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Beam-Spring Trip for Cultivators, Plows, &c.

Description: Patent for the improvement of "the construction of spring trips, and to provide a simple and inexpensive spring trip, capable of being constructed of sufficient strength to enable it to be employed on stirring and breaking plows as well as cultivators, planters and the lighter class of agricultural implements" (lines 12-18) including instructions and illustrations.
Date: July 29, 1913
Creator: Alsup, Thomas B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Hans Christian Hansen's Farm, View of Barn and House]

Description: Black and white photograph of the Hansen family's farmstead. A group of barns are visible on the left; to the right is the family home, seen from the side. In the foreground is a grassy field where several family members and a couple of horses are standing amongst the brush in the distance. One individual is riding atop one of the horses.
Date: [1913,1914]
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Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Hans Christian Hansen's Farm, Front View of House]

Description: Faded black and white photograph of the Hansen family farm house. The house is a white, wooden two-story building with a covered porch. Some family members are situated on the lawn in front of the house. One man dressed in a hat, a white shirt, a dark vest and dark pants is sitting atop a horse. Another horse without a saddle stands next to them in the tall grass. In the background behind him and the horses are a few smaller buildings.
Date: [1913,1914]
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Partner: Danish Heritage Preservation Society

[Letter from Sally Thornhill to Mary Ann Moore and Linnet Moore White, June 27, 1913]

Description: In this letter, Sally details that she has been ill for three weeks, notes that their vegetable garden is late, and that farmer's all around them are busy with their crops. She mentions the family who have visited her as of late and that Tom Jackson has married, but has not come home with his wife because she is ill. She gives an update on Cy and Viola Wallace, Birdie McKinley, and Mary Gillespie and her sons. She moves on to news on their Texas kin and notes that there was a homecoming in Chat… more
Date: June 27, 1913
Creator: Thornhill, Sally
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from Birdie McGee McKinley to Mary Ann Moore and the White family, September 22, 1913]

Description: This is a letter from the Charles B. Moore Collection. It is written by Birdie McGee McKinley and is addressed to Mary Ann Moore and the White Family. In this letter, Birdie informs her kin of the goings-on in her community. The news includes: details about how they have survived the drought with their well and spring for the stock animals, a discussion about Minnie's visit and their preparation for Minnie's return to Georgia, a dialogue about Birdie's baby who likes to be in her buggy, updates… more
Date: September 22, 1913
Creator: McKinley, Birdie McGee
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Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Letter from E. P. Patch to W. C. Whatley, September 12, 1913]

Description: Letter from E. P. Patch to W. C. Whatley, he begins by saying that he is relieved to hear from him after his long absence and then goes into talking about their respective crops and how each are doing. Patch concludes the letter by going into details about the lives of the people that they both used to associate with.
Date: September 12, 1913
Creator: Patch, E. P
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Partner: Fort Bend History Association

Two-Row Cotton and Corn Planter.

Description: Patent for cotton and corn planters. The invention is for a two row type planter that allows for planting on "beds" or "listed" land.
Date: November 11, 1913
Creator: Henefield, John B. & Henefield, Edward I.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Pump-Filter.

Description: Patent for a pump filter, designed for double acting air pumps, that prevents the passage of foreign matter (oil, dust, dirt) from the pump outlet.
Date: November 25, 1913
Creator: Miles, Ross E.
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Smoothing-Drag

Description: Patent for improvements to a smoothing drag, a tool that smoothes the ground between rows of crops to prevent moisture loss from the soil.
Date: May 20, 1913
Creator: Davison, Morgan
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Hoe.

Description: Patent for a new and improved garden hoe used for weeding purposes. The improvement is related to, "...the handle of the implement being hollow" (lines 11-12) and able to receive a quantity of seed, and a mechanism that controls the delivery of seed to the hoe.
Date: May 6, 1913
Creator: Etheridge, John B.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Marking Attachment for Planters.

Description: Patent for an attachment for agricultural machines, such as planters and cultivators, that marks off the distance between rows. The attachment consists of a marker that projects laterally from the ground to form a guide for the driver of the machine.
Date: April 8, 1913
Creator: Hallenbeck, Garrett L.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Peanut-Planter.

Description: Patent for a peanut planter that dispenses a single peanut from the seed cans in to the feed wheel's cells.
Date: September 9, 1913
Creator: Wilson, William A.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cultivator Attachment

Description: Patent for adding spring teeth with adjustable parallel bar attachments to agricultural cultivators. Illustrations included.
Date: December 16, 1913
Creator: Ledbetter, William
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Seeder and Planter.

Description: Patent for a seeder and planter improvement. The invention "produce an improved leveling board to be used in connection therewith the purpose of leveling soil and crushing clods and for the additional purpose of regulating the depth to which the seed shall be planted." (lines 9-14)
Date: December 23, 1913
Creator: Mallory, Merideth T.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Driving Mechanism for Tractors

Description: Patent for an invention relating to the engines of tractors that provides "improved transmission gearing for controlling the movements of the machine." (lines 17-18)
Date: August 19, 1913
Creator: Ingram, Joseph D.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Automatic Gun Firing Mechanism.

Description: Patent for an automatic gun firing mechanism intended to protect gardens, orchards, and fields by scaring off birds and other animals that destroy crops through automatic discharge of a firearm at predetermined intervals.
Date: March 18, 1913
Creator: Steinocher, John
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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