The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-21
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTs
STARKE's DIXIE PLow. ,

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2 BY INVITATION oFNtR. Flct WILLIAMS,
men assembled at his residence saturday, De-
ceinber 10, TO test by practical experiment the
comparative value of the DIXIE Pillow, manu-
factnred by Starke S Co., and any other that
might enter the field of competition.
The plows were taken to the field at half
past two ? nj the following gentlemen acting as
Judges Ud; + " EPpes, B. Williams Villains, Robert S,2er
ard Eppes, DIR. Daring, Sidney Graves, Walton
Sydnor, /. g, Williams q y; Seayi and j M
Hurt Mr.. = Graves and Walton Sydpor were
the principal plowmen. Mr.. w. Sidnor working
the Watt pillow, and s. Graves the Dixie-both of
whom handled them with mastery skill and
success. ++
Those entered were the Dixie two-horse right and
left7hand plows, and the Watt two-horse left
hand Soon after the trial commenced, the beam
of the Dixie ifght-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 n short trial it
was decided to take them into anotherfield where
the soil was q we'll trodden, tenacious clay, with
q 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
walked warm most of the judges took hold of it
to test personally its practical working, While
neither party had agent or representative pre-
SENT and both pows did well, yet the trial, with
the award OF the Judges, Is deemed OF Sulflelent
Importance to the interest of agriculture to just-
fy its publication. i'' ~ '7.'"
The award of the judges was unanimously in
favor of the Dixie on the following grounds:
lst 1t cut q deeper furrow
I'd 1t cut q wider furrow.
3d. 1t more effectualy Inverted the sod.
4th. The draft seemed to be no greater.
9th. The mechanical arrangement for altering
cut was deemed more simple and efficitmt.rif.r
At the conclusion of the trial some of the
judges We're so pleased to determine to order
them for their own use. '.r.ffl ..I .aihS
ai,ei j, M. HURT, Secretary. !.
/ certify that the above was sent to the Rich
mond Wing for publication by myself; that 1
am not acquainted with Mr.. Stlike; 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. il'ii}W Ri .i -7s.i
January 7, 1871. J. M. HURT
We, the Judges in hei'Plow Trial. on the
farm of MIR. +. G. Williams, published in the
Wing" hereby certify that it directed to be
sent to that journal as q communication by the
judges who made the award. ,..l.,...,..
F'i'ai ~ JIM HURT, III -
+. @. WILLIAMS, l~i
w. II. CHRISTIAN,
l9Neilh gi'5 re AlnJiB. WILLIAMS,
January 9, ls7l. ,tl JAS. S. GILLIAN. NJ
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 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 field-trials where they rightly belong
to themselves. b 10. sos. f......i T s..
p. H. STARKE,
APP 12-w3m ~ No 144O Main Street.