National Farm Survey - no. 159, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	½ acre
Q25 - Small Fruit, not under orchard trees	¾ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	9¾ acres
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	¾ acre
Q31 - Permanent Grass for Mowing this season	6 acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	5 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	22¾ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q38 - Wholetime regular workers, Women and girls	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	1

Horses

Q82 - Used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Geldings	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	1

Livestock

Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	27
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	3
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	30

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

Q81 - Strawberries	¾ acre
Q87 - TOTAL ACREAGE	¾ acre

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	2½ acres
Q91 - Carrots	¼ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	¼ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	1¾ acres
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	½ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	¾ acre
Q101 - Asparagus	2 acres
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	¾ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	9 acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q130 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Female	1

Rent

Q145 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and estimated rental value of land owned	6 acres - £18
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	5 acres - £14 9s 4d; 6 acres - £12 4s 0d; 5 acres - £9 17s 6d

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	50 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
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Evesham
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, Aldington, 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% medium
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	Fair
QB5 - Situation in regard to railway	Fair
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - good; 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

QC1 - Water supply to farmhouse	Pipe
QC2 - Water supply to farm buildings	Well
QC3 - Water supply to fields	Roof
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	Fair
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate; Pasture land - to some extent

Field information recorded by

J E Knight & R W Sidwell - 24 Nov 1942

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 2 Dec 1942