Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 150, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1888 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Hesperian. (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 150, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 20, 1888

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: May 20, 1888
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Stalk-Cutter. (open access)

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Corn and Cotton Stalk Cutters" (lines 5-7). It includes a description and an illustration. The construction of this stalk cutter is "adapted to be driven across the field in the direction of the rows of corn, and the knives may be adjusted to operate on rows of different widths or at different depths, so as to leave only a small stubble in passing over the field" (lines 73-78).
Date: May 20, 1884
Creator: Brown, Azariah R.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History