The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-29
1GRI0U1TURKE EXPERIMENTS,

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I BY INv1TATIoNo OF Mr. & WILLIAMS,
of the county OF Noftoway, n Number of gentle
men assembled at his residence Saturday, De
cember TO- to test by practical experiment the
comparative value of the DIXIE PLOW, manu-
featured by Starlee & Co., and any other that
might enter the field of competition.
The ployvs were taken 10 fthef feidy ut half
past'two 7, M tlsffollosvipg genllenaen acthgAs
judges \: w Eppes, j u; Williams, Robert
ard tppes, DIR barring w Sidney Graves walton
Hurt. Mr.. s. Graves s ahd Wilton e Syd is we're
the the pTinep p W sdn3r working york;
success '.' - F2'"'' sF1~ ip-'r'h0fSeA
Those enteredvsere the Dixie t,yo-horse right and
left-hand plows, and the Watt two-horse left
hand. Soon after the trial commenced, the beam
of the Dixie right-hand broke in two and was laid
aside the Contest being narrowed 70 the Watt left
hand and Dixie right hand. The soil first selected
was stubble loan Without soil; but as the plows
WIRE new and did not turn in consequence of the
roughness Of the castings, after 2 short trial it
was decided to take them into another field where
the soil was welltrodden tenacious clay with
a timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
stray The plows here performed their work adj
mirably, cutting and turning without choking. :
AS the Dixie was new conner, as the contest
waxed warm most of the judges took hold of 1t
to test personally its practical working. While
there is no intention to do injustice to any, as
neither party had agent or representative pre-
sent, and both plows did well vet the trial. with
the award of the judges, IS deemed of sufficient
Importance TO the Interest Of agriculture 10 justi-
fly us publication. "-iAi ts45l Hsi3 9Ahl % Hi}'
The award of the Judges was unanimously in,
favor of the Dixie on the following grounds, aJ
list. 1t cut q deeper furrow.
I'd. 1t cut a wider furrow. si'l Il "a % ft&i
I'D. Itmore eff6ctually inverted thelsod 3 IL sll
4th. The draft seemed TO be no greater, ma, q
9th. The mechanical Arrangement for altering
cut was deemed more simple and efficient ~ :
AT the conclusion of the trial some of the
judges were so pleased as TO determine to order,
them for their own use. - 80 W
JIM HURT, secretaryno o.
certify that the above was sent to the, Rich;
mond "Whig'' for publication by myself; that
am not acquainted with Mr. Starlce; that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of its
contents, and was in no wise q party to the trial
OF the plows alluded to, IN f..xg.xx,,.,u,b;,
january z, 1871. iii' 'lt- III M HURTGtt
We the judges in the '.Plow Trial. on the
farm of Mr.. F. 9. Williams published in, the
"Whig,n hereby certify that it Was directed to be
sent TO that louinnlas a COMMUNICATION by the
judges who made the award, ,fei attn
59Wi a3hoeR . dha ,FgC.,WILLAMS, ajgo
ghil gcixa bsa .id.isiW. u. CHRISTIAN, !
january d 1917 39j5A 8 sMiaf ILffAMia
/ Tatiejiiild GlaG oil ~ De3AlQ FeW El0ilG.
| / do not believe. in pillow trials made by the
manutac tureis themselves, but hope that every
farmer will at once make aful1 trial Of the DIXIE
does the best work. j have been not able supply
the demand, nor fill my orders for sometime and
must leave Held trials Where they rightly belong
TO themselves 10 9ysiq D9l2ii. -ilg.ri i5
1 81 II, I,otfoqgg.. .sev,P H.,STARkEs,yt 4
ap l2-w3m No, 40 Main Street.