National Farm Survey - no. 52, Aldington

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	1¼ acres
Q24 - Orchards, with small fruit below the trees	3½ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	4¾ acres

C51 returned?

Yes

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

SF returned?

Yes

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Auto Culto (2½ Horse Power)

Rent

Q144 - If holding owned by you, best estimated annual rental value	£35

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	3½ acres - 20 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	1¼ acres - 8 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	2 acres - 9 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	Good
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - not applicable; Buildings - good
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Fair
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
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

QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Well & 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	No electricity supply

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

R W Sidwell - 10 Nov 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 1 Jul 1944