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Bale-Tie Buckle.

Patent for bale-tie buckle improvement for tightly securing single length wire prior to pressure release around a cotton bale. Further bale-tie buckle improvements include sharper bends using flat or oval wire to further decrease slipping of wire.

Date: March 13, 1917

Creator: Frantz, Erza A.

Composition for Tanning

Patent for new and useful improvements in compounds for tanning, using water, four gallons, fluid extract of phytolacca or common poke root, quarter of an ounce, gum gambier, four pounds, and alum, one pound.

Date: March 9, 1909

Creator: Burrows, Ira I

Cotton Stalk Cutter.

Patent for a new and improved cotton-stalk cutter. This design consists in "the frame or body adapted to be dragged on the ground, and provided near its front end with the laterally-projecting cutting-blade and the arm, arranged above and in front of the blade, and the colter attached near the rear end of the frame or body and adapted to cut into the soil" (lines 3-9).

Date: March 20, 1888

Creator: Oneal, Marma Duke

Cotton-Tie Buckle.

Patent for a new cotton tie buckle "that will prevent the band engaging the same from slipping, forma a reliable securing means of simple and cheap construction and also economize in the use of the band length, with considerable consequent by saving in expense, the positive retention of the band b the improved device as required rendering the bale of uniform density and the strength of the device resisting breakage and consequent expense of repair frequently necessary in the ordinary uniform of… more

Date: March 26, 1901

Creator: Ragsdale, William C. & Eddleman, Dudley E.

Pencil-Sharpener.

Patent for a new and improved pencil sharpener "which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly effective in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art" (lines 20-23), including illustrations.

Date: March 22, 1921

Creator: Scougale, Malcolm

Potato-Digging Machine.

Patent for a potato digging machine, which harvests the potatoes and puts them into bags.

Date: March 5, 1912

Creator: McIlveene, Mineola & Hayes, Lewis A.

Riding Saddle.

Patent for a new and improved saddle. This design consists in "the upper end of the pommel [being] chambered out to receive the compass, which is inserted within the pommel, and suitably, as by means of a gimbal-joint, held therein, so that the compass shall be operative in all or nearly all the positions which a saddle while in use may assume. A piece of glass or other transparent material through which the compass can be observed, is let into the pommel, so as to cover the compass and exclude… more

Date: March 16, 1886

Creator: Shock, Floyd

Stalk-Cutter.

Patent for a stalk cutter that easily attaches to various farm equipment with wheels.

Date: March 5, 1907

Creator: Frantz, Ezra A.

Stirring-Machine.

Patent for "agitating-machines adapted to be used for various purposes," (lines 8-10) including washing clothes and freezing ice cream. Includes instructions and illustrations.

Date: March 8, 1892

Creator: Crawford, William H.

Tire-Filler.

Patent for an improved tire filler "adapted to fit within a tire casing" (lines 5-6, p. 2), including illustrations.

Date: March 30, 1920

Creator: Huffman, Orla L.

Wire Fence.

Patent for a new and improved wire fence. This design "relates to wire fencing; and it consists in the construction and combination of devices . . . whereby the wire cables can be conveniently and freely supported at suitable points by spirally-coiled suspension-loops attached to certain fence-posts, so that while securely braced to remain in position the wire cable will not be subjected to chafing or other injury" (lines 8-17).

Date: March 11, 1890

Creator: Moran, Horace S.