National Farm Survey - no. 195, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	9 acres
Q31 - Permanent Grass for Mowing this season	3 acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	11½ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	23½ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	1

Horses

Q88 - All Other	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	1

Livestock

Q50 - Other Cattle, 1 year old and under 2 Male	8
Q54 - TOTAL CATTLE AND CALVES	8
Q56 - Sheep over 1 year old, Ewes kept for further breeding (excluding two-tooth Ewes)	6
Q59 - Sheep over 1 year old, Other	21
Q63 - TOTAL SHEEP AND LAMBS	27
Q66 - Other Sows kept for breeding	1
Q71 - All other Pigs under 2 months	7
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	8
Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	50
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	20
Q75 - Ducks of all ages	5
Q76 - Geese of all ages	6
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	81

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	2½ acres
Q91 - Carrots	¼ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	½ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	½ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	1 acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	1 acre
Q101 - Asparagus	1¾ acres
Q103 - Lettuce	¼ acre
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	¾ acre
Q109 - Crops growing in Frames (fruit, vegetables, flowers and plants)	¼ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	9 acres

SF returned?

Yes

Rent

Q144 - If holding owned by you, best estimated annual rental value	£24

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	40 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	Part 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 - 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	Well
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

J E Knight & R W Sidwell - 26 Dec 1942

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 1 Dec 1942