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Baling-Press.

Description: Patent for "baling-presses of that class wherein motion is communicated to the plunger from a sweep operated by horse or similar power, and the object in view is to improve the construction of the baling-chamber and attachments, and, furthermore, to provide a simple and efficient construction of plunger-operating mechanism" (lines 8-15)
Date: January 5, 1897
Creator: Pearce, William J.
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[A. B. Harmonson Farm]

Description: Black and white photograph (faded) of Harmonson Farm, Roanoke; turkeys, fence, building, buckboard wagon. Taken and collected by H.F.Browder, former county agent, Denton County.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Browder, H. F.
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[A. B. Harmonson Farm]

Description: Black and white photograph (faded) of A.B.Harmonson Farm, Roanoke; blue turkeys, man standing nearby. Taken and collected by H.F.Browder, former county agent, Denton County.
Date: 1920~
Creator: Browder, H. F.
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Oral History Interview with Jane Armstrong, August 20, 1987

Description: Interview with homemaker Jane Armstrong. The interview includes Armstrong's personal experiences about life on the Scott Jacobs Farm in Denton County. Armstrong talks about the purchase of the land by her grandfather, implements and outbuildings found on the farm, oil income and farm improvements during the 1920s and 1930s, rural entertainment and leisure activities, crops and planting, food preservation, in-town shopping, making homebrew and bootlegging activities, schools and churches, cemete… more
Date: August 20, 1987
Creator: Renner, Steve & Armstrong, Jane
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Milling Machine.

Description: Patent for an improvement for milling machines to thoroughly remove dirt and other substances to improve the quality of product.
Date: unknown
Creator: Lakey, William R.
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Motor-Driven Header and Binder

Description: Patent for a mechanically driven header and binder tool that can be mounted to a tractor for use in large-scale agricultural harvesting, with illustrations and instructions.
Date: April 16, 1918
Creator: Swofford, Marvin L.
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Farm-Gate.

Description: Patent for improvements to pivoted farm gates to open and close the gate at a distance.
Date: November 24, 1914
Creator: Hancock, Ferdinand M.
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Feeder for Cotton Presses.

Description: Patent for a new and improved feeder for cotton presses. This design is "constructed with a receiving-box and a feed-box separated by a sliding plate attached to a follower secured to the piston-rod of a steam-cylinder, to adapt the said feeder to be interposed between a cotton-gin and a baling-press. The inlet and outlet valves of the steam-cylinder are connected by two pairs of connecting-rods with two levers, so that the movements of the piston can be readily controlled" (lines 19-28).
Date: March 10, 1885
Creator: Selz, Henry
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Draft Equalizer.

Description: Patent for an improved double tree adapted to be used without single-trees designed to equalize the draft in case on horse gets ahead of the other in a draft team.
Date: July 18, 1882
Creator: Jones, Jeremiah C. & Robertson, Alexander W.
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Cultivator.

Description: Patent for a cultivator used for sub-soiling and cultivating small grain.
Date: December 1, 1891
Creator: Thomas, James C.
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Cotton Picker.

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton picker. This design has a spring-actuating "mechanism located upon the casing, and a hood for inclosing said mechanism hinged to one of the side walls of the casing and held closed by a fastening device . . . [and] the casing thereof, the endless picker-belt, flanged drums, and the toothed disks contained within said casing . . . and a pulley and belt for winding the spring" (lines 1-12).
Date: August 4, 1885
Creator: Martin, John Tillman
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Seed Planter.

Description: Patent for a "seed planting machine mounted upon a wheeled frame adapted to form a furrow and drop a predetermined quantity of seed at predetermined intervals" (lines 14-19), including instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 25, 1914
Creator: Cantrell, Isaac D.
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