Insect-Collecting Machine. (open access)

Insect-Collecting Machine.

Patent for a machine to collect insects such as cotton-bool weevils and other pests from crops.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Ferriott, Charley L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Means for Equalizing the Distribution of Cotton in Cotton-Boxes (open access)

Means for Equalizing the Distribution of Cotton in Cotton-Boxes

Patent for an invention to equalize the distribution of cotton into cotton boxes. The invention uses air-draft elevators in-order to relieve jams and chocked conditions in the elevator-shaft. Illustration included.
Date: July 7, 1903
Creator: Stephenson, Miner Allen
System: The Portal to Texas History