National Farm Survey - no. 129, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q3 - Oats	4½ acres
Q9 - Potatoes, first earlies	¼ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	4¾ acres
Q31 - Permanent Grass for Mowing this season	25 acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	28 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	62½ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q39 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Males 21 and over	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	1

Horses

Q81 - Horses used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Mares	2
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	2

Livestock

Q43 - Cows and Heifers in milk	6
Q44 - Cows in calf but not in milk	2
Q45 - Heifers in calf with first calf	2
Q51 - Other Cattle, 1 year old and under 2 Female	7
Q52 - Other Cattle, under 1 year old for rearing (excluding Bull Calves being reared for service)	4
Q54 - TOTAL CATTLE AND CALVES	21
Q56 - Sheep over 1 year old, Ewes kept for further breeding (excluding two-tooth Ewes)	16
Q57 - Sheep over 1 year old, Rams kept for service	1
Q62 - Sheep under 1 year old, Other	25
Q63 - TOTAL SHEEP AND LAMBS	42
Q70 - All other Pigs, 2-5 months	3
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	3
Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	60
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	20
Q75 - Ducks of all ages	8
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	88

C51 returned?

No

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q131 - Workers, Casual, Male	1

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£155

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	2½

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	G C
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	LEES-MILNE
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	The Manor, Wickhamford
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% 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	Good
QB5 - Situation in regard to railway	Bad
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - fair; Buildings - fair
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Fair
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Fair
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	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	Fair
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate; Pasture land - to some extent

Field information recorded by

A B Williams - 17 Jun1941

Primary record completed by

E Alder - 20 Jan 1942