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[Petition from Laredo Officials to the Governor]

Description: Petition from officials in Laredo to the Governor of Nueva Santander Melchor Vidal de Larca y Villena. According to the petition, the townspeople wish to continue rounding up cattle, as they have done since 1755, for their use. The governor responds by granting permission to do this, however branded cattle are to be returned to their owners.
Date: 1788-01~
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Partner: St. Mary's University Louis J. Blume Library

Travis County Clerk Records: Marks and Brands Record 1

Description: Register of Travis County livestock marks and brands from 1840 to 1893, showing date of registration, name and residence of owner, to whom sold (residence and remarks), facsimile of mark or brand, and place of brand. Arranged chronologically by date registered.
Date: 1840/1893
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
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Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Travis County Clerk Records: Marks and Brands Record 2

Description: Register of Travis County livestock marks and brands from 1882 to 1902, showing date of registration, name and residence of owner, to whom sold (residence and remarks), facsimile of mark or brand, and place of brand. Arranged chronologically by date registered.
Date: 1882/1902
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
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Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Railroad Stock-Guard.

Description: Patent for "a guard which will effectually prevent cattle from entering adjoining fields to which ingress is afforded by means of a railroad traversing them and to provide means for preventing the guards being injured by trains passing over the road," (lines 11-16) with instructions and illustrations.
Date: February 2, 1892
Creator: Bridges, William J.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Investigations into the Nature, Causation, and Prevention of Texas or Southern Cattle Fever

Description: This book serves as "a report on the nature, causation, and prevention of Texas cattle fever" (p. 9) or the infection of cattle by ticks. It includes statistical tables and illustrations of red blood corpuscles infected by ticks. Index begins on page 297.
Date: 1893
Creator: Smith, Theobold & Kilborne, Fred Lucius
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Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries

Railway Cattle-Gate.

Description: Patent for a gate that automatically opens when cattle are crossing and closes afterward, so that the track is unobstructed for trains. Includes instructions and illustrations.
Date: August 17, 1897
Creator: Westmoreland, Joseph M. & Strange, Benjamin
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Cattle-Yoke.

Description: Patent for a new and useful cattle yoke for preventing them from breaking, tearing down, jumping over, or crawling through the openings in fences (line 6 -8).
Date: March 22, 1898
Creator: Kirk, Robert S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Stock-Weaner.

Description: Patent for improvements in stock weaners. The invention is used for weaning cattle and "may be applied to either the parent or the offspring to prevent abstraction of the lacteal fluid from the udder by either. The purpose of the invention is to devise a device of the character and for the purpose aforesaid which will be simple, effective, light, not interfere with grazing or feeding, and which can be easily and quickly placed in position without the use of tools and adapted to be readily remov… more
Date: July 17, 1900
Creator: Looby, Hiram R.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Travis County Clerk Records: Marks and Brands Record 3

Description: Register of Travis County livestock marks and brands from 1902 to 1943, showing date of registration, name and residence of owner, to whom sold (residence and remarks), facsimile of mark or brand, and place of brand. Arranged chronologically by date registered.
Date: 1902/1943
Creator: Travis County (Tex.). Clerk's Office.
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Partner: Travis County Clerk’s Office

Feeding Trough

Description: Patent for a feeding trough. This invention is designed to prevent the waste of feed by collecting the feed pushed out during feeding. Illustration included.
Date: December 22, 1903
Creator: Butz, John F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Tom Roberts' Produce Display at the Llano Hotel]

Description: Photograph of Tom Roberts' display of produce in front of the Llano Hotel in Midland. The produce, sourced from Roberts' farm west of Midland, has been brought in front of the hotel on a wagon pulled by two horses and a cow, and the display bears tall sheaths of grain, watermelons, vegetables, small fruits, and other large produces placed within the wagon and adjacent to its wheels. Tom Roberts, who owned the first herd of registered Jersey cattle in the county, leans against his wagon (marked … more
Date: September 1906
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Location: 31.997551 -102.074488
Partner: Midland Historical Society

Swingletree

Description: Patent for a swingletree that equalizes the strain of the draft animal when the traces are connected in an irregular manner.
Date: July 20, 1920
Creator: Bosse, William F.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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