The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-28
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
CTARKE's DIXIE PLOw

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Of tie county Of Nottoway, a number of gentes
men assembled at his residence Saturday, De
cembef 10, % test BY Prsetieai experiment the
featured by StarlSe 4 Co, and any other that
might enter the field of competition.
The plows We're taken to the field at half
past two =. NJ, the following gentlemen acting as
judges: +. w. Eppes, y. b. Williams, Robert
Scott, Jas s Gillian VIM. T. Christian, Rich
ard Eppes, Dr. Daring, Sidney Graves, Walton
Hurt, Mr.. S. Graves and Walton Sydnor were
the principal plowrnen. Mr.. W. Sdnor working
the Watt ploss, and S. Graves the Dixie-both of
whom handled them with mastery skill and
success
Those entered were the Dixie twohorse right and
left-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 righthand. The soil first selected
was stubble loan withoutsoil; but as the plows
were new, and did not turn in consequence of the
roughness of the castings, after n short trial 1T
was decided to take them into another field where
the soil was a wel-trodden, tenacious clay, with,
n timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
straw. The plows here performed their work adj
mirably, cutting and turning without choking
As the Dixie wasia new coIners as the contest
waxed warm most of the judges took hold Of 1T
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 pows did well, yet the trial, with
the award of the Judges, is deemed of sufficient
fly its publication. lslj0 ,tg Az ii,-, "a
The award of the Judges was unanimously in
favor of the Dixie on the following grounds:
1st 1t cut deeper furrow ri .a.14
I'd. 1t cut wider fnrrow. (. .g.rl 4 n 4
Sd. 1t more effeotually inverted the sod.
4th The draft seemed to be no greater
| 9TH The mechanical arrangement foraltering
| cut was deemed more simple and efficient.
| At the conclusion of the trial some of the
1 judges were so pleased as to determine to order
| them for their own use.le fra III
..- JIM HURT, Secretary.
/ certify that the above sent to the Rich
mond .Whig' for publication by myself; that
am not acquainted with Mr.. Starl1e; that he had
never seen the paper and knew nothing of its
contents, and was in wise party to the trial
of the plows alluded to- al flKuEle -llcn.. !
january, 1871. m sei J. M, HURT.
II We, the judges i'll. the .'Plow Trial, on the
| .Whig" hereby certify that it was directed to be
sent to that journal as q communication by the
\ ;',H' - = nm j. NJ. HURT, a,ro
/ F. O. WILLIAMS,
Wv. L. CHRISTIAN, 4
| -ii ~ -Hs7tsf. J. b. WJLLIANS,5
| January o, 1871. JAS. S. GILLIAN.
do not believe in plow trials made by the
farmer will at once make 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 feld-trials where they rightly belong
1,-to themselves. -
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