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[Corn Crib and Corn Sheller]

Description: Photograph of a corn crib and a corn sheller at the Texas Folklife Festival. A sign explains that the crib, which looks like a small log cabin with no roof, was originally built on site at Canyon Lake. Ears of corn are piled up inside the crib. On either side of the doorway are burlap bags. Two young girls are in front of the crib, one turning a crank to operate the sheller, the other gathering corn.
Date: [1972-09-07..1972-09-10]
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Corn Planter

Description: Patent for a corn planter. This invention is simple and compact and does not require manual actuation of the drum for the dropping mechanism. It can be used for corn and similar seeds, including cotton and seeds with fibrous coating. Illustration included.
Date: November 13, 1906
Creator: Robinson, Charles William
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Corn-Popper

Description: Patent for a corn popper used for popping corn and general cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: June 25, 1907
Creator: Young, G. B.
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Corn-Popper

Description: Patent for a corn popper that can also be used for roasting nuts or for general cooking. Illustrations included.
Date: December 31, 1907
Creator: Young, George B. & Young, Joseph H.
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Corn-Harvester

Description: Patent for a corn harvester "for use in harvesting crops such as corn and cane, the purpose being to provide a machine of this type of simple, durable, and compact construction and which will be light construction and not fatigue the team, since the body or frame supporting the operating parts is balanced upon the ground or supporting wheels" (lines 12-19) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: December 10, 1901
Creator: Sewalt, Matthew E.
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Corn Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the frame and the hopper having the closed bottom and the openings in one side, with the driving-wheel, having the tappet-pins, the seed-slides having the openings or cups, the fulcrumed levers actuated by the tappet-pins, and connected to the lower ends of the seed-slides, and the cord or strap passing over the sheave, and secured to the free ends of the levers, whereby the seed-slides are reciprocated alterna… more
Date: September 1, 1885
Creator: Easley, Levi
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Corn Planter.

Description: Patent for a new and improved planter. This design consists in "[t]he combination of the plate, having extensions and laterally-extending arm or bracket, the hopper mounted upon the extension of the plate, the seed-slide or coiled spring connecting the front end of the latter with the bracket, metal plates secured to the front and rear sides of the rear wall of the hopper above the seed-slide, the brush or cut-off arranged between said plates, and suitable operating mechanism for retracting the… more
Date: February 18, 1890
Creator: Cromer, Thomas L.
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Corn Sheller.

Description: Patent for a new and improved corn-sheller. This design, "[o]n its rear face, at the upper end of the body of the corn-sheller . . . provide[s] a hinged nubber-plate, which serves as a supporting-arm, and is constructed . . . for use in breaking or cutting off the smaller end of the ear of corn, at which end unsound kernels of corn are frequently found. The nubber-plate is hinged . . . to the upper end of the rear face of the body, and when opened out extends at nearly a right angle from the b… more
Date: September 13, 1887
Creator: Price, Benjamin B.
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Corn Sheller.

Description: Patent for a new and improved corn sheller. This design "comprises a double-shelling surface of peculiar construction in one plate or bed-piece, whereby a corn-sheller having but little weight is produced, which shall be capable of shelling either one ear of corn, or, by using both hands, two ears of corn at the same time, and which shall do its work with increased ease, ready clearance for the shelled corn, and protection, when using both hands, against their striking each other" (lines 12-21). more
Date: March 4, 1884
Creator: Matthews, Luther
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Corn-Husker.

Description: Patent for a new and improved machine for husking corn using a rotating wheel with spurs and cutters with combination of a stationary and movable concaves, including illustration.
Date: March 9, 1858
Creator: Fagan, Joseph & Fagan, James L.
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[Handful of corn]

Description: Photograph of a handful of corn. Back of photograph: "This corn was put into storage after treatment with Super Shield. It averaged 24% moisture and when this picture was taken, had been in storage for six months. One of the things that impressed management of Big Tex when they visited several midwestern farms that had used Super Shield was the way the grain stayed in condition despite widely fluctuating outside temperatures. "We figured the concept was sound and was tailor-made for a cattle f… more
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Corn Popper

Description: Patent for corn-popper improvement by connecting to the cover of the popper a rotating agitating blade which would prevent the corn within from burning.
Date: April 10, 1917
Creator: Zschiesche, William H. M.
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Corn Performance Tests in Texas: 1989

Description: Annual report documenting methods and results of statewide tests on corn varieties and hybrids. It also provides information about corn crops grown in Texas during the previous years.
Date: 1990
Creator: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
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Corn Performance Tests in Texas: 1993

Description: Annual report documenting methods and results of statewide tests on corn varieties and hybrids. It also provides information about corn crops grown in Texas during the previous years.
Date: 1994
Creator: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
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Corn Performance Tests in Texas: 1988

Description: Annual report documenting methods and results of statewide tests on corn varieties and hybrids. It also provides information about corn crops grown in Texas during the previous years.
Date: 1989
Creator: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
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Corn Performance Tests in Texas: 1990

Description: Annual report documenting methods and results of statewide tests on corn varieties and hybrids. It also provides information about corn crops grown in Texas during the previous years.
Date: 1990
Creator: Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
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