MR. JOHN HOOPER has been favored with instructions to SELL by Auction, on the Premises, on TUESDAY, the 19th day of December instant, the following neat and VALUABLE LIVESTOCK, of about 40 pure thorough-bred, short-horn, and half-bred, young Cows, Heifers, and Steers, (including two celebrated Short-horn Bulls, and one very superior shorthorn Heifer in Calf,) several Farm Horses and Colts, Pigs, Implements, Mangold Wurzel, Swedes, and Common Turnips, and other effects, the property of T. Pinsent, Esq., (about to relinquished farming) ; comprising 12 young short-horn Guernsey and Devon heifers, forward in calf; 10 short-horn and half Devon heifers and steers, from 2 to 3 years old; 4 feeding short-horn and Devon heifers; 7 yearling short-horn and half Devon heifers; 3 short-horn and half Devon calves; 2 pure short-horn bulls; 3 farm horses; 4 colts of different ages; 1 handsome Berkshire boar; 1 ditto breeding sow; 1 sow and farrow o’ ten young pigs; 1 ditto and farrow of six ditto; 2 store pigs; 9 slip ditto. The Implements consist of a Crosskill’s clod crusher, and Gardner’s turnip cutter (nearly new,) two other turnip cutters, linseed-mill, ditto cake crusher, three-knife chaff cutter for horse or hand power, one hand ditto, corn drill, turnip ditto, seed machine, Newington’s hand dibble, 3 one-horse carts and lades, a harvest ditto, three wheelbarrows, two stone rollers, earth but, and various other effects. About 200 tons of prime globe and long red mangold wurzel, and about 70 tons of swedes and common turnips. Printed Catalogues may be obtained on application to the Auctioneer on the day Sale. The Auctioneer having inspected the Stock, has no hesitation pronouncing it the best he has for a long time seen, and can strongly recommended the same to graziers, and those who are desirous of improving their breed of cattle, and he is confident those gentlemen who may favor him with their company on the day sale will not disappointed: Refreshment on the table at 11 o’clock: Sale to commence punctually at 12: Dated Withecombe, Chagford, December 5th, 1854.
[Exeter Flying Post: Thursday 7th December 1854]
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GRO1036 Devonport: Thomas Pinsent: 1782 – 1872