The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-23
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
CTARKE's DIME pLov.

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BY INVITATION OF MIR. +. @. WfIiLIAEs.
men assernbledat his residence saturday. De
cember 70, to test by PRACTICAL experiment the
comparative yal',c q The DIXIE PfioW, manu-
cSpredby Starke n Co., and any other that
might enter the field of competition -
The piows were taken to the field at half
pasttwo M, the following gentlemen acting as
Judges. F.W. Eppes, j. Il. Williams, Robert
Scott, Jas. S. Gillian, WIN, t. Christian, Rich
ard Eppes, DIR. Daring Sidney Graves, Walton
S}d rao +: G; Williams. g; * seay and J. N.
the principal plowfncn.s Mr.. w. SidHor working
the Watt pillow, and s. Graves the Dixie--beth of
whom handled them with mastery skill and
Those entered were the Dixie two-h horse right and
eft-hand plows, and the Watt two-horse left
hand Soon after the trial commenced, the beam
OF tne Dixie righthand 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 stubble loan withoutsol; but as the plows
were new, ana did not turn in consequence of the
roughness OF the castings after q short trial it
was decided to take them into anotherfiel where
me SOIL wasa well-trodden, tenacious clay, with
timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
straw The plows here performed their work adj
mirabiy, cutting and turning without choking.
AS me Dixie was a new conner, as tine: contest
waxed warm most of the judges took hold of it
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 to isti-
| fy its publication. I,IIi.. f.''T7f7
l The award of the judges was unanimously in
favor OF the Dixie on the following grounds
LIST. 1t cut deeper furrow ut
! I'd. 1t cut a wider furrow, ......lia ,f-sl st4
| Sd. 1t more efectually inverted the sod
h 4th. The draft seemed to be no greater
| 9th. The mechanical arrangement for altering
| cut was deemed more simple and efficient. lf,a
AT the conclusion of the trial some of the
| judges We're SO pleased as to determine to order
! them for their own use. 1J ltt 81 srf .4p
]. N. HURT, Secretary.
| mond ''Whig'' for publication by myself; that 1
am not acquainted with Mr.. Starlxe that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of it's
| contents, and was in no wise party to the trial
of the plows alluded to- ta,,sa .3l g
January z, 1871 j. NJ HURT
We, the judges in the "Plow Trial" on the
farm of Mr.. +, c. Williams, published in the
| WING, y hereby certify that it was directed to be
! judges who made the award ',ssr
| ,.s J. M. HURT,
+. G. WILLIAMS, 4.
| w. Il. CHRISTIAN
| go w 3 j. B. WILLIAMS 'iyii
| January Q, 1871. ~ JAS s. GILLIAN.
| do not believe in plow trials made by the
farmer will at once make full trial of the DIXIE
| with every pillow he can find, and buy that which
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.
r. III. STARKE
| APP l2---w3mi ~ .''N No. 1440 Main Street
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