National Farm Survey - no. 152, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q24 - Orchards, with small fruit below the trees	1 acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	3½ acres
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	¼ acre
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	4¾ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	1
Q38 - Wholetime regular workers, Women and girls	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	2

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

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	1 (son)
Q130 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Female	1

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£12 10s 0d
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	5 acres

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	19 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	T
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	GLASSBROOK
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Bengeworth
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?	Yes
QB3 - Percentage of farm which is naturally good/fair/bad	100% good
QB4 - Situation in regard to road	Fair
QB5 - Situation in regard to railway	Fair
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - good; Buildings - good
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Fair
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
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	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
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

J E Knight & R W Sidwell - 24 Nov 1942

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 1 Dec 1942