Valuable Live
Stock and Farming Utensils
To be SOLD by AUCTION,
By Mr. BRAMPTON,
(FOR READY MONEY).
On Monday the 4th Day of April next, 1808, on the Premises of Mr.
WILLIAM WOOD, of DESBOROUGH, in
the County of Northampton, who is leaving his Farm;
CONSISTING of 80 Couples, 32 Shearhogs, and 68 Lambhogs; six In-calf
Heifers, seven barren Cows, and three Sturk Heifers; two In-pig Sows and
one Yelt; four young stout Draught Horses and Mares, one Hackney, two
Two-year-old Fillies, and one yearling Filly; two stout Narrow-wheel
Waggons, two Six-inch Carts, and one Narrow-wheel Ditto; a capital
Two-furrow Plough; two Pair of small and one great Harrow; Field-Roll,
nearly new; a good Winnowing-Machine (by Blackwell) and a
Winnowing-Fan; two Sheep-Cribs and three Troughs; 10 Dozen of Slat
Hurdles and six large Trays; Harness complete for four Horses; large
Lead Horse-Trough, nearly new; with a Variety of other Articles.
N.B. The Sheep will be penned by Half-past Nine o'Clock for
Inspection, and the Sale will commence at Ten o'Clock precisely.
Northampton Mercury,
Saturday 26 March 1808
Notes:
Shearhog: a ram being one and a half
to two years old
Lambhog: A lamb
eight or nine months old, and until his first shearing, is called a
heder or sheder, hog, hogget, or lamb-hog [Journal
of the Royal Agricultural Society, 1851]
Sturk (or Stirk): a heifer or
bullock, especially between one and two years old.
Yelt: a young sow