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[News Clip: ]Farm equipment

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: January 24, 1983, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 33 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
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[Letter from Matilda Dodd to Mary Ann and Charles B. Moore, May 24, 1888]

Description: This letter is from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Mary Ann Moore's mother, Matilda Dodd. A note at the top of the letter details that Birdie and Alice have been at Aunt Bettie's for a week and that the school has employed two teachers. She stresses that Birdie want to see Linnet very badly. In the letter, Matilda updates the Moore family on the happening in Gallatin and the news includes: a note on the letter that was sent to Abe and Bettie Franklin from the Moore family, fa… more
Date: May 24, 1888
Creator: Dodd, Matilda
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Lister Plow and Planter.

Description: Patent for lister plows and planters that will allow "for cleaning the ground at the same time that the ground is plowed and the seed planted" (lines 12-14).
Date: February 24, 1914
Creator: Bigham, James O.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sulky-Plow

Description: Patent for the design of a plow that can "overcome obstacles without injury to"(lines 14-15) to the machine. It also includes a new design for a plow foot spring, in addition to an element that allows the foot spring to be adjusted quickly by there operator.
Date: April 24, 1917
Creator: Sanders, John T.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in plows in which the plow can be “converted into a middle-burster or single-stock, according to the nature of the land and the character of work to be performed.” (Lines 12-15) Illustration is included.
Date: May 24, 1904
Creator: Weldon, Johnathan L.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved plow. This design "relates to mold-boards for plows; and it has for its object to provide a combined wooden and metallic mold-board which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general efficiency" (lines 9-14).
Date: May 24, 1892
Creator: Jackson, Luther C.
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Sweep Plow.

Description: Patent for a new and improved sweep-plow. This design is "to provide a sweep-plow especially adapted for the cultivation of cotton and to so construct the same that the blades or wings thereof may be adjusted for the purpose of plowing between rows of various widths" (lines 8-13). It consists, "with the sweep curved in cross-section to form the central shovel-receiving seat, which is slotted opposite the rearwardly-disposed triangular sides or flanges, which latter are perforated near their low… more
Date: May 24, 1892
Creator: Miller, Amanuel M.
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Garden-Hoe Cultivator.

Description: Patent for "a combination garden hoe and cultivating implement ... which has a number of interchangeable working elements and ... can be quickly adjusted for use as a drill opener, solid sweep, hoe, or turning plow" (lines 12-20).
Date: July 24, 1917
Creator: Muckleroy, Allie B.
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Plow.

Description: Patent for a sulky-plow with adjustable front and rear ground-wheels that control the depth at which the ground is plowed.
Date: December 24, 1895
Creator: Gupton, Kindred
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Plow

Description: Patent for a plow. This invention is a cultivator-plow designed for cultivating cotton, corn, potatoes, etc. into rows while at the same time cutting out grass and weeds. Illustration included.
Date: November 24, 1903
Creator: Griffin, Tom & Howell, Louis
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Plow.

Description: Patent for an improved plow using frame-bars to secure a clevis at the front end with a plow-blade attached, and the inner sides of the frame-bars carries three plows which can be adjusted to any desired distance when in use; the clevis can be removed and used as a cultivator. Illustration is included.
Date: February 24, 1891
Creator: Eason, Thomas Gay
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Plow.

Description: Patent for improvements in plows used for agricultural purposes with an illustration. This improvement in design is specific to "provid[ing] a plow capable of being adjusted to cause engagement thereof with the earth at varying depths" (lines 10-12).
Date: June 24, 1919
Creator: Marshall, Andrew Jackson
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Rotary-Disk Plow.

Description: Patent for a light rotary-disk plow that is as strong as other plows, and has multiple concave plow disks that are arranged diagonally to the line of draft. The disks are adjustable and avoid excess friction. The plow's motion drives it into the ground.
Date: March 24, 1896
Creator: Hardy, Clement A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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