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Combined Corn and Cotton Seed Planter.

Patent for a new and improved seed planter. This design is "to simplify the means employed for providing at will recesses of different depths in the wheel, and also to provide means whereby a recess of both greater width and depth can be provided for cotton-seed than for corn, whereby the cotton-seed can be fed from the hopper in a more certain, free, and efficient manner than heretofore" (lines 23-31).

Date: March 20, 1883

Creator: Holland, Joseph J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Gang-Plow.

Patent for improvement in gang-plow by using an adjustable slotted cross-bar to enable the “plow-beams to oscillate, so that their landsides are always vertical, however uneven the ground may be.” (Lines 20-21) “This tool can also regulate the depth of the plows in the ground whereby the depth of furrow is adjusted.” (Lines 24-25) Illustration is included.

Date: April 20, 1869

Creator: Hall, Thomas J.