National Farm Survey - no. 106, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	½ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	11¼ acres
Q25 - Small Fruit, not under orchard trees	½ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	8¾ acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	7 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	28 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	3
Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	4

Horses

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

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	4 acres
Q90 - Cauliflower or Broccoli (Heading)	¼ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	¼ acre
Q96 - Beans, Broad	¼ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	¾ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	1¼ acres
Q101 - Asparagus	1½ acres
Q115 - TOTAL	8½ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Auto Culto (2½ Horse Power)

Rent

Q145 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and estimated rental value of land owned	acres - £60
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	19 acres - £50

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	20 acres - 32 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	7 acres - 29 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	1 acres - 14 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	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?	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	Fair
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
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	Roof
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	No electricity supply

Management

QD1 - Is farm classified as A, B or C?	A
QD3 - Condition of arable land	Good
QD4 - Condition of pasture	Good
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate; Pasture land - adequate

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 2 Jan 1943

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 12 Jan 1943