National Farm Survey - no. 68, Aldington

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q24 - Orchards, with small fruit below the trees	4 acres
Q25 - Small Fruit, not under orchard trees	1 acre
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	1 acre
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	6 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

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

Livestock

Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	400
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	400
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	800

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

Q81 - Strawberries	1 acre
Q83 - Currants, black	1 acre
Q84 - Currants, red and white	1 acre
Q86 - Loganberries and Cultivated Blackberries	2 acres
Q87 - TOTAL ACREAGE	5 acres

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

Q89 - Cabbage, Savoys, Kate and Sprouting Broccoli	¼ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	½ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	¼ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	1 acre

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	1
Q132 - Workers, Casual, Female	2

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Auto Culto (2½ Horse Power)

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£40

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	30 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Owner
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	25% heavy; 75% 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 - not applicable; 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

QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Well & Roof
QC3 - Water supply to fields	Stream
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	No
QC5 - Electricity supply - public light, public power, private light, private power	No electricity supply

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 - 8 Nov 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 14 Dec 1943