The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-05-10
STARKE'S DIXIE PLOW.
QY INVITATION on MR. y. @. WILLIAMS,

| DY INITIATION on MR.. II. @. WILLIAMS OF
- the county Of Nottowsy, number Of gen.
tlemeu assembled at his residence saturday, Deem.
Der 10 to test by practical experiment the cornpar-
alive value of the Dixie PLow, n annfsct,ired Nv
stsrke Co, and any other that might enter the
| field of competition.
The plows we're taken to the field at half past two
p NJ. the following gentlemen acting Judges +.
W. Epes, B Williams, Robert scott, Jas. s. Gil.
liam, Vim. T. Christian, bchsrd Epes. DR.. Daring,
Sidney Graves, Walton sydnor, r. q Williams q.
N. seay, and j. NJ Hurt. Mr.. 8. Graves and Walton
sydnor were the principal plowmen Mr. W. sydnor
wo king the Watt pillow and Graves the Dixie
success.
1he piows entered were the Dixie two horse right
and loft-hand plows, aud the att two.horse left
hand. Soon after the trial commenced the beam Of
the Dixie ght hand broke in two aud was laid
aside, the contest being narrowed to the Watt loft
hand and Dixie left hand. The soil first selected
was stubble loan without soil but as the plows
were new, and did not turn in consequence Of the
rougness of the castings, after short trial 1t was
decided to tab 9 them INTO another field where the
soil was well-trodden, tenacious clay, With timo-
thy sod cd with vegetation and with straw.
The plows here performed their work admirably,
cutting aud urnipg clear without choking.
As the Dixie was conner. the contest
wsxed warm most of the Judges took hold of it to
test personally its practical working While there
lie no intention to do injustice to any, as hcither
party had agent representative present and 9th
plows old we'll. yet the trial With the award of the
JUDGES, is deemed of sufficient IMPORTANCE the in
terest of agriculture to justify its publication.
ne a"atu VI Tue Judges was Unanimously IN favor
Of the Dixie on the 10 loving grounds
lat. 1t cut q d. eper furrow.
I'd. 1t cut a wider furrow. .-t..
Sd 1t more tffectually inverted the sod.
4th The draft seemed to be no greater
5ih The mechani al arrangement for altering cut |
was d eaied more simple and efficient
At the conclusion # the trial some of the Judges |
were 50 pleased as to determine to order them for
their own use' ). Al. HURT, Secretary.
certify that the above sent to the Richmond |
"Whig" for publication by myself; that / am NOS |
acquainted with Mr. Starke; that be had never seen
the paper aud knew nothing of its contents and was
In no wise party to the trial of the plows alluded
10 J. M. HURT.
January Z, 1871.
We, the iuf ges in the "Plow Trial" on the farm of
Mr II. O Williams, published in the Wing hereby
certify that it was directed to be sent that journal
as communication by the Judges who made the |
award.
JIM HURT,
FC WILLIAMS,
W 7 CHRISTIAN,
j B WILLIAMS,
JAS s GILLIAN
January Q, 1871.
do not behave in pillow trials made by the manu-.
facturers themselves, but hope that every farmer
wi j a. once make full tr al of the DIXIE with |
every pillow he can find and buy that which does the
best work. l have not been able to supply the de-
mand, nor fill ny orders for sometime and must
leave held-trals whore they rightly belong-to farm
ers themselves .aflff
-e PHI STARKE, |
ap l3-w3m No 1440 Main street. |