National Farm Survey - no. 147, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	¼ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	½ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	6½ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	7¼ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q36 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 18-20	1
Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	2
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	3

Livestock

Q70 - All other Pigs, 2-5 months	2
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	2

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	1 acre
Q91 - Carrots	½ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	½ acre
Q95 - Onions	1 acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	½ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	1 acre
Q101 - Asparagus	1½ acres
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	½ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	6½ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	1
Q132 - Workers, Casual, Female	2

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£21 11s 0d

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	5 acres - 43 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	2¼ acres - 33 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	A
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	BREWER
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Badsey
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	Yes - Occupational, Bretforton, Worcestershire
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	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	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

QC1 - Water supply to farmhouse	Pipe
QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Pipe
QC3 - Water supply to fields	None
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	No
QC5 - Electricity supply - public light, public power, private light, private power	Electricity supply - public light
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 & J E Knight - 24 Nov 1942

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 3 Dec 1942

Notes on Farmer/Market Gardener

On Form B496, the agent is listed as E G Righton