The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-09
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
CTARKE's DIXIE PLoyy.


BY INVITATION OF MIR. +. O. WILLIAMS,
of the county of Nottoway, a number of gentle
men assembled Mt his residence saturday, De
cenlber 10, TO test by practical experiment the
comparative value Of the DlxIE pLoW, mann ann,
might enter the field of competition.
The plows were taken to the field at half
past two 7, M the following gentlemen acting as
Judges f. w. Eppes ]. ID. Williams, Robert
Scott, Jas 5, Gillian, VIM: Il. Christian, Rich
ard Eppes, DIR. Daring, Sidney Graves Walton
Milam a w al ssey y aSa we're
the principal plowmen. MIR w; Sitinor worSing
the Watt pillow, and S. Graves the Dixe--both of
whom handled them with mastery skill and
Those entered were the Dixie two-horse right and
1eft-hand plows, and the Watt two-horse lett
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 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 II
was decided to take them into anotherfield where
a 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 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
Ps had Hd d OF e %
the award of the judges, is deemed of sufficient
Importance to the interest of agriculture to justi-
fly its publication. .s.5 ~.
The award of the Judges was unanimously in
favor of the Dixie ON the following grounds:
lst 1t cut deeper furrow. = aa H "a
ID 1t cut q wider furrow. .
Sd It more effectually 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 nse. A.. "a Z. 49,.
77 '' I'M HURT, Secretary.
| certify that the above was sent to the Rich
/ mond "Whig'' for publication by myself; that
am not acquainted with Mr.. Starlie that he had
| never seen the paper and knew nothing OF It's
contents and was in no wise party to the trial
January 7, 1871. J. NJ. HURT.
| We, the Judges in the Pillow Trial. on the
| farm of Mr.. L. O Williams, published in the
"Whig,n hereby certify that it was directed TO be
/ sent to that Journal as q communication by. the
1 Judges who made the award.
Il j. vi. HURT,
| r. G. WILLIAMS,
| 80 w IT CHRISTIAN,
t az j. j. WILLIAMS,
| January o, 1871 JAS. S. GILLIAN.
/ do not believe in plow 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 supply
the demand nor fill my orders for sometime, and
/ must leave field-trials whore they rightly belong
i Ito themselves. F.
/ p II. STAR1kE,
| ap l2-w3m No. 14i0 Main Street.