The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-02
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.


BY INVITATION OF IIIl 90. WILLIAMS,
of the county of holloway, number OF gentle
men assembled at his residence saturday, De
ceInbcr 10, TO test by practical experiment the
comparative value Of the DIXIE- PLOW, manu-
factured by StallSe n Co, and any other that
might enter the field Of competition.
/ The plows were stafen TO the field at half
past two y, NJ, the following gentlemen acting as
judges r. w. NEppes, !. Il. Williams, Robert
Scott, Jas. s. Gillian, VIM. T. Christian, Rich
ard Eppes, DIR. Daring, Sidney Graves, Walton
Sydnor +. G. Williams, &. ~ Seay, and ]. nj.
Hurt. MIR. S. Graves and Walton Sydnor were
the Watt plow, and s. Graves the Dixie--both of
whom, handled them with mastery skill and
| success
Those entered wero the Dixie wo-horse rightand
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 to the Watt left
hand and Dixie right-hand. The soil first selected
| was u stubble loan withoutso but us the plows
were new and did not turn in consequence OF the
roughness of the castings after short trial it
was decided to take them into another field where
| the soil was well-trodden, tenacious clay, with
a timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
| straw. 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 IL
| to test personally its practical working. While
there is no intention to do injustice to any, as
neither party had agent OF representative pre-
sent, and both plows did well, yet the trial, with
| the award of the Judges is deemed of sufficient
Importance to the interest OF agriculture to 1usti7
| fy its publication. b.
The award of the Judges was unanimously in
| favor of the Dixie ON the following grounds: fi
| LIST. 1t cut q deeper fuTroW. t.s FI
| I'd. 1t cut q wider furrow.
sd. 1t more eflectually inverted the sod.
4th The draft seemed to be no greater. 81 8 ln
| 9th The mechanical arrangement for altering
cut was deemed more simple and efficient.
| AT the conclusion of the trial some of the
! judges We're SO pleased TO determine to order
= f'l'l ''7'1 ~ j. M HURT, Secretary
L. Is. gsG sft ttala $3.50 Atfft ifsoll Oi
l certify That Abe above WAS sent to the Rich
mond Wing for publication by myself; that
am not acquainted with Nh. Starle; that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of its
contents, and was in no wise "a party to the trial
of the plows alluded to. .,s,tf,- ....-.....
january 1871. J. nj. HURT. n
| We, the judges in the ''Plow Trial, on the
! "Whig' hereby certify That it was directed to be
| sent TO that journal asa communication by the
| judges who made the award, llff HEf
/ j. NJ. HURT, Ea
/ Ist t'h iHf i'i' T. G.. WILLIAMS
la 10 ll tHtIr a1 w. Il. CHRISTIAN,
A. ]. IL. WILLIAMS,
| January 8, 1871, JAS. S. GILLIAN.
i ] do not believe in pillow trials made by the
manufacturers themselves, but hope that every
farmer win at make full trial of the DIXIE
does the best work have been not able To supply
the demand, nor fill my orders for sometime, and
must leave field trials where they rightly belong
ito themselves. i't'
- IrH.lafg.sas g .toP III. sSTARKE III
ap l2-w3m I.l i No 1ijO Main Street