The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-27
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CTARKE's DIxIEPLow.


4 by INVITATION OFBIR. r. q. WILLIAMS,
OF the comfy Of Nottoway, 4 humber of gente-
cember Ia, 10 test By l9aciicar experiment lie
compniatiye y,tlpe offhe Dixie PLOW, mann.
4 factnredb BY Siallse s Cos snftfaany other that
might enter the1leld of competition ~
The plows were taken TO the field at han
past Two 2 NJ, the following gentlemen acting as
judges +. W Eppes, J. b. Williams Robqrt
Scott, Jas $ Gillian, VIM. T. Christian Rich
ard Eppes, Dr.. Daring Sidney Graves Walton
I Sydnor j, c.. Williams, G.. n. Seay and j M
Hart! N.Y.. =. Grayes and Walton Sytilior wdrc
s .he prn 1 piowme Mr W Sidnorwoiting
tie wait pillow, and s. Graves the pixie--both of
whom handled them with mastery skill and
Those entered We're the Dixie two-horse right and
leif-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 a stubblc loan without soil but as the plows
We're new, and did not turn in consequence OF the
ronghness OF the castings, after Il short trial it
was decided to take them into another field where
the soil WAS a. well-trodden, tenacious clay with
a timothy sod, covered with vegetation and with
straw. The plows here performed thei.work adj
mirably, cutting and turning without choking y
AS the Dixie was new conner, as the 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 yetthe trial with
the award of tile Judges is deemed of sufficient
Importance to the interest Qfiagrcultme 70 justi-
fly its publication 'af Hi.f9s.H ZIG sfff.'f
The award of. the judges was unanimously in
favor Of the Dixie on The following grounds:
LIST. 1t cut deeper ftlrroW 't lisi|A
I'd. 1t cut a wider furlow pHlsi 81
81. 1t more etiectually inverted the sod. "a.
attn. The draft seemed to be no greater
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 nse. sttef .,GFf,,
fir ]. III. HURT, Secretary Il
certify that the above was sent to the Rich
mond Nhig for publication by myself: that L
am not acquainted with Mr. StarlSe that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of its
contents, and was In no wise n party TO the trial
of the plows alluded to- IS 9I
January, ls7i.7 s3saa' iaJsM. HURT.
We, the judges in the Pillow Trial. on the
farm of Mr.. +. G. Williams published In the
Wing hereby certify that it was directed TO be
sent to that journal as communea ton by the
Judges who made the award t'''.lt
ttJ ]. M HURT, fttg. K,
isNii a1 iiH F5ia H. C.fWILIsAHIS,
t5i.ia .r f. w. T, CHRISTIAN, 'i''
J.lB. WILLIAMS, 81 \
Z January sls7l.g Hsi JAS. S. GILLIAN
do not believe in plow trials made by the
manufacturers themselves, but hope that every
FARMER twill at once make Il fnl trial of the DIXIE
with every plow he can find, and bny that which
does the best work have been notable to supply
must leave field trials where they rightly belong
TO themselves. t'i'i 51ft .sfes;t -.
q As #tt gi3 p. II. STARKE
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