National Farm Survey - no. 136, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q16 - Cabbage, Savoys and Kohl Rabi, for fodder	3 acres
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	3½ acres
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	1 acre (parsley)
Q30 - Clover, Sainfoin and Temporary Grasses for Grazing (not for Mowing this season)	1½ acre
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	9 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	2
Q38 - Wholetime regular workers, Women and girls	3
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	5

Horses

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

Livestock

Q71 - All other Pigs under 2 months	2
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	2
Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	81
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	30
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	111

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

Q84 - Currants, red and white	1 acre
Q87 - TOTAL ACREAGE	1 acre

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

Q89 - Cabbage, Savoys, Kate and Sprouting Broccoli	3 acres
Q95 - Onions	1½ acres
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	1 acre
Q115 - TOTAL	5½ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£9 16s 0d
Q145 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and estimated rental value of land owned	10 acres - £45
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	2½ acres - £9 16s 0d

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	20 years
Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	5 acres - 20 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	3 acres - 9 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	3 acres - 6 years. Also a fourth part: 1½ acres grazing - 20 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Owner and Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	Col
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	PORTER
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Woodcross Hands, Droitwich
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	20% heavy; 80% 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 - 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 & Stream
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 purposes

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 - 11 11 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 10 Dec 1943

Notes on Farmer/Market Gardener

Form B496 indicates that H Ashwin was owner of the land of which he was tenant