1848-04-08 Gardeners Chronicle - Ferrabee Advertisement

MOWING MACHINES. - Budding's Patent Machines for cutting Grass Plots, Pleasure Grounds, Bowling Greens, &c. Manufactured and sold by JOHN FERRABEE, Phoenix Iron Works, near Stroud, Gloucestershire. The utility of these Machines has been confirmed by a sale of nearly 3000, and their adoption is rapidly increasing by all who admire a verdant and well kept lawn. The use of them offers many important advantages over the ordinary method of cutting with a scythe. The work is performed far more expeditiously. The machines may be so adjusted as to leave the Grass passed over by them of any regular length, at the pleasure of the operator; they leave a more even and uniform surface than can be produced by the most skilful mower, and as they can be used best in dry weather, the gardener is enabled to cut his lawns at the most convenient time, instead of being obliged, as with a scythe, to wait for rain or heavy dews. They are very durable, easily sharpened and kept in order, and their management is extremely simple. Hand Machines are made of three sizes, cutting the several widths of 16, 19, and 22 inches, and Horse Machines of larger dimensions.

Sold by Messrs. RANSOMES & MAY, Ipswich, General Wholesale Agents; also by Mr. Wm. Drury, Ironmonger, Castle-st Liverpool: Mr. T. Johnson, Ironmonger, Leicester; Messrs. Lister and Lees, Ironmongers, Cateaton-street, Manchester; Messrs. Mapplebeck and Lowe, Ironmongers, Bull ring, Birmingham; Mr. Herbert Room, Ironmonger, Bull-ring, Birmingham; Messrs. J. Nelson and Sons, Ironmongers, 47, Briggate, Leeds; Mr. R. Stratton, Agricultural Repository, Clarke-street, Bristol: Messrs. Stothert and Walker, Ironmongers, Beth; Messrs. F. W. and T. Richmond, Ironmongers, Victoria Bridge, Salford.

JOHN FERRABEE also manufactures Steam Engines, Water Wheels; Machines for Threshing, Winnowing, and Bagging simultaneously; Horse Powers for driving Machinery, Threshing Machines, Chaff-cutters, Cultivators or "Ducie" Drags, Cultivators combined with Norwegian Harrows, Horse Hoes, Subsoil Ploughs, Clod Crushers, Land Rollers, Hay-making Machines, Corn and Linseed Crushers, Turnip Slicers and Cutters, Scotch and "Richmond" Carts Cart and Waggon Arms and Axles, Steaming Apparatuses, Hot Water Apparatuses, and a variety of other Agricultural Machines, Tools, &c., lists of which may be had on application to JOHN FERRABLE, Engineer, Millwright, Mechanist, Iron and Brass Founder, and Manufacturer of Agricultural Implements, Phoenix Iron Works, near Stroud, Gloucestershire.