National Farm Survey - no. 90, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q9 - Potatoes, first earlies	½ acre
Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	2 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	13 acres (not all crops included in the total)

Labour employed on 4th June

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

Horses

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

Livestock

Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	10
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	10

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	4 acres
Q89 - Cabbage, Savoys, Kate and Sprouting Broccoli	1 acre
Q90 - Cauliflower or Broccoli (Heading)	½ acre
Q91 - Carrots	½ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	½ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	1 acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	3 acres
Q101 - Asparagus	1 acre
Q115 - TOTAL	11¾ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	1
Q130 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Female	2

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£26
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	13 acres - £26

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	24
Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	6 acres - 24 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	4 acres - 10 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	3 acres - 6 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	Raymond
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	WEBB
QA3 - Is farmer full-time, part-time, spare time, hobby, other type, and other occupation, if any	Part time; also Fruit & vegetable haulage business
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 - not applicable; Buildings - fair
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Good
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Good
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

QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	None
QC3 - Water supply to fields	None
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	Yes
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 - drink
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

R W Sidwell - 20 Dec 1942

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 29 Dec 1942