The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-22
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMFNTs,


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j by ',A IMITATION I'M, OF MIR T. O. Williams,
u .lc county OF holloway, q number Of gentle
men assembled Ut his residence saturday. De-
cember 10 to test by practical experiment the
ccompaIsiiye value of the DIXIE PLOw, manu-
ltctnred by Starke & Co, and any other that
might enter the field of competition
rasi ne pl9ws We're taken to the field at half
iiuges; r. W. Eppes, ]. j. Williams, Robert
scott, Jas 5, Gillian, Wm t. Christian Rich
ara Eppes, DIR. Daring, Sidney Graves Walton
Sydnor, 3 q Williams G. N: Seay, and j. NJ
ilurt. Mr. 5. Graves and Walton Sytlnor were
me prhcipal plowmen. Mr.. w. Siinor working
tne wait plow, and s.. Graves the Dixie--both of
whom handled them with mastery skin and
Those entered We're the Dixie two-horse right and
ieit-nand plows, and the Watt tyo-horse left
n NUM-, soon AFTER the trial commenced, the beam
oil the Dixie right-hand broke in two and was laid
ASIDE, the contest being narrowed to the Watt left
hthd and Dixie right-hand. The soil first selected
was a slupole loan without soil but as the plows
We're new, ana did not turn in consequence of the
roughness OF the castings, after n short trial it
was decided to take them into another field where
ans sou was we-trodden tenacious clay, with
unothy sod covered with vegetation arid with
straw, The plows here performed their work adj
miiapiy, cutting and turning without choking.
A . me DlNle was new conner, as the contest
70 test personally its practical working. While
there Is no intention to do injustice to any as
aat P,tlty had agent or representative pre-
sent, ana both plows did well yet the trial with
the award OF the Judges is deemed of sufficient
Importance to the interest of agriculture to iust
fly its publication.
The award of the Judges was unanimously in
iavor OF the Dixie on the following grounds:
LIST. Il cut deeper furrow. gS'i14
Cd 1t cut q wider fuirow
sd IL more eflectually inverted the sod =
4tn. Inc draft seemed to be no greater l
otl, Inc mechanical arrangement for altering
CUT was deemed more simple and efficient.
At the conclusion of the trial some of the
Judges were so pleased to determine to order
them for their own use. NJ -. 10. .f,-.sf 5
J. NJ. HURT, Secretary
certify that the above was sent to the Rich
lnond Wing for publication by myself; that
am not acquainted with Mr. Stal'lle that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of its
contents, and was in no wise a party TO the trial
of the plows alluded to. - Se,s IT ..
January Z, ISL JIM. HURT,
We, the judges in the "Plow Trial :, on the
farm of Mr.. +. c. Williams, published in the
wing, hereby certify that it was directed to be
sent 10 tnat journal as q communication by the
Judges who made the award. sg ta aNgH ss5
M 5t sf.s. J. M HURT, fffs.gl
+. G. WILLIAMS,
q w. T.. CHRISTIAN,
ffl ]. I}. WILLIAMS,
January y 1871 JAS. S. GILLIAN. ,a.
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
Win 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 iield-trials where they rightly belong
Ito themselves.
titE PHI. sTARKE,
APP l2-wSm fiiss399 No. l44o Main Street.