The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-24
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
CTARKE's DIXIE PLOw.

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BY INVITATION oF8IR i. @. WILLIAMS,
Of the county of Nottoway, a number OF gentle
men assembled at his residence Saturday, De-
cember 10 to test BY PRACTICE, 95perVWemt ,ne
featured by StaIiSe & Co, and any other that
might enter the field of competition.
The plows We're taken to the field at hali
past two p. NJ, the following gentlemen acting rs
judges: +. w Eppes J. u, Williams, Robert
Scott, Jas $ Gillian, VIM T. Christian, Rich
ard Eppes, DR.. Daring, Sidney Graves, walton
Hurt Mr.. $. Graves and Walton Sydnor were
the principal plowmen. Mr. w; Sidnor working
the Watt pillow, and ). Graves the DixIe-both Oh
whom handled them with mastery skill and
success.
Those e1rtered were the Dixie two-horse right and
left-hand plows, and the Watt two-horse LETT
hand Soon after the trial commenced the beam
of the Dixie right-hand broke in two and was lald
aside the contest being narrowed to the Watt LETT.
hand and Dixie right-hand. The soil first selected
was stubbe loan without soil; but as the plows
were new, and did not turn in consequence OF the
roughness of the castings, after q short trlai IL
was decided to take them into another field where
the soil was q well-trodden tenacious clay, with
q 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 pows did well, vet the trial, with
| the award of the Judges, is deemed OF sufficient
10 the interest VI
| fly its publication.
The award of the judges was unanimously in
favor of the Dixie on the following grounds:
LIST. 1t cut deeper furrow
! I'd. 1t cut wider furrow.
Sd. 1t more eifectually inverted the sod.
! 4th The draft seemed to be no greater.
9th The mechanical arrangement for altering
cut was deemed more simple and efficient. 'u
At the conclusion of the trial some of the
judges were so pleased as to determine to order
| them for their own use. f'tt-
d6fl JIM HURT Secretary.
| certify that the above was sent to the Rich
moiid ''Whg'' for publication by myself; that
| am not acquainted with Mr.. Starlse; that he had
| never seen the paper and knew nothing of its
contents, and was in no wise party 10 the trial
of the pows alluded to-
January 2, 1871. j. nj. HURT
We, the judges III the pillow Trial. on the
| farm of Mr.. f. G. Williams published in the
''Whig,' hereby certify that it was directed to be
| sent to that Journal as communication by the
judges who made the award
j. NJ HURT, N
Ill5.lllla +. G. WILLIAMS,
| st+ e. w. L. CHRISTIAN,
]. b. WILLIAMS,
January 9, 1871. JAS. S GILLIAN
lido not believe in plow trials made by the
manufacturers themselves but hope that every
farlnerwill at once make afull trial of the DIXIE
with every pillow 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-tiials where they rightly belong
Ito themselves. tE. .sfg.
z. II. STARKE,
APP 12-w3m No. 1440 Main Street.