National Farm Survey - no. 77, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q3 - Oats	2½ acres
Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	¼ acre
Q11 - Turnips and Swedes, for fodder	¼ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	12¾ acres
Q28 - Bare Fallow	½ acre
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	20 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	36¾ acres
Q34 - Rough Grazings (Mountain, Heath, Moor or Down Land, or other rough land used for grazing on which the occupier has the sole grazing rights)	17 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q39 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Males 21 and over	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	1

Horses

Q82 - Used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Geldings	1
Q84 - Unbroken Horses 1 year old and above, Geldings	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	2

Livestock

Q50 - Other Cattle, 1 year old and under 2 Male	3
Q51 - Other Cattle, 1 year old and under 2 Female	8
Q54 - TOTAL CATTLE AND CALVES	11
Q70 - All other Pigs, 2-5 months	6
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	6

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	3 acres
Q90 - Cauliflower or Broccoli (Heading)	½ acre
Q91 - Carrots	½ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	½ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	½ acre
Q95 - Onions	2½ acres
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	1 acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	1½ acres
Q101 - Asparagus	2½ acres
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	¼ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	12¾ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q131 - Workers, Casual, Male	1

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£63 18s 0d

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	8 acres - 30 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	40 acres - 15 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	3¼ acres - new

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	LORD & PARKER (estate)
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	33.3% good; 33.3% fair; 33.3% bad
QB4 - Situation in regard to road	Good
QB5 - Situation in regard to railway	Fair
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - not applicable; 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
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	Yes - 15 acres

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	Fair
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate; Pasture land - to some extent

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 2 Jan 1943

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 12 Jan 1943