Cotton Stalk Puller.
Description:
Patent for a new and improved cotton stalk puller. This design utilizes "[a] pulling-wheel having radial jaws that are opened and closed by cam devices" when "[i]t is driven astride the [cotton] row, and will be found to operate rapidly and with absolute certainty. It is simple, durable, and may be constructed at a very small expense" (lines 79-84).
Date:
March 15, 1881
Creator:
Wilson, John C.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department