Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry. (open access)

Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry.

This document provides information on managing external parasites in livestock and poultry.
Date: April 2000
Creator: Hoelscher, Clifford E.; Patrick, Carl D. & Robinson, James V.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Cotton Gin. (open access)

Cotton Gin.

Patent for a new and improved cotton gin. This design "has for its object to so attach the front and rollers to the device that the rollers may be cleaned and freed from trash, burrs, and seed, when necessary, without stopping the gin" (lines 14-18).
Date: April 11, 1882
Creator: Boatwright, Thomas
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Combined Faucet and Automatic Toy. (open access)

Combined Faucet and Automatic Toy.

Patent for a new and improved faucet with a toy attachment. This design "relates to faucets for soda-fountains and the like; and it consists in providing the same with a jointed figure or automaton adapted to be operated by the escaping fluid" (lines 21-25).
Date: April 25, 1882
Creator: Zanetti, Fortonato Clemente
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tierra Grande, Volume 13, Number 2, April 2006 (open access)

Tierra Grande, Volume 13, Number 2, April 2006

This is a quarterly journal provided to real estate licensees covering information related to various aspects of real estate buying and ownership in Texas. Articles in this issue looks at possible uncertainty in the healthy Texas market, peace of mind for Texans in the housing bubble, groundwater conservation districts, migration to Texas, home appreciation, tax-free exchanges for principal residences, decline in Texas issued licencees, and adverse possession in Texas statutes.
Date: April 2006
Creator: Texas A & M University. Real Estate Center.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tierra Grande, Volume 8, Number 2, April 2001 (open access)

Tierra Grande, Volume 8, Number 2, April 2001

This is a quarterly journal provided to real estate licensees covering information related to various aspects of real estate buying and ownership in Texas. Articles in this issue cover issues on details on home buyers, trends driving towards specialized medical facilities, Flower Mound, spetic systems, converting contaminated properties, I-69, pension funds investing in real estate, appraisal, growth in Texas, and ownership of ground water.
Date: April 2001
Creator: Texas A & M University. Real Estate Center.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Battalion, Volume 7, Numbers 7-8, April-May 1900 (open access)

The Battalion, Volume 7, Numbers 7-8, April-May 1900

Monthly literary journal of A. & M. College of Texas containing original short stories, essays, poetry, and other creative works written by students.
Date: April 1900
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Austin Society.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Battalion, Volume 29, Number 30, April 1921 (open access)

The Battalion, Volume 29, Number 30, April 1921

Monthly literary journal of A. & M. College of Texas containing original short stories, essays, poetry, and other creative works written by students.
Date: April 29, 1921
Creator: Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas. Austin Society.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles. (open access)

Improvement in Fifth-Wheels for Vehicles.

Patent for improvements made to fifth-wheels for vehicles, including illustrations.
Date: April 29, 1879
Creator: Findley, James W. & Bowles, Talbot M.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History
Improvement in Gang-Plow. (open access)

Improvement in Gang-Plow.

Patent for improvement in gang-plow by using an adjustable slotted cross-bar to enable the “plow-beams to oscillate, so that their landsides are always vertical, however uneven the ground may be.” (Lines 20-21) “This tool can also regulate the depth of the plows in the ground whereby the depth of furrow is adjusted.” (Lines 24-25) Illustration is included.
Date: April 20, 1869
Creator: Hall, Thomas J.
Object Type: Patent
System: The Portal to Texas History