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Device for Killing Boll-Weevils (open access)

Device for Killing Boll-Weevils

Patent for a "means for destroying weevils, vermin, and the like that thrive in cotton fields" (lines 10-11). Illustrations included.
Date: September 1, 1908
Creator: Rosson, William L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cultivator Attachment (open access)

Cultivator Attachment

Patent for an attachment for a cotton cultivator that comprises of, among other objects, cotton chopper blades. Illustrations included.
Date: December 22, 1908
Creator: Patrick, Henry N.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Calendar (open access)

Calendar

Patent for a circular perpetual calendar.
Date: April 14, 1908
Creator: Rowe, Charles E.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaner, Feeder, and Separator Elevator (open access)

Cotton Cleaner, Feeder, and Separator Elevator

Patent for a machine designed to take and clean cotton from a cotton supply, and then feed it directly into a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date: May 19, 1908
Creator: Carmouche, Emile A.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Cleaner and Gin-Feeder (open access)

Cotton-Cleaner and Gin-Feeder

Patent for a machine that cleans cotton and feeds it into a cotton gin. Illustrations included.
Date: September 8, 1908
Creator: Sheppard, James M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Cleaning and Feeding Mechanism (open access)

Cotton Cleaning and Feeding Mechanism

Patent for a mechanism designed to cleanse cotton of dust or other foreign particles or objects before being fed. Illustrations included.
Date: May 12, 1908
Creator: Lumpkin, Robert B.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper (open access)

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.
Date: April 21, 1908
Creator: Barnett, James Samuel
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with two independently operated plows on the front.
Date: November 3, 1908
Creator: Ferriott, Charles L.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper with hoes on a shaft, which turns and that makes a straight furrow.
Date: March 31, 1908
Creator: Smith, Calvin Ewing
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which can operate in uneven soil and attaches to a cultivator.
Date: July 28, 1908
Creator: Allen, John W.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which has a rotary blade for cutting cotton and blades which can be raised to different levels for different depths of soil.
Date: March 10, 1908
Creator: Williams, John Scott
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Chopper (open access)

Cotton Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustration included.
Date: August 4, 1908
Creator: Gresham, Louis David
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Chopper. (open access)

Cotton-Chopper.

Patent for a cotton chopper, which cuts the stalks with a sliding cut and has multiple blades that are adjustable.
Date: March 24, 1908
Creator: Henry, Reeves
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History