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[Rooster]
Photograph of a rooster taken through a fence.
[News Script: Rooster]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about a rooster with horns.
[News Script: If You Can't Shoot Them, Raise Them]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Police Sergeant J. A. Davis' hobby of raising quail and pheasants.
[News Script: Accident Report May be Fowled Up]
Script from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about an accident involving a truck belonging to the Fort Worth Poultry and Egg Company. Over three-thousand chickens survived the crash, while about sixty died. James King and Sullivan Mills, two workmen, were not injured. William Edwards and John Anderson were treated for minor injuries.
[News Script: Pigeons]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about the Lone Star Flying Pigeon Club of Dallas' award ceremony.
Man Holding Chicken in front of Car; Man with Dog
Copy negative of two pictures. One is of a young African American man holding a chicken in front of a car and trailer with trees in the background. The second picture is of an African American man in front of a house with a dog standing on a box.
Coop or Crate.
Patent for crates or coops for poultry that are easily assembled and disassembled, pack tightly, and are cheap and lightweight.
Automatic Poultry-Disinfector
Patent for an automatic poultry disinfector that is applied to the chickens necks while they are eating.
Coop or Crate.
Patent for a collapsible coop or crate for transporting poultry with secure attachments when in the folded out position.
Combined Animal-Trap and Chicken-Coop.
Patent for a combined animal trap and chicken coop, which has a compartment attached to the coop that is a trap for rats and other animals.
Chicken-Roost.
Patent for a chicken roost, which has a receptacle for droppings that is easily cleaned.
Foldable Shipping-Crate.
Patent for a foldable shipping crate for shipping poultry or produce, which folds open and shut easily.
Coop or Crate
Patent for a folding crate used for transporting livestock. Illustrations included.
Brooder
Patent for a brooder which prevents chicks from entering after a certain number have gone through the door.
Chicken-Roost
Patent for an improved chicken roost.
Fumigator.
Patent for an egg-shaped fumigator for fumigating chicken nests.
Cleaning Implement.
Patent for a cleaning tool for cleaning chicken coops, sidewalk edges, or removing ice, which combines a scraper/digger, broom, and brush and which fits in small spaces.
Folding Crate and Coop
Patent for a crate that can be compactly folded and locked together, and may also be used as a coop.
Folding Crate and Coop
Patent for a folding crate and coop. Illustrations included.
Feed-Trough
Patent for a feed trough for chickens and other small animals.
Managing External Parasites of Texas Livestock and Poultry.
This document provides information on managing external parasites in livestock and poultry.
Economic Impact of the Texas Poultry Industry
This document provides information on the impact of the Texas Poultry Industry to the economy.
[Mrs. Dena Collins with Turkeys]
Photograph of a woman kneeling down in a room full of turkeys. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Mrs. Dena Collins, Home Dem. Club member and poultry demonstrator, Pilot Knob Community, Travis Co."
[People Washing Dishes Outdoors]
Photograph of a man and two women in a yard washing dishes in large pots outdoors. A dog is lying down in the foreground and several chickens are walking in the yard. Visible behind them are some wooden shacks or sheds.
[Woman with Chickens]
Photograph of a woman leaning over in a yard to tend to the chickens around her. A shack or chicken coop is in the yard. Fields are in the background.
[Children Feeding Chickens]
Photograph of a boy and girl feeding chickens in a yard. Small shacks or chicken coops are visible in the background.
[Chickens in Cages]
Photograph of chickens in a row of cages sitting on top of a long, low table. Most likely they are at the Travis County Annual Food and Livestock Show.
People in Front of House
Copy negative of the Tom and Josie Clark family standing outside in front of their house with a wagon, mule, horses, and chickens.
Man in Farm Yard
Copy negative of William Andrew Buchanan standing in a farm yard feeding chickens. There is a piece of equipment on the right, and fences, a house, and trees are in the background.
[News Clip: Prairie Chicken]
B-roll video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
[Ducks and horse-drawn cart (1)]
Photograph of two horses attached to a cart at the base of silos. There is a group of ducks in the foreground. Narrative by Junebug Clark: Corn being delivered to the Jack Daniels Distillery grain silos always attracts a herd of ducks from the nearby creeks and ponds. This print was created using Joe's "Impro" technique. A process that drops mid-tones from and image. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS. Signed by: Joe Clark, HBSS Clark PhotoFile: 7305-4 impro
[The Gate to Grandpa's Outhouse (3)]
Photograph of three chickens in a field, taken at the Clark family farm Cumberland Gap, Tennessee during the 1950's. The gate leads to the outhouse which stands behind the chickens. This photo appears in the center of the Joe Clark, HBSS book “Early American Architecture. Photo by: Joe Clark, HBSS.
