National Farm Survey - no. 167, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	3 acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	3¼ acres
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	2 acres
Q28 - Bare Fallow	2¾ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	11 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	3
Q39 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Males 21 and over	1
Q40 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, under 21	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	5

Livestock

Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	50
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	40
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	90

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	3 acres
Q106 - Tomatoes, growing in glasshouses	¼ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	3¼ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	1 (son)
Q131 - Workers, Casual, Male	1

Rent

Q144 - If holding owned by you, best estimated annual rental value	£33

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	6 acres - 20 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	2 acres - 20 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	3 acres - 40 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	Part time; also has very extensive dealing business
QA4 - Does farmer occupy other land? If so, name of holding, parish and county	Yes - Occupational, Cow Honeybourne, Gloucestershire (237/38) and Wickhamford, Worcestershire ( 45/93)
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?	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	Fair
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - good; 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

QC1 - Water supply to farmhouse	Pipe
QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Pipe
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 and public power
QC6 - Is it used for household purposes and/or farm purposes?	Yes - household and farm 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 - 2 Dec 1942