National Farm Survey - no. 81, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q1 - Wheat	14 acres
Q2 - Barley	10 acres
Q3 - Oats	20 acres
Q7 - Beans, winter or spring, for stock feeding	16 acres
Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	½ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	23 acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	10 acres
Q29 - Clover, Sainfoin and Temporary Grasses for Grazing for Mowing this season	22 acres
Q31 - Permanent Grass for Mowing this season	24 acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	129 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	253½ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	2
Q39 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Males 21 and over	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	3

Horses

Q81 - Horses used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Mares	3
Q88 - All Other	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	4

Livestock

Q43 - Cows and Heifers in milk	18
Q44 - Cows in calf but not in milk	2
Q46 - Bulls being used for service	1
Q50 - Other Cattle, 1 year old and under 2 Male	12
Q51 - Other Cattle, 1 year old and under 2 Female	12
Q52 - Other Cattle, under 1 year old for rearing (excluding Bull Calves being reared for service)	1
Q54 - TOTAL CATTLE AND CALVES	46
Q56 - Sheep over 1 year old, Ewes kept for further breeding (excluding two-tooth Ewes)	55
Q62 - Sheep under 1 year old, Other	50
Q63 - TOTAL SHEEP AND LAMBS	105
Q71 - All other Pigs under 2 months	7
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	7
Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	100
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	100
Q75 - Ducks of all ages	4
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	204

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	1 acre
Q115 - TOTAL	10 acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	2
Q131 - Workers, Casual, Male	1

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£306

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	13½

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	J
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	PAYNTON
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Ashleigh, Homer Road, Birmingham
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 - good; Buildings - fair
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Good
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Bad
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Bad
QB11 - Condition of cottages	Good
QB12 - Number of cottages within farm area or elsewhere	2 cottages within farm area
QB13 - Number of cottages let on service tenancy	2
QB14 - Is there infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, rooks and wood pigeons, other birds, insect pests?	Infestation with rooks and wood pigeons, insect pests; no infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, other birds
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 & 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	Fair
QD4 - Condition of pasture	Fair
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - to some extent; Pasture land - to some extent

Field information recorded by

A B Williams - 2 Jun 1941

Primary record completed by

E Alder - 20 Jan 1942