The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-03
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
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CTARKE'S DIXIE PLoW.

by INVITATION OFDIR. F. G. WILLIAMS,
OF TIC countY OF aainher OF genflsss
men assembled at his residence Saturday, De-
Comparative vaiae ofshe DIXIE PiOW, manu-
t;lctured-ly Stafke Co.. and any other that
might enter The field of competition. q =.
Ipas gtvo r NJ, ne foltowing gentlemen acting as
tjudges II w. Eppes, !. Il. Williams, Robert
Scott, JaskS ChnE,m, Wm. T. Christian, Rich
81 aecf, is Z" Wiiihn,s a n, Seay, and j. N.
Hurt. Mr.. ). Graves and Walton Sy,lnor We're
the principal plowmen Mr.. w. Sitlnor working
the Watt pillow, and :. Graves the Dixie--both of
whom handled them with mastery skill and
success
Those entered were the Dixie tNyo-horsc right and
Flett hand, plovs, and tbs Watt itwo-horse left
-liahd Soon after Che 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
roaghness of the castings, after short trial it
decided to take them into another field where
/ the soil was u well-rodden, tenacious clay, with
a timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
straw! The piows here performed their work adj
mirllbly, cutting and turning without choking.
As the Dixie was new conner, MS the contest
+. waxed warm most of the judges took hold of it
4 to test personally its practical working. While
there is no intention to do injustice TO any, as
neither party had agent or representative pre-
sent and both plows did wen, yet the trial, with
the award of the judges, is deemed of sufficient
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| fly its publication. r.sa-lff fa.iff. nr
| The award of the Judges unanimously in
favor of the Dixie ON the following grounds:
| lsts ~ cut eeeperlnrrow.
| ID 1t cut wider fuIrow.
y 3D. IL moro edeetually Inverted the sod.
/ 4th. The draft seemed to be no greater
9th. The mechanical arrangement for altering
cut was deemed more simple and efficient. H
~ At the conclusion of the trial some of the
judges Were SO pleased as TO determine to order
| them for their own use. tsr IL is4
J. M, HURT, Secretary.
i certify that the above was semitic the Rich
! mond ''Whgi' for publication by myself; that
am not acquainted With Mr.. StaTlie; that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing OF its
contents, and was in wise n party to the trial
d of the pows allnded to- s4~-t, y. =
January T.. 1871. 4u 15r J. M. HURT.
We, the judges in The Plow ,Trial,u on the
farm of Mr.. f. G. Williams, published in the
q, "Whig, hereby certify that it was directed to he
| sent TO that Journal as communication by the
1sludges, who made the award --..A-l ATT
l." pig 3 ~>'- '-- F. G. WILLIAMS, 81
a.. w. T. CHRISTIAN,
tr J. b. WILLIAMS, 81
~ January 0, 1871. JAS. S. GILLIAN
I do not believe in pillow trials made by the
4 manufacturers themselves, but hope that every
farmerwill at once make q 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
Ito themselves. Oh - s4.H
4 ap 12-w3m i'iH' No. 144O Main Street.
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