National Farm Survey - no. 23, Aldington

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	½ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	7 acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	5¼ acres
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	¾ acre (for leeks)
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	13½ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	2
Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	3

Livestock

Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	7
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	7

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

Q81 - Strawberries	¼ acre
Q87 - TOTAL ACREAGE	¼ acre

Acreage of vegetables for human consumption, flowers, crops under glass

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	1 acre
Q89 - Cabbage, Savoys, Kate and Sprouting Broccoli	½ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	½ acre
Q95 - Onions	1¼ acres
Q96 - Beans, Broad	1 acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	½ acre
Q101 - Asparagus	½ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	5¼ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	1

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q139 - Others, Number and Horse Power	1 - Auto Culto (3½ Horse Power)

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£103 (£95 for 12 acres, £8 for 2 acres)

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	12 acres - 7 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	2 acres - 14 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Owner and Tenant
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Shire Hall, Worcester
QA3 - Is farmer full-time, part-time, spare time, hobby, other type, and other occupation, if any	Full time
QA4 - Does farmer occupy other land? If so, name of holding, parish and county	No
QA5 - Has farmer grazing rights over land not occupied by him? If so, nature of such rights	No

Conditions of Farm

QB1 - Percentage of area on which soil is heavy/medium/light/peaty	20% heavy; 80% medium
QB2 - Is farm conveniently laid out?	Moderately
QB3 - Percentage of farm which is naturally good/fair/bad	100% good
QB4 - Situation in regard to road	Good
QB5 - Situation in regard to railway	Good
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - good; Buildings - good
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Good
QB8 - Condition of fences	Good
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Good
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Good
QB11 - Condition of cottages	Not applicable
QB14 - Is there infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, rooks and wood pigeons, other birds, insect pests?	No infestation
QB15 - Is there heavy infestation with weeds? If so, kind of weeds?	No
QB16 - Are there derelict fields? If so, acreage	No

Water and Electricity

QC1 - Water supply to farmhouse	Pipe
QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Pipe & Roof
QC3 - Water supply to fields	Well
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	No
QC5 - Electricity supply - public light, public power, private light, private power	Electricity supply - public light and public power
QC6 - Is it used for household purposes and/or farm purposes?	Yes - household purposes

Management

QD1 - Is farm classified as A, B or C?	A
QD3 - Condition of arable land	Good
QD4 - Condition of pasture	Not applicable
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 2 Jan 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 12 Jan 1943