The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-14
I. AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
lsTaRKE,s DIXIE PLON.s mi 1--

BY INITIATION OF MIR F. c. WILLIAMS,
ofthe county of Nottoway, number of gentle
cember 10, to test by practical experiment the
comparative value of the DIXIE Pillow, manu-
featured by Starle Co, and any other that
might enter the field of competition. r ~
The plows were taken TO the field at half
past two 7. NJ the following gentlemen acting as
Judges r W Eppes, I; - Williams, Robert
ard Eppes, DIR. Daring, Sidney Graves, Walton
Sydnor 4. @. Williams G. N Seay, and ]. M.
Hurt. Mr.. S. Graves and Walton Sydnor were
the principal plowmen. Mr. w; Sitinor 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
lcft-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 was laid
aside the contest being narrowed TO the Watt left
hand and Dixie right-hand The soil first selected
was a stGbble loan without soil; but as the plows
were new, and did not turn in consequence of The
roughness of the castings after a short trial IL
was decided to take them into another field where
the soil was well-trodden, tenacious clay, with
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 new conner, as the contest
| waxed warm most of the judges took hold of il
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 well, yet the trial with
| the award of the Judges, is deemed of sufficient
Importance to the interest of agriculture to justi
/ fy its publication.
The award of the Judges was unanimously in
| favor of the Dixie on the following grounds:
LIST. Itcuta deeper furrow $500 4ss4..,,
I'd. 1t cut a wider furrow,
Sd. II more eftectually 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 some OF the
l judges were pleased as TO determine to order
| them for their own use. tLasg s-.
80 j. M HURT, Secretary
certify that the above was sent to the Rich
mond 'Whg' for publication by myself; that
am not acquainted with Mr.. Starle; 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 10. .t .se
January Z, 1871. ]. M HURT.
| We the Judges in the "plow Trial. on the
| farm of Mr.. Il. g. Williams, published in the
wing hereby certify that it was directed to be
sent to that journal as communication by the
Judges who made the award. ny
H. FEsf aI j. M. HURT,
+. e. WILLIAMS,
| w. It. CHRISTIAN,
| f,sssfet ], u. WILLIAMS,
January 9, 1871 JAS. S. GILLIAN.
l. do not believe in, pillow trials made by the
manufacturers themselves, but hope that every
| farmer will at once make a full trial of the DIXIE
| with 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 field-trials where they rightly belong
10 themselves
| s. F's8#it t PHI STARKE
| APP 12--w3m No. 1440 Main Street