Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters. (open access)

Gearing for Peanut-Harvesters.

Patent for an improved type of gearing for peanut harvesters, with illustrations.
Date: November 6, 1917
Creator: Brummett, Sinclair H.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Soil survey of Eastland County, Texas (open access)

Soil survey of Eastland County, Texas

Text describes climate, agriculture, and soils of Eastland County, Texas.
Date: 1917
Creator: Smith, William G.; Agee, J. H.; Watkins, W. I. & Rockie, W. A.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Soil map, Texas, Eastland County sheet

Map displays soil types along with creeks, towns, schools, churches, roads, railroads, mines, and oil well prospects. Includes legend and symbols.
Date: 1917
Creator: United States. Bureau of Soils.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Draft-Equalizer (open access)

Draft-Equalizer

Patent for a device that can be attached to the draft tongue of an animal-drawn agricultural machine to equalize resistance and allow it to be drawn evenly in a straight line.
Date: December 25, 1917
Creator: Butts, Jim P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peanut Planter. (open access)

Peanut Planter.

Patent for improvements to peanut-planters in order to plant peanuts without removing or crushing the hulls.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Little, Thomas Dewitt
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History