National Farm Survey - no. 19, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q1 - Wheat	5½ acres
Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	4 acres
Q11 - Turnips and Swedes, for fodder	½ acre
Q12 - Mangolds	½ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	44 acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	6 acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	17½ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	78 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	4
Q37 - Wholetime regular workers, Males under 18	1
Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	6

Horses

Q81 - Horses used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Mares	1
Q82 - Used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Geldings	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	2

Livestock

Q59 - Sheep over 1 year old, Other	17
Q62 - Sheep under 1 year old, Other	25
Q63 - TOTAL SHEEP AND LAMBS	42
Q64 - Sows in Pig	2
Q66 - Other Sows kept for breeding	5
Q67 - Barren Sows for fattening	1
Q68 - Boars being used for service	1
Q69 - All other Pigs over 5 months old	1
Q70 - All other Pigs, 2-5 months	3
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	13
Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	16
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	18
Q75 - Ducks of all ages	6
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	40

C51 returned?

Yes

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

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q132 - Workers, Casual, Female	1

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q137 - Oil or Petrol Engines, Number and Horse Power	1 (2½ Horse Power)
Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Auto Culto (3½ Horse Power)
Q142 - Track laying Tractors, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Ransome MG (6 Horse Power)

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£280

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	12 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	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	50% heavy; 50% 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	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 & 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 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	Good
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate; Pasture land - adequate

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 8 Nov 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 10 Dec 1943