The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-18
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
CTARKE's DIXIE PL0w.

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BY INVITATION OFHIR. i. C. WILLIAMS.
o. inc county of Nottoway, q number of gentle
men assembled ut his residence Saturday. De-
comparative value Of he Dixie PRow mon n
factured by Starke 4 Co, and any other that
might enter the field of competition.
| Inc piows were taken to the field at half
past two 7 M, the following gentlemen acting as
judges +. w. Eppes, J. b. Williams, Robert
Scott, Jas. s; Gillian, VIM: T. Christian, Rich
ard Eppes, DIR. Daring, Sidney Graves, Walton
Sydnor, f. @. Williams, G. NJ Seay, and j nj
Hurt Mr.. s. Graves and Walton Sydnor were
me principal plowmen. Mr.. w; Sidhor working
the Watt pillow, and $. Graves the Dixie-both Of
whom handled them with mastery skill and
success. ~ .sn
Those entered were the Dixie two-horse right and
left-hand plpws, 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; but as the plows
were new, and did not turn in consequence of the
roughness OF the castings, after short trial it
was decided to take them into another field where
| the soil was well-trodden, tenacious CLAW with
| timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
| straw. The plows here performed their work adj
mirably, cutting and turning without choking
AS the Dixie 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 anv as
neither party had agent or representative pre-
sent, and both pows did WELL vet the trial with
the award of the judges, is deemed of sufficient
fy its publication.
The award of the judges was unanimously in
favor of the Dixie on the following grounds:
lst 1t cut o deeper furrow. ffl4
3D. 1t cut wider furrow 49,
3D. 1t more efectually inverted the sod
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 for their own use
JIM HURT, Secretary.
certify that the above was sent to the Rich
mond Wing for publication by myself that
am not acquainted with Mr. Starke; 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 pows alluded to-
January Z, ISL JIM HURT
We, the judges in the ''Plow Trial. on the
farm of Mr.. i. g. Williams, published in the
Whig," hereby certify that it was directed to be
sent TO that journal as communication by the
Judges who made the award
I'M HURT,
+. G. WILLIAMS,
w. T. CHRISTIAN,
j. b. WILLIAMS,
January 9, ISL. JAS. S. GILLIAN.
do not believe in pillow trials made by the
manufacturers themselves, but hope that every
farmer will at once make a 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 fiedtrials where they rightly belong
Ito themselves.
p STARKE,
APP l2-w3m No 1440 Main Street