National Farm Survey - no. 166, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	¼ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	3 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	5½ acres (not all individual acreages included in total)

C51 returned?

Yes

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

SF returned?

Yes

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Auto Culto (¾ Horse Power)

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£15 2s 6d
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	5½ acres

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	3¾ acres - 12 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	1¾ acres - 2 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	R S
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	WARRINGTON
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Sedgeberrow
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?	Yes
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 - fair; Buildings - fair
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Fair
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Fair
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	None
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?	B
QD2 - Reasons for B or C (old age, lack of capital, personal failings)	Personal failings - not a first class worker
QD3 - Condition of arable land	Fair
QD4 - Condition of pasture	Not applicable
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - to some extent

Field information recorded by

J E Knight & R W Sidwell - 24 Nov 1942

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 2 Dec 1942

Notes on Farmer/Market Gardener

On Form B496, Raymond Webb was also listed as owner; he was presumably the agent