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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
WILLIAM T. WILLIE, OF INDEPENDENCE, TEXAS.
IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-WORM-POISON DISTRIBUTERS.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,345, dated December 29, 174 ; application filed
August 29, 1874.
To all whom it mayi concern: stayed by a rope passing thence to the girth-
Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. WILLE, Irings on each side of the saddle. The rear
of Independence, in the county of Washing- bar A' is in like manner notched, as shown in
ton and State of Texas, have invented a new Fig. 2, and is provided with a slot, at the
and valuable Improvement in Cotton-Worm- apex of its notch, by means of which it is
Poison Distributer; and I do hereby declare strapped to the cantle of a saddle, and with
that the following is a fnll, clear, and exact perforations f along its lower edge, serving
description of the construction and operation as a means of attachment for a rope, passing
of the same, reference being had to the an- thence to the girth-rings on each side.
nexed drawings, making a part of this speci- It will be seen from the above description
fiction, and to the letters and figures of ref- that the frame is firmly attached both to the
erence marked thereon. pommel and cantle of the saddle, and that it
Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation is braced and steadied to resist displacement
of an end view of my poison-distribnter. Fig. by ropes or straps leading from the perfora-
2 is a, plan view, and Fig. 3 is a side view, of tions e' andf upon the front and rear bars of
the same. the frame, respectively, to the girth-rings on
This invention has relation to cotton-worm- each side of the saddle, constituting a simple,
poison distributers; aind the novelty consists convenient, and effectual attachment for the
in a frame which is rigidly secured to a sad- purpose of preventing any displacement. The
dile upon a horse, in a transverse position, notches of the front and rear liars A' A are
whereby an ordinary can, having a distribut- intended to be straddled over that portion of
ing-faucet for discharging liquid poisons, ar- the padl-frame of a saddle which projects in
ranged upon both ends of the said frame, the front of the pommel thereof, anti extends in
one balancing the other, may be operated by rear of the cantle, the rider being seated be-
the rider, one or both at the same time, as tween the two, with a poison-receptacle on
will be hereinafter more fully explained. each side, with their stop-cocks within easy
In the annexed drawings, A A' designate, roach of his hand. He can thus accurately
respectively, the front and rear bars of my regulate the flow of poison according to the
improved frame, connected together on each amount required to effect the purpose, the
side by means of a Ilatform, C, upon which movement of the horse serving materially to
are to be placed oil-cans B, or other couven- assist the distribution.
lent vessels for the reception of the destroy- What I claim as new, and desire to secure
ing compounds. These vessels are remova- by Letters Patent, is-
bly secured thereto in any suitable manner, In combination with the vessels B, for
and their onter lateral edges are each provid- holding poison fluids, the saddlle-frame A A'
ed with a distributing stop-cock, D, having a C, having notches E, perforations e e' f, and
crescent-shaped perforated nozzle-piece, d, by slotsf, substantially as specified.
means of which the liquid poison will be shed In testimony that I claim the abore I have
over a wide space. The front bar A has an hereunto subscribed my name in the presence
angular notch, E, cut into its lower edge, near of two witnesses.
tie apex of which, and one each sidthereof WILLIAM[ THOMAS WILLIE.
perforations e are made, by means of which
it is secured to the pommel of the saddle. It Witnesses:
is also provided with perforations e' upon its A. E. Monrtss,
lower edge, by mneasll of which it is laterally WV. B. iROYALL.
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Willie, William T. Improvement in Cotton-Worm-Poison Distributers., patent, December 29, 1874; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth167029/m1/2/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.