Cotton Chopper, Scraper, and Cultivator (open access)

Cotton Chopper, Scraper, and Cultivator

Patent for improvements so that the "choppers may be raised, in order to leave standing such of the growth of the cotton as is necessary, or while turning corners; third, in means hereinafter to be described, by which the depth at which the scrapers and choppers run into the ground maybe adjusted" (lines 16-22).
Date: May 6, 1890
Creator: Ellis, David P,
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tool for Building Wire Fences. (open access)

Tool for Building Wire Fences.

Patent for a simple and effective tool used for building wire fences that is "a nail holding and driving device, a measuring attachment, and a wire cutter" (lines 12-14).
Date: May 15, 1894
Creator: Highsmith, Lewis C.
System: The Portal to Texas History