Peanut-Digger. (open access)

Peanut-Digger.

Patent for machine that extracts peanuts while avoiding losing nitrogen from the root in the process. Machine severs plants from the roots and raises the whole plant in order to release loose dirt, then gathers the. plants using a rake-like mechanism.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Smith, Morman J. & Browder, Benjamin F.
System: The Portal to Texas History