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Stalk-Cutter Attachment

Patent for improvements to stalk-cutter attachments to plows. The invention allows stalks to be cut by the plow and then turned under it into the soil to decrease labor an improve plow performance.

Date: April 7, 1919

Creator: Wylie, Arthur E.

Ant-Trap.

Patent for certain new and useful improvements in ant-traps.

Date: April 12, 1898

Creator: Selvidge, Charles W.

Cotton-Chopper

Patent for a cotton chopper. Illustrations included.

Date: April 5, 1910

Creator: Thomas, Edward E.

Harrow and Cultivating Implement

Patent for a harrow and cultivating implement which "may be readily adjusted and adapted to various uses" (lines 12-13).

Date: April 21, 1908

Creator: Sherrill, Samuel T.

Patent for a cleaner for cotton-gin saws for "an improved construction of cleaner adapted to be used in connection with saw-cylinders on different kinds of gins" (lines 10-13) and "which may be easily fitted and held securely in position in a detachable manner" (lines 18-19).

Date: April 24, 1900

Creator: Bolen, Walter M.

Trace-Fastener

Patent for trace fastener.

Date: April 21, 1903

Creator: Hall, Henry Lyons

Method of Destroying Stumps of Trees.

Patent for a method of destroying the stumps of persimmon and sassafras trees using saltpeter, soda, and salt.

Date: April 1, 1902

Creator: McLelland, Jacob J. E.

Cotton Chopper.

Patent for a new and improved cotton chopper. This design consists in "[t]he combination of an axle, a frame, a shaft journaled longitudinally in the frame, radial arms mounted on the said shaft, gear connecting the said shaft with the axle, rectangular blades secured upon the ends of the said arms, the said blades being set diagonally, making their side edges parallel with the spiral path of the arms . . . and one blade being narrower than the others . . . whereby each blade will exactly coinc… more

Date: April 13, 1886

Creator: Ferriott, Charlie L.

Improvement In Cotton-Gin-Saw Cleaners.

Patent for "a device for quickly cleaning the saws of cotton-gins when they become gummed. It consists in a series of knives that are supported by a movable bar or frame, and may be thrust between the saws when the saws are to be cleaned (para. 4-5).

Date: April 23, 1878

Creator: Munger, Robert S.

Hog-Trough.

Patent for an improved and durable pig trough, one that stays clean and can be filled and eaten out of easily without wasting feed.

Date: April 27, 1897

Creator: Neill, George A.

Hay-Rack.

Patent for a hay-rack meant to "provide an improved device for holding or clamping hay within reach of livestock, and which while not impairing the feeding of the stock will prevent them from pulling the hay down beneath their feet" (lines 14-19).

Date: April 16, 1895

Creator: Erskine, William James

Cultivator.

Patent for a new and improved cultivator. This design consists in "[t]he combination, with a flat shovel and a shank, of the bead on said shovel having a transverse slot therethrough, a slotted wedge inserted between said shovel and shank, and a bolt passing through said bead, wedge, and shank" (lines 95-100).

Date: April 10, 1888

Creator: East, Elias

Improvement in Ant Traps

Patent for the improvement of Ant traps, including to illustrated and labeled figures.

Date: April 1, 1873

Creator: Ames, Theodore G.

Improvement in Plows.

Patent for the improvement of the Rotary-Disk Cutters for plows that enable it to swivel and be supported by guides, including illustration.

Date: April 3, 1855

Creator: Hall, Thomas J.