The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-15
STARKE'S DIXIE PLOW.

LlY INVITATION or MR. +. O. WILLIAMS, OF
| ~ the coHnty of Nottowry, number of gem
tlemen embed at his residence saturday. Deotm
Der 10 to test BY practical experiment the compar.
| alive value of the Dixie PLuw, n auufactured ty
starke Co ind any otter that might enter the
| field OF competition.
Tue pIows eere taken 70 the field at half past two
| p NJ the following gentlemen acting judges +.
| W. kp,s, j IS. Williams, Robert scott, JAS. 4. Gil
| liam, VIM. T. Christian, kicsr Bpes. DR.. Daring,
| Sidney draves, Walton sydnor r. q Williams, O.
| N. seay, and j. M Hurt Mr.. s. braves and Walton
sydnor were the principal powmen Mr. w. sydnor
both of whe m handled them with mastery skill and
success.
The plows entered were the Dixie two horse right
| and left-hand plows. aud the att two.horse left
| hand. Soon after the trial commenced the beam of
| the Dixie ght hand broke in and was laid
aside, the cont st being rarrowed to the Watt left
hand and Dixie LETT hand. The soil first selected
| was a stubble loan without soil but us the pows
| we're new, ana did not turn IN consequence of the
roughness of the castings after short trial IL
decided to tab them INTO another field where the
soil was well'trudden tenacious clay, it'll timo
thy sod cove ed with vegetation and with straw.
The plows here performed their work admirably,
cutting AID inning clear without choking.
As the ihxt- was a 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, neither
party had agent or representative present. and 10th
plows did WE'LL yet the trial. With the award of the
Judges is deemed of sufficient the in.
terest of agriculture to justify its publication.
The award of the judges unanimously in favor
of the Dixie on the following grounds:
LIST. 1t cut a deeper furrow.
I'd 1t cut q wider furrow.
Sd Ii more tffecfually inverted the sod.
4th. The draft seemed to be greater.
9th. The mechahi al arran cement tor altering cut
was deemed more simple aud efficient.
At the conclusion # the trial some of the Judges
were 30 pleased as to determi e to order them for
their own use. J. III. HURT, Secretary.
certify that the above sent to the Richmond
"Whis" for publication by myself that i am no,
acquainted with Mr.. starke; that he had mover eep
the payer aud knew nothing Of its contents aud
In no wise party to the trisl Of the pows alluded
to J. NJ. HURT.
January 7, 1871.
We, the iuf ges in the "Plow Trial on the farm of
Mr. f. q Williams, published in the Wing hereby
as communication by the judges who made the
award,
JMHURT,
+ C WILLIAMS
W T CHRISTIAN
] B WIiLIAMs
JAS GILLIAN |
. A''A' nv the manu-
do NOT bel;svo in H. .-.., farmer
,ac,u' ers themselves, but hope that every
WI at once make a full trial of the DIXIE win,
every piow he can find and buy that which does ,be
oest work. have not been able to supply the de- |
haha, nor NIL my orders for sometime and mnst |
eavs neld-trials where they rightly belong-to farm
srs themselves. " 'ani-
-. PHI srARKE
1P Io-wom No 1440 Main street. |