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Boll-Weevil Exterminator

Patent for removing dead bolls, insects and other parasites from growing plants.

Date: February 26, 1918

Creator: Harper, William E.

Patent for improvements in dirigible headlights. This headlight is used for automobiles and self-propelled vehicles where the usual headlights are directed to throw their beams of light in the direction of travel upon actuating the steering mechanism.

Date: September 24, 1918

Creator: Harris, Robert L. & Geeslin, Eli M.

Apparatus for Destroying Insects.

Patent for improvements to a device for exterminating insects, in particular corn weevils, including illustrations.

Date: March 13, 1917

Creator: Geeslin, Robert Worn

HARROW.

Patent for new attachment for the foot of a harrow, including illustration.

Date: June 16, 1914

Creator: Glover, Henry M.

Resilient Wheel

Patent for the improvement of resilient wheels meant to be applied to any vehicle running gear. Resilient wheel will allow tire to move freely and absorb shocks.

Date: March 9, 1915

Creator: Burgess, Richard H.

Stalk Cutter

Patent for a stalk cutter taht could be fixed to a plow, so that it could simultaneously cut stalks and plow.

Date: October 31, 1916

Creator: Cline, Milton G. & Martin, Jadie A.

Ventilator

Patent for Ventilator

Date: September 12, 1916

Creator: Curtis, Thomas R

Insect-Collecting Attachment.

Patent for an insect-collecting attachment for cultivators and similar equipment, with an illustration. The attachment is designed to "shake loose the insects from the plant and to collect said insects for removal and destruction." (lines 16-18). Specific plants that are ridden with insects are particularly difficult to remove, hence the creation of this attachment which will shake the stems of the plants, dislodge the insects and collect them in a receptacle.

Date: October 23, 1917

Creator: Stebbins, Benjamin F. & Forehand, Blake W.

Riding-Cultivator.

Patent for improvements in riding-cultivators in which the cultivator is “capable of easy adjustment so that each part may be placed independently of other parts in position for most thorough service” (Lines 15-18). Illustration is included.

Date: July 1, 1913

Creator: Kennemer, James O.