Hay-Rake (open access)

Hay-Rake

Patent for a horse hay rake that can be folded and extended. Illustrations included.
Date: May 23, 1911
Creator: Lewallen, Edward D.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Insect-Exterminator (open access)

Insect-Exterminator

Patent for a device exterminating boll weevils and other insects, which infest cotton and other crops. The device produces new means for producing fumigating gas, and its delivery mechanism. An improved driving mechanism for the device, which connects to a blower, is also part of the patent.
Date: May 30, 1916
Creator: Rawls, Theophilus M. & Miller, Robert A.
System: The Portal to Texas History