The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-15
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
DIXIE PLOw.

BY INVITATION OF MIR. +. O. WILLIAMS,
of the county of Nottoway, a number of gentle
men assembled at his residence Saturday, De-
cember TO- to test by practical experiment the
comparative value OF the DIXIE Pillow, manu-
factnred by Starke Il Co, and any other that
might enter the field of competition. .s.s
The plows We're taken to the field at half
past two 2. M the following gentlemen acting as
judges; f. w Eppes,s ] b. Wiinams, Robert
ard Eppes, DIR Daring Sidney Graves, Walton
Sydnor +. O. Williams, GIN. Seay, and j M.
Hurt. Mr.. $. Graves and Walton Sydnor were
the principal plownen. Mr.. w, Sidnor working
the Watt pillow, and S. Graves the DixieAboth Of
whom handled them with masterly skill and
success sr, s3 &ks s ~
left-hand plows, and the Wait two-horse left
hand. Soon after the trial commenced the beam
of the Dixie right1hand broke in two and laid
aside the contest being narrowed to the Watt left
hand and Dixie RICH t-lland The soil first selected
was stubble loan without soil but as the plows
were new, and did not turn in consequence of the
was decided to take them into another field where
the soil was a well-trodden, tenacious clay, with
a timothy sod covered with vegetation and with
straw. The plows here performed their work ad-
mirably, cutting and turning without choking.
As the Dixie was u new conner, the contest
waxed warm most of the judges took hold of it
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 iust
| fy its publication. a-T tt,0 s6
The award of the Judges unanimously in
favor of the Dixie on the following grounds:
list 1t cut deeper fu1row. t@H
I'd 1t cut a wider frIrow st
3d. 1t more effectually inverted the sod
4th. The draft seemed to be no greater.
9Th. The mechanical arrangement for altering
cut was deemed more simple and efficient ~ d
At the conclusion of the trial some of the
Judges were so pleased as TO determine to order
them for their own use. 70 A.Nl NJ
et tA a, JIM. HURT, Secretary
certify that the above sent to the Rich
mond ''Whig' for publication by myself; that L
am not acquainted with Mr.. StarlSe 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. M
january, 1871. 3 tF M. HURT. X
We, the Judges in the 'Plow Trial. on the
farm of Mr.. r. 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
tft la IT, M. HURT, soHgf
~t,f s 84asiha5 i. G. WILLIAMS
w. L. CHRISTIAN,
J. b. WILLIAMS,
January 3, 1871. JAS. s. GILLIAN.
do not believe in pow trials made by the
farmer will at once make full trial of the DIXIE
with every pow he can find, and buy that which
does the best work have been not able to supply
the demand, nor I'LL my orders for sometime and
must leave feltl-trials where they rightly belong
Ito themselves. isg s44f8 .se3-e7s.l5t ,ilt}Us O
.g..s ,.g.4 p, II, STARKE, e
z. ap l2--w3n No. 1440 Main Street IS