Stalk-Cutter.
Description:
Patent for "a new and valuable Improvement in Corn and Cotton Stalk Cutters" (lines 5-7). It includes a description and an illustration. The construction of this stalk cutter is "adapted to be driven across the field in the direction of the rows of corn, and the knives may be adjusted to operate on rows of different widths or at different depths, so as to leave only a small stubble in passing over the field" (lines 73-78).
Date:
May 20, 1884
Creator:
Brown, Azariah R.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department