[Baby Chicks]
Photograph of baby chickens in an Arkansas hatchery. Photo by: Junebug Clark. Signed by: Junebug Clark Clark PhotoFile: cn0004-0039
[News Script: Austin Update]
Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story.
[News Clip: Dallas county commisioner (mosquito control)]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Device for Preventing Hens from Setting.
Patent for improvements to a hood that prevents hens from flying (by cutting off vision above or to either side) while allowing them to continue scratching and eating.
Egg-Crate.
Patent for an egg-crate that has "hinged sections, the middle section being composed of a solid block with cavities top and bottom corresponding with cavities formed in the lower and the top surface respectively of the upper and the lower portions which fit on opposite sides of the middle solid portion, the said three portions or sections being hinged together and provided with a suitable fastening" (lines 16-25).
[Elevator for caponizing poultry]
Elevator for caponizing poultry,
Egg-Preserving Compound.
Patent for a new compound to be used for the preservation of eggs which lists the ingredients and proportions.
Tissue forceps for poultry caponizing
Tissue forceps for poultry caponizing
Instruction booklet
Instruction booklet
Chicken-Coop.
Patent for improvements in coops for fowls and other birds by using a combination of a cage with a door having a depending leg, a post and a lever for raising and lowering the cage; the cage door is “automatically opened when lowered and closed as it is raised,” (lines 75-76) "so that the young will be out of danger from attacks of rodents, collecting water, &c...," (lines 22-23) includes illustration.
[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to David W. Fentress, September 6, 1859]
Transcript of a letter is from Maud C. Fentress to her son David discussing news from Bolivar, Tennessee and it includes: sending Kate off to school in Nashville,Maud's feelings about her children growing up, receiving Mary Tate's letter from White Sulphur Springs, Virginia, a dialogue about her stolen chickens,a conversation about Sallie starting school with Miss Hunt as her teacher and information about Jimmie and Willie's schooling, news about the weather,news about 'Aunt Mag' and her trip to Austin,a discussion about receiving no information on Wallace and his safe arrival,a dialogue about 'the babies dress and bonnets', and town news from Bolivar.
[Transcript of Letter from Maud C. Fentress to one of her sons, October 19, 1862]
Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to one of her sons- it is unclear if she's writing to David or Frank Fentress. In the letter she gives updates of the wars' effects on the local people and community. She gives updates on family and friends.
[Transcript of Letter from Maud Fentress to one of her daughters, September 1863]
Transcript of a letter from Maud Fentress to one of her daughters, however it is unclear who she is writing to. In the letter she gives updates on the changes that have been going on throughout the community during the war, and gives information on friends and family.
Egg-Case Fastener.
Patent for a fastener that is used in "egg-cases and packages of similar character designed for shipping goods and which are required to be returned to the consignor to be again used" (lines 8-11). The top of the case has a plate securing it so that it is "secured by positive means against accidental displacement" (lines 23-24).
Jesse James Wheat's Chicken Farm
Jesse James Wheat raised Leghorn chickens. The farm was built in 1928. It was on property now owned by TCC Northeast, perhaps to the west of the campus. (folder 6)
[Molly Asher and Weber McNeese with ducks]
Photograph of Molly Asher and Weber McNeese with ducks. 1938-39 Chevrolet in the background. Photograph was taken in Merrilltown, near Round Rock, Williamson County.
[Baby with Chickens]
Photograph of a baby, identified as Mary Louise, sitting on the ground with three chickens in front of a wooden fence at Goose Creek, Texas.
[Chicken Flying Contest]
Black and white photograph of a chicken flying contest, wherein a chicken trapped in a mailbox is prodded out by a man holding a plunger at the open end. Charlie Loving officiated this and the annual Round Rock Frontier Day Chicken Flying Contest. The mailbox is unusually large to accommodate the chicken and even has a graphic of a chicken on its side. A large crowd is gathered around to watch the spectacle, a traditional event, at the 7th annual Texas Folklife Festival.
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