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Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a cattle guard, which is made up of a wedge shaped piece of metal that allows a cows leg to be caught rather than the foot to allow easier removal of the leg by the cow.
Date: August 31, 1909
Creator: Mosher, Benjamin E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Photograph of Cattle and People Along Street]

Description: Photograph of a small group of people smiling and standing in a narrow, cobbled lane with several cattle in the shade of a large building to the left. One woman in a light-colored dress stands on a cart, while two men wearing dark suits stand in the street to her right. Three young boys stand further to the right, and in the background, more buildings, including a building with a spire, line the street.
Date: [1900..1929]
Partner: Howard Payne University Library

Railway Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a railway cattle-guard meant to be used "where the track of a railroad passes between the adjacent ends of fence-sections; and the invention seeks to provide elevated pricking-points in connection with adjacent guides inclining toward such points to direct the legs of the stock to such points so the latter will prick the lags at or above the top of the hoof" (lines 9-16).
Date: December 3, 1895
Creator: Jack, Harvey M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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