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Machine for Packing Cotton.

Patent for a new and improved packer. This design consists "[i]n a cotton-packer, the combination of the frame, guides mounted therein, rack-bars moving in the said guides, a press-box and steam-cylinder, and heads secured to the rack-bars and moving in the press-box and cylinder, respectively, cog-wheels of different diameters journaled in the frame and meshing with the rack-bars, and anti-friction rollers pivoted in the guides and bearing against the rack-bars" (lines 4-13).

Date: May 21, 1889

Creator: Brady, Farley

Ullage-Rod

Patent for an ullage rod. Illustrations included.

Date: June 21, 1910

Creator: Mackoy, Edgar S.

Improvement in Seed-Planters.

Patent for an improved seed-planter "which will deposit the seeds in the requisite quantities and proper distances apart, and which will cover and mark the bills, so that a plowman will not be at a loss where to start at the commencement of a new row, and after having passed around tree-stumps or other obstructions, as he can always see the marks on the preceding rows" (lines 16-23) with illustrations.

Date: December 21, 1869

Creator: Woods, David C.

Improvement in Sulky Attachments for Plows.

Patent for improvement in sulky attachments for plows. This invention allows farmers to "apply any kind of plow to the sulky-frame" (1).

Date: August 21, 1876

Creator: Langsford, Samuel P. & Stroud, Wiley N.

Tractor-Coupling

Patent for tractor coupling. The object of the invention is to provide a coupling for tractor and plow. When a plow hits an obstruction, the coupling will automatically disengage tractor and plow without breaking any parts.

Date: December 21, 1920

Creator: Hart, Lawrence H.

Hydrocarbon-Burner.

Patent for hydrocarbon-burners to provide a novel and improved burner for coal-oil, petroleum, or other liquid fuel.

Date: August 21, 1917

Creator: Hewett, John A.

Pneumatic Jet for Conveyers

Patent for a pneumatic jet that uses steam jets to provide power for various tasks such as distributing seed cotton or elevating coal. Illustrations included.

Date: September 21, 1909

Creator: Rice, Earley W.

Muzzle for Stock.

Patent for "weaning and grazing muzzles for stock, the object in view being to provide a muzzle adapted when the head of the animal is elevated to remain closed and when the head of the animal is lowered to open, and thereby permit grazing." (Lines 9-14) Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: September 21, 1897

Creator: Wingrove, Franklin R.

Hoe-Sharpening Device.

Patent for a mechanical hoe sharpening device with a holder for the hoe blade and a file that is operated by a lever.

Date: May 21, 1907

Creator: Criddle, Thomas B.

Gate.

Patent for an improved vertically swinging gate. Includes illustrations and instructions.

Date: February 21, 1893

Creator: Russell, Charles, H.