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Compound For Destroying Boll Weevils (open access)

Compound For Destroying Boll Weevils

Patent for a compound that destroys boll weevils.
Date: August 30, 1904
Creator: Kitchen, George C. & Brockman, J. B.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bale-Tie. (open access)

Bale-Tie.

Patent for a bale-fastening device that "may be applied with facility to a cotton-bale or to an equivalent package." (lines 9-11) including instructions and illustrations. The tie comprises "a band, a key engaged with the band and rotatable to coil the same therearound, and a lock fitted upon the band and engaged with the key to prevent reverse rotation thereof" (lines 105-109).
Date: August 30, 1898
Creator: Campbell, Douglas M.
System: The Portal to Texas History