Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters. (open access)

Drop-Feed for Seeders and Planters.

Patent for a drop feed device that dispenses individual seeds (particularly peas) for planting. It attaches to a planter, dropping seeds when activated by the motion of the planter's wheels. A seed guard prevents clogging.
Date: September 25, 1917
Creator: Johnson, Mat P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flour-Bin. (open access)

Flour-Bin.

Patent for a flour-bin that keeps the flour and meal separated and sifts them separately. This patent has "a novel formation of a stirrer to prevent the banking of the flour or meal in the bin, and which can be cheaply manufactured and when in use will offer a minimum amount of resistance to the contents of the bin agitated thereby" (lines 16-21). The bin is easily cleaned.
Date: September 17, 1895
Creator: Patton, James Monre
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, September 2011 (open access)

Primary Care Case Management Primary Care Provider and Hospital List: Metroplex, September 2011

List of Primary Care Case Management program approved primary care providers, hospitals, specialists, and family planning providers, located in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Primary Care Case Management
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Ribbon and Lace Show Cabinet. (open access)

Ribbon and Lace Show Cabinet.

Patent for a new and improved showcase for merchants. This design obviates "the necessity of frequent handling of the goods . . . and much time is saved in the exhibition of them, and in taking account of stock, and the cabinet aids in selling the goods, as they are exhibited by it to a greater advantage than when laid out upon the counter in boxes or kept in boxes placed in an ordinary show-case" (lines 80-87).
Date: September 19, 1882
Creator: Lowry, Lucien P.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region (open access)

Texas Regional Outlook, 2002: The Metroplex Region

Report on economic forecast and outlook for the Metroplex Region describing expected economic change for various industries, employment growth, and county-level analyses.
Date: September 2002
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History