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Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design "relates to cultivators; and it has for its object to construct a device of this class . . . in which the blades or shovels shall be attached to the standards in such a manner that in the event of obstacles such as rocks or stumps being encountered during the operation of [the] machine the blades shall become detached, thereby avoiding injury to the machine" (lines 9-18).

Date: September 30, 1890

Creator: Messer, Jeremiah Clark; Garner, Allen & Williams, John Winn

Item Type: Patent

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Cotton-Chopper

Patent for "a cotton-cultivator which will chop out the superfluous plants and at the same time work up the soil between the rows of plants, the implement being made to straddle the row and produce a fine tilth on both sides thereof" (lines 15-20).

Date: September 2, 1890

Creator: Smith, Thomas H.