Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators.
Description
Patent for "a fan or blower conjoined with a box containing any of the various powdered poisons used for destroying vermin which infest growing plants, as cotton, potatoes, &c., operated by a pulley and band, running from the axle of the blower to a wheel on the supporting-axle of the cultivator, seeder, or other machine to which the apparatus may be attached." (Lines 19-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
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Description
Patent for "a fan or blower conjoined with a box containing any of the various powdered poisons used for destroying vermin which infest growing plants, as cotton, potatoes, &c., operated by a pulley and band, running from the axle of the blower to a wheel on the supporting-axle of the cultivator, seeder, or other machine to which the apparatus may be attached." (Lines 19-27) Includes instructions and illustrations.
Physical Description
[1], 2 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Notes
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 145,949, dated December 30, 1873; application filed October 15, 1873.
Hurd, Charles T.Improvement in Insect-Destroying Attachments for Cultivators.,
patent,
December 30, 1873;
[Washington D.C.].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth166918/:
accessed May 5, 2024),
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