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[News Clip: Mesquite bonds]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 2, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 45 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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Improvement in Cultivators.

Description: Patent for improvement in cultivators in which the plows can be adjusted by width, height and laterally to regulate the depth and angle of inclination. The plows, which can be operated by a foot device, may be simultaneously thrown from the ground. (Lines 73-76) Illustration is included.
Date: November 2, 1869
Creator: Baker, William T.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for an improvement to the plow by providing a plastic or plastic-like material to help sticky, thick soil and clay to glide over the surface and decrease frictional resistance, including illustrations.
Date: March 2, 1915
Creator: Fleehearty, Edward L.
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Disk Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a disk cultivator that can be used without supporting wheels, and cuts stalks or tracks while cultivating. It is also adjustable in both height and width.
Date: October 2, 1894
Creator: Brock, Andrew L.
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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination . . . of the main frame and plow or plows, curved plate slotted and perforated . . . and rigidly secured to said frame, a horizontal lever passing through the slot of the same and pivoted to the main frame, a spring-bolt and operating devices, a vertical bar pivotally suspended from said lever, and a carrying-wheel having one of its spindles bearing in the lower end of the bar, together with a depending bar sec… more
Date: September 2, 1890
Creator: Stuart, Isom & Stuart, Bronick
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Moldboard for Plows.

Description: Patent for improved design of plow moldboard made from Plaster of Paris which repels sticky soils and is durable for shipping. Includes instructions and illustration.
Date: November 2, 1915
Creator: Miller, Charles K.
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Cotton-Chopper.

Description: Patent for "a cotton-chopper attachment for cultivators... to be applied to the ordinary sulky-cultivator frame... and when so applied to constitute and efficient machine for chopping and thinning cotton." (Lines 9-15) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 2, 1892
Creator: Cansler, Hurnon K. & Cansler, Thomas G.
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Plow

Description: Patent for a plow produced as "a simple, inexpensive, and durable implement for plowing out stalks, particularly cotton-stalks, without turning the ground or covering the stalks, and arranged to prevent the stalks from being precipitated in front of the standard, and thereby impeding the movement of the plow. (lines 9-14)
Date: June 2, 1903
Creator: Lassen, Peter
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Grass Destroyer

Description: Patent for mechanical grass destroying equipment. This machine produces the results of harrowers, diggers and plows to destroy unwanted plants such as Bermuda and Jackson grass by "sifting the earth off their roots and dropping it back on the ground, and collecting the tops and the roots." (lines 15-17).
Date: March 2, 1920
Creator: Coker, Alvin
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