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- Tire-Carrier
- Patent for carrying an extra tire on an automobile along with a method for easy removal and placement of the tire.
- Insect-Destroyer
- Patent for an improved insect destroyer that can be fixed to farm equipment and other vehicles.
- Level.
- Patent for improvements to levels to provide more reliable and accurate information. It is also stronger and more durable and is produced at a lower cost.
- Lake Brownwood
- Map of the Lake Brownwood State Park outlining hiking trails and highlighting activities, facilities, and other features such as bathrooms, lodgings, water/electric, etc. It also contains general information for the park and for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
- Boll-Weevil or Other Insect Destroyer.
- Patent for improvement to the machine set forth in the patent granted to John S. Doak and Alexander G. Farrington on April, 1902, No. 696419. (Page 1, lines 12-14.) The improvements are to use “a pair of troughs connected to a truck and provided with upwardly-projecting wings on their outer edges, spring-arms attached to the truck and pressing normally against the wings and the outside parts of the troughs, spiral springs adjustably mounted on the truck and pressing against the spring-arms, and means for forcing insects from growing plants into the troughs.” (Page 3, lines 74-83.) Illustration is included.
- Locking Device
- Patent for "a device for locking the frames of loose-leaf binders...which will not be readily bent or broken." (lines 11, 12, 21 & 21), including instructions and illustration.
- Stalk Cutter
- Patent for stalk cutter. This invention consists of rotating knives that severs the stalks into several pieces for use as fertilizer. Illustrations included.
- Milking Apparatus.
- Patent for a manually operated milking device, which eliminates the need for the milkers hands to touch the cow's teats or the milk, thereby lessening germ exposure.
- Oil-Burner.
- Patent for an oil-burner for stoves, which sends heats the oil using steam and sends it through a pipe into the stove burners.
- Heating System.
- Patent for a heating system using a grate placed in an open fireplace.
- Display Device.
- Patent for a display rack adapted for exhibiting various fabrics.
- Design for a Cuspidor.
- Design patent for a cuspidor. The sides of which are nearly perpendicular and the extended base-supporting flange of which is in the form of a rope or cable, while the upper edge is ornamented by milling.
- Churn.
- Patent for an improvement in churn by using a combination of a sliding bar, a cord secured to the dasher-shaft, and vertical rods to create a mechanical movement that would wind and unwind the cord in order to operate the churn. Illustration is included.
- Stalk-Breaker.
- Patent for a stalk-breaker that breaks "the stalks into small pieces and which will be under the control of the driver so as to be thrown in and out of gear at will, and in which the breaker mechanism will be so constructed that it will give when an unyielding substance is run against, thereby preventing breakage or damage to the machine" (lines 13-20).
- Sheep-Dipper.
- Patent for a sheep dipper that does not drown the animals. It "may be readily operated without requiring that the entire weight of the sheep under treatment be lifted by the operator; and furthermore to provide a device which may be supported upon wheels and made portable, and which is provided with simple and efficient means for conveying the sheep into and from the vat containing the dip" (lines 12-19).
- Soil map, Brown County, Texas
- Map displays soil types along with bayous, lakes, rivers, agricultural field stations, refineries, pipelines, power transmission lines, towns, churches, country clubs, roads, and railroads. Includes legend and symbols. Separate, supplemental chart shows principle characteristics of each soil type.
- Soil Survey of Brown County, Texas
- Text describing climate, agriculture, and soils of Brown County, Texas.