The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-26
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
CTARKE's DIXIE pLOw.

STARKE's DIXIE PLOw.
:, BY 81. INVITATION oFMR T. o. WILLIAMS,
men assembled at his residence SatnrdaS. be-
cenoerlc to test BY practical experiment the
ilclIred by Starlle 4 Co., and any other that
mleht entertiie field of coihpetition
Inc ptows.were taken ~ the field ut half
ptst TWO r. M, the following gentlemen acting MS
Judges 7. w. Eppes, J. b. Williams, Robert
Scott Jas. 5, Gillian, VIM T. Christian. Rich.
ara Eppes, DR. Daring, Sidney Graves, Walton
Hurt Mr., s:,iraves and Walton Sydnor were r.,
] me prlnepn plowmen. Mr. w. Sdnor working
tne wait plow, and s. Graves the Dixie-both Of
s WHOM handicd them with mastery skill and
Those We're the Dixie two-horse right and
,leit-hand plows, and The Watt two-hoise left
hand soon after the trial commenced the beam
OF the Dixie righthand broke in two and was laid
ASIDE the contest being narrowed to the Watt left
nand and Dixie riglit-lland The soil first selected
was stubble loan without soil but as the plows
We're new, and did not turn in consequence of the
roughness of the castings, after a short trial II
was decided to take them into another field where
the soil was q wellatIodden tenacious elav with
a timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
straw. The plows here performed their work adj
mirabiy; cutting and turning without choking.
As the Dixie was new conner as the contest
walked warm most of the judges took hold of IL
10 test personally its practical working. While
there Is no intention TO do injustice to any. as
neither party had agent OF Ippresen tn five nra
sent, and both plows did we'll Vet the triai Win
the award of the Judges, is deemed of suiIicient
Importance to the interest of agriculture 10 i,1st
fly its publication. f9 81 f7f1 GTf ~ 80
The award of the judges was unanimously in
favor OF the Dixie on the following grounds
Ist. 1t cut a deeper furrow ~ iit
Cd. 1t cut a wider fiirrow lts 8iat< .d.i.q %
W. II more elfectually inverted the sod
atm Inc draft seemed to be no greater
oth The mechanical arrangement for altering
cut was Qeemed more simple and efficient Ilf9
AZ the conclusion of the trial some of the
Judges We're so pleased as to determine to order
them for their own use. slF
20 4pfn iasi19J Ms1IURT, Secretary.
lcertify that the above was sent to the Rich
mona ''Whig'' for publication by myself: that
am not acquainted with Mr.. Starke; that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of lis
contents, and was in no wise a party to the trial
OF the plows allnded TO- ii2ls ~ ~ 4
January 7, ls7l. nlism1 i. NJ HURT nd
we, the judges in the 'Plow Trial. ON the |
farm OF Mr. +. O. Williams, published in the |
wing, hereby certify that it was directed to be /
sent 70 tnat Journal as n communication by the |
Judges who made the award |
t''us j. NJ. HURT, -Ei
TftaF iHii 10 li' Fac. WILLIAMS, iiiiiifl
-rf 30 r 4iIt. w, T. CHRISTIAN, -
]. il. WILLIAMS,
january 9, 1871. JAS. S. GILLIAM
90 not believe in pillow trials made by the |
manufacturers themselves, but hope that every |
iarHer VIII at once make a full trial of the DIXIE
WIN WIN every pillow he can find, and buy that which
does the best work have been not able 10 sfunlv
the demand, nor fill my orders for sometime. and
must leave field-trials where they rightly belong
Ito themselves =, r : .-' - ''.'1-e
..i,i, 81 p. H. STARkE,
up lz-W3m No. 1440 Main Street