Corn and Cotton Sweep.

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Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton sweep. This design "is to provide an improved sweep for the cultivation of corn, cane, and cotton plants while they are young, which shall be capable of adjustment to plow-stocks of any class; to provide removable wings which can be applied or detached when it is desired to throw the dirt or soil to either the right or left; and to provide a removable point which can be replaced when it is worn out with another point of similar construction and thus render the sweep as good as new and save … continued below

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[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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Lewis, Samuel Timothy & Babb, John Hendrick September 28, 1886.

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Patent for a new and improved corn and cotton sweep. This design "is to provide an improved sweep for the cultivation of corn, cane, and cotton plants while they are young, which shall be capable of adjustment to plow-stocks of any class; to provide removable wings which can be applied or detached when it is desired to throw the dirt or soil to either the right or left; and to provide a removable point which can be replaced when it is worn out with another point of similar construction and thus render the sweep as good as new and save the farmer the cost of a new sweep" (lines 16-27).

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[2], 1 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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"SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,725, dated September 28, 1886. Application filed May 20, 1886. Serial No. 202,786. (No model.)"

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  • September 28, 1886

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  • September 28, 1886

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  • May 20, 1886

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Lewis, Samuel Timothy & Babb, John Hendrick. Corn and Cotton Sweep., patent, September 28, 1886; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth171351/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.

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