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[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, October 10, 1874]

Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to her husband, John Patterson Osterhout. She wished her husband's health would improve and updated him on how many bushels of corn and cotton they had. She wrote that she had received money and let him know what she planned to use it for.

Date: October 16, 1874

Creator: Osterhout, Junia Roberts

Item Type: Letter

Partner: Austin College

Improvement of Cotton Cleaners and Condensers

Patent for changes in the parts of cotton cleaner and condenser machinery, includes illustrations. The changes in machinery seek to eliminate impurities in the cotton while also compacting the cotton into a sheet.

Date: May 1, 1877

Creator: Greaves, James

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms.

Patent for improvement in cotton-lint rooms. These rooms are used with gins that seperate the seeds from the cotton.

Date: May 13, 1873

Creator: Crenshaw, William T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvment in Spray-Nozzles

Patent for an improvement on spray nozzles for use with force pumps. These force pumps are used for spraying insecticide on cotton to protect the crop from cotton-worms and other insects.

Date: September 2, 1879

Creator: Yeager, George

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton

Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.

Date: July 18, 1876

Creator: Drake, James A. & Singer, Edgar C.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Machines for Sprinkling Cotton-Plants.

Patent for a wheeled, horse-drawn machine, "whereby plants are firs dampened with water and then overspread with poisonous powder, the latter being caused by the former to adhere to the plant" (para. 9).

Date: January 6, 1874

Creator: Robinson, William T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds

Patent for improvement in insect,specifically cotton worms, destroying compounds . Included list of chemicals and measures of amount used.

Date: March 3, 1874

Creator: Johnson, Jehu W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Machines for Destroying Cotton Worms.

Patent for a machine to distribute poison to destroy Cotton Worms, including illustrations.

Date: September 1, 1874

Creator: Davis, Nicholas A.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement In Fine-Proof Cotton-Lint Rooms.

This patent is a receiver that is portable and provides a unique way of catching the lint that is ejected from a cotton-gin when in use. The portable receiver helps to prevent fires.

Date: April 9, 1878

Creator: Morrell, Zachariah N.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton Cultivators, Scrapers, and Choppers.

Patent for a new cotton cultivator that allows for a worker to adjust the cultivator's angle based on soil depth.

Date: December 27, 1870

Creator: Young, John H. W.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in Cotton-Plants.

Patent for using a solution of water and arsenic for killing cotton pests.

Date: January 2, 1871

Creator: Mitchell, Thomas W. & Briscoe, Robert P.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.

Patent for improvements to cotton picking and cleaning before the cotton is ginned.

Date: July 4, 1871

Creator: Sims, Zachariah B.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses.

Patent for improving the cotton and hay press.

Date: August 8, 1871

Creator: McGowen, Alexander

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Choppers and Cultivators

Patent for a improved version of the cotton-chopper, used for the cultivation of cotton. This is a new arrangement of part of the cotton-chopper as it fits in with the complete machine.

Date: April 16, 1872

Creator: Harcrow, James M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses

Patent for new cotton and hay presses with new bailing designs, including illustrations.

Date: September 1, 1877

Creator: Methvin, Boling J.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Baling-Presses.

Patent for a baling press "intended for compressing and re-pressing cotton for shipment" (para. 4), and is created using a "simple and efficient" (para. 2) design.

Date: November 27, 1877

Creator: Drake, John

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Apparatus for Applying Poison to Plants.

Patent for "new and useful improvement in apparatus for applying poison and cotton to potato plants" (lines 3-5), as well as to "destroy worms and bugs"(lines 13-14), including instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 11, 1877

Creator: Goodin, James L.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Combined Cultivator and Planter.

Patent for "a new and useful improvement in a combined corn and cotton planter and cultivator" (lines 3-6), includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: December 18, 1877

Creator: Skinner, Miles T.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planter.

Patent for a "new and improved corn and cotton planter" (lines 3-4), to plant both cotton and corn seed,including instructions and illustrations. The configuration includes a new combination of parts.

Date: December 25, 1877

Creator: Domschke, Charles

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in bale-ties

Patent for cotton bale ties, involving a lateral arm. Includes illustrations.

Date: November 26, 1872

Creator: Lloyd, Arnold

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.

Patent for a new improvement for a cotton-cultivator with different tools and connections, including instructions and illustrations.

Date: May 6, 1873

Creator: Bates, Finis L.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Patent for improved cotton-bale tie with a small s-shaped bar and cross-ribs on the bands.

Date: August 5, 1873

Creator: Crone, William

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Cotton Choppers

Patent for improvement in cotton choppers creating a more effective machine relating to the cultivating and chopping of cotton. Includes labeled figures and descriptive text

Date: August 16, 1873

Creator: Garrett, Joseph M.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improvement in Guards for Wire Bale-Ties.

Patent for improving the method of tying the bales together whether it be cotton or hay so that the material will not get cut into by the wiring.

Date: February 24, 1874

Creator: Davis, Waters S.

Item Type: Patent

Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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[Letter from Junia Roberts Osterhout to John Patterson Osterhout, October 10, 1874]

Improvement of Cotton Cleaners and Condensers

Improvements in Revolving Cotton Lint Rooms.

Improvment in Spray-Nozzles

Improvement in the Methods of Baling and Packing Cotton

Improvement in Machines for Sprinkling Cotton-Plants.

Improvement in Insect-Destroying Compounds

Improvement in Machines for Destroying Cotton Worms.

Improvement In Fine-Proof Cotton-Lint Rooms.

Improvement in Cotton Cultivators, Scrapers, and Choppers.

Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Worms in Cotton-Plants.

Improvement in Cotton-Cleaners.

Improvement in Cotton and Hay-Presses.

Improvement in Cotton-Choppers and Cultivators

Improvement in Cotton and Hay Presses

Improvement in Baling-Presses.

Improvement in Apparatus for Applying Poison to Plants.

Improvement in Combined Cultivator and Planter.

Improvement in Corn and Cotton Planter.

Improvement in bale-ties

Improvement in Cotton-Cultivators.

Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties.

Improvement in Cotton Choppers

Improvement in Guards for Wire Bale-Ties.