National Farm Survey - no. 112, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	½ acre
Q24 - Orchards, with small fruit below the trees	2 acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	7¾ acres
Q31 - Permanent Grass for Mowing this season	1 acre
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	11¼ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

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

Livestock

Q70 - All other Pigs, 2-5 months	2
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	2

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

Q82 - Raspberries	1 chain
Q87 - TOTAL ACREAGE	1 chain

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	3 acres
Q92 - Parsnips	¼ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	1 chain
Q95 - Onions	½ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	½ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	½ acre
Q101 - Asparagus	¾ acre
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	1¼ acres
Q113 - Other Bulb Flowers, not under glass	¼ acre
Q114 - Other Flowers, not under glass	¾ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	7¾ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	2 (father and son)
Q130 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Female	1 (wife)

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Gravely (2 Horse Power)

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£33 12s 0d

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	1¼ acres - 22 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	4 acres - 14 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	1¼ acres - 1½ years. Also a fourth part: 5 acres - 3 months

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	R
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	WEBB (Agent)
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% heavy
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	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 Jan 1944

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 12 May 1944