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Cotton-Chopper

Description: Patent for "a cheap and simple machine adapted to chop or hoe cotton and simultaneously plow or hill the same; furthermore, to adapt the chopper to form stands composed of any number of plants and at any distance apart, and, finally, to provide means for raising and lowering the plows out of and into operative position and throwing the chopping mechanism into and out of gear, which means are controlled in a convenient manner by the driver or operator" (lines 10-20).
Date: April 19, 1892
Creator: Balshaw, David

Railway Gate

Description: Patent for improved railway gate which functions as cattle-guard and prevents foot traffic on railroad bridges, and opens and closes automatically for trains.
Date: April 10, 1906
Creator: Lowe, William Madison

Timber-Jack.

Description: Patent for timber-jacks which are "particularly adapted for use for persons using cross-cut saws on large pieces of timber."
Date: April 6, 1915
Creator: Barret, James H. & Barret, J. H.
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