National Farm Survey - no. 103, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q3 - Oats	8 acres
Q30 - Clover, Sainfoin and Temporary Grasses for Grazing (not for Mowing this season)	17 acres
Q31 - Permanent Grass for Mowing this season	25 acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	6½ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	56½ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q37 - Wholetime regular workers, Males under 18	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	1

Horses

Q81 - Horses used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Mares	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	1

Livestock

Q43 - Cows and Heifers in milk	13
Q44 - Cows in calf but not in milk	3
Q46 - Bulls being used for service	1
Q52 - Other Cattle, under 1 year old for rearing (excluding Bull Calves being reared for service)	13
Q54 - TOTAL CATTLE AND CALVES	30

C51 returned?

No

SF returned?

Yes

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£117

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	4½ acres - 12 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	9½ acres - 6 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	16 acres - 3 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Oxford
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	100% medium
QB2 - Is farm conveniently laid out?	No
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	Fair
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - not applicable; Buildings - bad
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Good
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Bad
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?	Infestation with insect pests (wireworm); no infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, rooks and wood pigeons, other birds
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	Pipe
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	Fair
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate; Pasture land - adequate

Field information recorded by

E H Wearing - 12 Feb (no year given)

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 14 Oct 1942 (some re-reading needed)

Notes on Farmer/Market Gardener

On Form B496, the agent is given as Raymond Webb, Evesham, and charity land (25 acres), agent Mr Binyon, Badsey