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Earth-Augers.

Description: Patent for a new and improved earth auger. This design calls for "a hinged door having its edge folded or bent to form an air-tube . . . [and] a pair of hemi-cylindrical doors having on one or both an air duct or ducts," as well as interchangeable bits with a shouldered and threaded shank and a nut combined and arranged in a novel way (paras. 12-15).
Date: October 30, 1877
Creator: Fields, Daniel G.
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Wire-Stretcher.

Description: Patent for a wire stretching device employed in fence construction. This device temporarily holds and stretches the wire between fence posts, while being secured. Through the operating lever and gripping jaw, the operator can effectively stretch the wire with minimal effort, while safeguarding against slipping.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Greer, Benjamin J.
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Method of Forming Round Bales.

Description: Patent for a method making round cotton bales at cotton gins more efficiently by providing a way of winding the bat of cotton into a ball in between press runs.
Date: July 30, 1907
Creator: Reagan, Edgar
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Peanut-Digger.

Description: Patent for machine that extracts peanuts while avoiding losing nitrogen from the root in the process. Machine severs plants from the roots and raises the whole plant in order to release loose dirt, then gathers the. plants using a rake-like mechanism.
Date: August 30, 1921
Creator: Smith, Morman J. & Browder, Benjamin F.
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