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Improvement in Compounds for Destroying Caterpillars.

Description: Patent for an insecticide compound that combines Paris green, flour, and lime, which allows the poison, arsenic, to better adhere to cotton plants. Includes instructions.
Date: January 14, 1873
Creator: Whisenant, Green F.
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Improvement in Bale-Ties

Description: Patent for a new and improved cotton bale tie utilizing a simple and fast pronged buckle tie which is simple and cheap to manufacture.
Date: January 30, 1875
Creator: Jones, Henry Bradley
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Improvement in Cotton-Presses

Description: Patent for a new and useful improvement in a cotton press. "Our invention has for its object to furnish an improved press for baling cotton as it comes from the gin, &c., &c." (lines 14-16).
Date: January 5, 1875
Creator: Crenshaw, William T. & Carothers, Robert J.
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