The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-04-17
STARKE'S DIXIE Pillow.

DY INVITATION OF MR.. F. @. WILLIAMS, OF
ID the county of Nottoway, number of gen.
tlemen assembled at his residence Saturday, Decem-
Der TO- to test by practical experiment the compar
alive value of the DIXIE Pillow, manufactured by
starke Co., and any other that might enter the
field of competition
P. NJ. the following gentlemen acting as judges F.
W. Epes, j. D. Williams, Robert Scott, Jas. 8. Gil
liam, VIM. 4. Christian, Richard Epes. DIR. Daring
Sidney Graves, Walton Sydnor, f. G. Williams, g.
N seay, and ]. M. Hurt. Mr.. s. Graves and Walton
Sydnor were the principal plowmen Mr.. w. Sydnor
working the Watt pillow and 8. Graves the Dixie
success
The plows entered were the Dixie two-horse right
and left-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 laid
aside the contest being narrowed to the Watt left
hand and Dixie leftband. The soil first selected
was stubbe loan without soil but the plows
were new, and did not turn in consequence of the
roughness of the castings, after short trial it
decided to take them into another field where the
soil was well-trodden, tenacious clay, with timo-
thy sod covered with vegetation and with straw.
The plows here performed their work admirably,
cutting and turning clear without choking.
As the Dixie was conner, 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, neither
party had agent or representative present. and both
pIsws did WE'LL yet the trial. with the award of the
Judges is deemed of sufficient Importance to the in
terest of agriculture to justify its publication.
Inc award OF tu0 JUDGES was uuhuluOusly III thVOr
of the Dixie on the following grounds;
1st. 1t cut deeper furrow.
3D. 1t cut wider furrow.
Sd 1t 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 of the judges
were pleased as to determine to order them for
their J. NJ. HURT, Secretary.
certify that the above was sent to the Richmond
| sWhig for publication by myself that am not
acquainted with Mr. Starke; that he had neysr seen
the paper aud knew nothing of its contents and was
in no wise party to the trial of the pows alluded
| to, p J. M. HURT.
| January Z, 1871. aa
We, the Judges in the sPlow Trial. on the farM OF
Mr.. u. O. Williams, published in the Whig hereby
certify that il directed to be sent TO that journal
as communication by the Judges who made the
| award.
JMHURT,
@ WILLIAMS,
| t CHRISTIAN,
WILLIAMS,
| JAS GILLIAN
| January 9, 1871.
| do not believe in pillow trials made by the manu-
facturers themselves, but hope that every farmer
| will at once make full trial of the DIXIE with
every pillow he find, and buy that which does the
| best work. 1 have not been able to supply the de-
| mand, nor fill my orders for sometime, and must
leave feld-trials where they rightly belong-to farm
| ers themselves.
| P Fl STARKE,
| -xuQn No Main utra