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Bamlett two-horse mowing machine

56 HEAD of VALUABLE YOUNG SHORTHORN DAIRY CATTLE, consisting of Newly-calved cow, two Cows due time of Sale, three young Gelt Cows

in milk, four young Cows and 12 Heifers due March and April, seven Autumn Calvers, eight Coloury Twinters, 10 smart Stirks, five Heifer Calves, three Bull Stirks from good milking cows, well-bred Roan Stock Bull, one year and 11 months old, and

bred by Mr. Jackson of Thwaite Hall, Penrith.

HORSES: - Bay Gelding, 5 years old, 15-3 h.h., sire Burrows Manners,

a capital spring lurry or cart horse; Brown Mare, 14.3 h.h., suitable for general purposes.

The above are both good workers and quiet. Brown Colt Foal, sire Heythorpe Prince William.

POULTRY:

50 One year olds and 80 Pullets, chiefly Leghorn and Wyandotte Cross.

FARM IMPLEMENTS: - Two Carts, with hay gearing; two Traps, capital Float, equal to new;

two-horse Bamlett Mowing Machine, 16 Hurdles, Sheep Dipping Crusher, two Hen Cabins, 15 Hurdles, Sheep Dipping Apparatus, Sheep Troughs, Cattle Piggins, Provender Chests, Mixing troughs, Ladders, Wheelbarrows, Sheep Racks, Scythes,

Ropes, Pig Troughs, Dog Kennel, Rakes, Forks, Spades, Draining Tools, two sets of Cart Gears, Mowing Traces, set of Harness.

DAIRY UTENSILS: -

End-over-End Churn, Melotte Cream Separator, Milking Cans and Buckets, and the usual Dairy Requisites.

Ground Mow and Scaffold of

PRIME HERBY MEADOW HAY.

The Auctioneers draw special attention to this Important Sale. The Cattle are all young, well-bred, coloury, and in nice store condition having been bred on a high sound farm,

they are specially suitable for farmers replenishing their stocks, well-bred Bulls of excellent milking strains having always been kept.

FARM SALES IN THE BLEASDALE AREA: 1914 – 1918

1915

HAZELHURST (WILLS - 1915)

Preston Guardian 27th March 1915

Highly Important Unreserved Sale HAZELHURST FARM, BLEASDALE, near GARSTANG

E.G. HOTHERSALL (F.A.I.) & SONS are again favoured with

instruction from Messrs. Wills Bros

(who are declining farming) to SELL by AUCTION on Wednesday, March 10th,

the whole of the CATTLE, HORSES, IMPLEMENTS,

Dairy Utensils, Poultry, Hay etc.