DUNFERMLINE SATURDAY PRESS, SATURDAY 14TH OCTOBER 1882
MUIRSIDE DISPLENISHING SALE
DAY OF SALE ALTERED
To be sold by public roup, on Saturday, the 28th day of October 1882, the whole stock, crop and implements, on the farm of Muirside, near Cairneyhill, consisting of:-
Stock: 4 work mares, 1 work horse, 1 two-year-old colt and 1 foal.
Cattle: 3 milch cows, 9 six-quarter cattle, all home-bred, 1 bull in good condition, and suitable for breeding purposes, 4 calves and 1 brood sow.
Crop: about 15 acres turnips (yellows and swedes), a good crop, a quantity of early and champion potatoes (in pits) and a small quantity of barley straw.
Implements consisting of: 4 coup carts, 3 corn carts, 4 common ploughs, 2 drill ploughs, 1 grubber, 2 drill grubbers, 2 rollers, 1 brake harrow, 2 pair iron harrows, 1 pair wooden harrows, 1 Norwegian harrow, 1 pair saddle harrows, 1 self-delivery reaping machine, in excellent working order, 1 combined reaper and mower, 1 turnip slicer, 1 weighing machine, 5 sets harness (good), a six-horse thrashing mill, barn and dairy utensils etc etc.
Roup to begin at twelve o’clock. The usual credit on approved security. John Brown, auctioneer.
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