The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-18
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS


ECTARKE's DIXIE PEow.
by INVITA- NON offMR. T. 8. WILLIAMS,
inen Easseinbledat his residence saturday, ia
tcemp Der l0sto tast byipracticaie experiment tie
Fconiparatise yalse,of the DIxIEqPLOW, manu-
featured by Starle & Co. and any other thai
might enter the field of competition
The plows We're taken to the field at half
past two I. NJ, the following gentlemen acting rs
judges: y. w. Eppes, j. b Williams, Robert
Scott, Jas S Gillian, VIM T. Christian. Rich
| sydnor n Ggwilhams, III N, Seayt and !, In; NJ
nT5 r Gayss and WSIi0e sydnor
the Watt plusv; and 81 Grayes tho Dixie-both Of
whom handled them with mastery skill and
success.
Those entered were the Dixie tyo-horse right and
loft-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 stubble loan without soil: bnt as the plovys
We're new, and did not turn in consequence Of the
roughness OF the. castings, after short trial 1t
was decided to take them into another field where
the soil was n well-trodden, tenacious clay with
timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
straw. The plows here performed their work ad-
mirabiy, cutting and turning without choking
As the Dixie was q 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 vet the trial. with
the award of the judges, is deemed of sufficient
Importance to the interest of agriculture to iusti-
fy its publication. .
The award of the judges was unanimously in
f;tvor Of the Dixie on the following grounds;
LIST. II cut a deeper fuITow. tHi"p
I'd. 1t cut Il wider furrow.
Sd. 1t more effectually inverted the sod M
4th. 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 forftheir own use 'l
9tfA sfp J. NJ HURT, Secretary.
certify that the above was sent to the Rich
mond WING" for publication by myself; that 1
am not acquainted with MIR. Starle; that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of its
contents, and was in no wise party to the trial
of the plows alluded to- =" 7i4Ii fli7
January 7, ls7l> e7tHo ]. NJ HURT
We, the judges in the pillow Trial. ON the
farm of Mr. II. c. williams, published In the
Whig,'' hereby certify that 1T was directed to be
sent to that journal u communication by the
judges who made the award
tiit j. M HURT,
if5 F.C. WILLIAMS, y
4af fio.u- s I,f w. II. CHRISTIAN,
J. B, WILLIAMS,
january 9, 1871. JAS. S. GILLIAN
do not believe in pillow trials made by the
manufacturers themselves, but hope that every
farmer will at once make full trial of the DIXIE
with every plow he can find, and buy that which
does the best work have been not able to SUNNY
the demand nor fill my orders for sometime and
must leave field-trials where they rightly belong
Ito themselves sg B5 49,
4 r H. STARKE,
APP l2-w3m No. 1440 Main Street