National Farm Survey - no. 185, 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	1 acre
Q25 - Small Fruit, not under orchard trees	½ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	5¼ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	7 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

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

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	1 acre
Q91 - Carrots	¼ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	¼ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	¼ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	¼ acre
Q101 - Asparagus	2 acres
Q104 - Rhubarb	½ acre
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	½ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	5¼ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q130 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Female	1

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Auto Culto (2¼ Horse Power)

Rent

Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	7 acres - £28 5s 2d

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	11 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	R
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	WEBB (Agent)
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	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?	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	Good
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - not applicable; 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

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	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 - 8 Nov 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 14 Dec 1943