National Farm Survey - no. 25, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q1 - Wheat	8¾ acres
Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	¼ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	3½ acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	5 acres
Q29 - Clover, Sainfoin and Temporary Grasses for Grazing for Mowing this season	8¾ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

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

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

Q81 - Strawberries	½ acre
Q87 - TOTAL ACREAGE	½ acre

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

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	1

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

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£21 6s 0d

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	30
Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	8¾ acres

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	50% heavy; 50% 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	Fair
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - not applicable; Buildings - fair
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Good
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Fair
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	Not applicable

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 17 Dec 1942

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 19 Jan 1943