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Cattle-Guard for Railroads.

Description: Patent for a simple and inexpensive cattle-guard for railroads that improves on preventing cattle from passing from their enclosure onto a railway track. The invention does not trap animals or people or cause injury, and lies below the upper treads of the rails.
Date: September 18, 1894
Creator: Brady, Peter L.
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Cattle-Guard.

Description: Patent for a simple cattle-guard that provides an unstable footing for the cattle without injuring them, and thus preventing the cattle from going onto train tracks. The cattle do not get injured when stepping on this device.
Date: February 20, 1894
Creator: Brady, Peter L.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[News Script: Anthrax]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about governor Dolph Briscoe who authorized the use of Texas national guard to help control an outbreak of highly contagious Anthrax disease found in eight North Central Texas counties.
Date: July 15, 1974, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Anthrax- 1]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about the Texas animal health commission which announced that the entire supply of Anthrax vaccine is being funneled into central Texas cattle country.
Date: July 17, 1974, 6:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Muzzle-Yolk.

Description: Patent for a cattle-yolk that stops the animals from jumping or breaking through fences. The yolk "will bind upon him, thus effectually stopping the animal from any further effort" (lines 12-15) if it tries to jump or break through a fence.
Date: March 10, 1896
Creator: Courtney, Thomas Lafayette
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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