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Improvement in Cultivators.

Description: Patent for improvement in cultivators by making all the beams that had blades attached to them adjustable by a lever. A roller is designed for covering the seed and smoothing over the ground after the seeds are discharged by a slider which is operated by a crank-shaft near the end of the machine. A detachable revolving stalk-cutter can be used for cutting stalks on the ground by means of a suitable connector at the rear end of the machine. Illustration is included.
Date: September 7, 1869
Creator: Baker, Job McNamee

Improved Washing-Machine.

Description: Patent for a machine for washing and wringing clothes, which can be used with a furnace for heating the water but has legs for support when being used separately from a furnace. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 13, 1870
Creator: Moore, Alfred L. D.

Baling Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved baling press. This design consists "of the base-plate, the casing made in two trough-shaped sections . . . one of which is hinged to the base-plate the bifurcated uprights, the operating-levers on each side hinged to the uprights, the compressing-beam extending across the baling-chamber and through the uprights, and connections between the compressing-beam and the levers" (lines 92-100).
Date: September 24, 1889
Creator: Hillman, William & Ripple, Joseph F.

Cotton-Baling Apparatus.

Description: Patent for the "improvements in cotton-baling apparatus or compresses of that type in which the cotton is received directly from the gin or gins" (lines 13-16) including illustrations.
Date: September 14, 1897
Creator: Melcher, Charles L.

Improvement in Guards for Sheep-Shears.

Description: Patent for "an improved attachment that serves both as a guide and guard for preventing the cutting of the sheep in shearing, and by which even unskilled workmen can use the shears and cut the wool close to the skin without hurting the sheep, with by the point or edge of the blades." (Lines 15-21) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 24, 1878
Creator: Helmecke, Friederich A.

Tie-Plate Machine.

Description: Patent for "a machine for properly positioning and securing metal plates to the cross-ties in the construction of railways, and which will obviate the coupling, buckling, or warping of the said plates when applying them to the wooden ties." (Lines 8-13) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: September 8, 1896
Creator: Greenshield, William H.

Self Packing Cotton Press.

Description: Patent for a new and improved self-packing cotton press. This design "consists in a cotton-press constructed with a pivoted double baling-box, a pair of rolls and their driving mechanism for packing the cotton into the baling-box automatically, and a screw-driven follow-block for compressing the cotton into bales" (lines 22-27).
Date: September 25, 1883
Creator: Rummel, Louis C. & Fielder, Emil J.

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2013

Description: Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2013. It covers budget resolutions, budget summary, budget charts, regional services, administrative services, Homeland Security, and personnel and salary schedules.
Date: September 12, 2012
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)

Capital Area Council of Governments Annual Budget and Work Plan: 2014

Description: Annual budget, work plan, projected productivity, and performance report for the Capital Area Council of Goverments (CAPCOG) for fiscal year 2014. It includes the budget resolution, summary, and charts, with segments on area agency on aging, sustainable communities, and homeland security.
Date: September 11, 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
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