1871
Creator: Viars, John A.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Stalk-Pullers. (open access)

Improvement in Stalk-Pullers.

Patent for an improved stalk-puller for use in pulling cotton-stalks in preparing the land for another crop.
Date: September 19, 1876
Creator: Brown, Robert D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in land-drag and clod-crusher. (open access)

Improvement in land-drag and clod-crusher.

Patent for an implement to crush clogs of dirt. Designed to be an improvement on the clod-crusher and drag for which Letters Patent No. 177,476 was granted.
Date: September 19, 1876
Creator: Crockett, John M.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Cotton-Presses (open access)

Improvement in Cotton-Presses

Patent for a new and improved Cotton-Press. The invention relates to the press on which a Patent (No. 150,573) was granted May 5, 1874, to William B. Hollowell. It consists of a duplicate master-wheel on the drum for working the follower; also an improved contrivance for connecting the pitman to the lever and to its pivot, whereby the machine is rendered more efficient and may be lighter for a given strength.
Date: September 19, 1876
Creator: Horn, William Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History