Boll Weevil Catcher. (open access)

Boll Weevil Catcher.

Patent for an insect-catching device with collection receptacles that operates on skids for better maneuverability in fields.
Date: March 30, 1920
Creator: Stukes, John Marion
System: The Portal to Texas History
Grass Destroyer (open access)

Grass Destroyer

Patent for mechanical grass destroying equipment. This machine produces the results of harrowers, diggers and plows to destroy unwanted plants such as Bermuda and Jackson grass by "sifting the earth off their roots and dropping it back on the ground, and collecting the tops and the roots." (lines 15-17).
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Coker, Alvin
System: The Portal to Texas History