National Farm Survey - no. 87, 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	3¼ acres
Q25 - Small Fruit, not under orchard trees	¼ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	5¾ acres
Q28 - Bare Fallow	¾ acre
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	10½ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

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

Livestock

Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	40
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	48
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	88

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

Q81 - Strawberries	¼ acre
Q87 - TOTAL ACREAGE	¼ acre

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	1 acre
Q89 - Cabbage, Savoys, Kate and Sprouting Broccoli	½ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	¼ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	2 acres
Q101 - Asparagus	2 acres
Q115 - TOTAL	5¾ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	1
Q130 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Female	2

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q139 - Others, Number 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	5½ acres - £11
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	5 acres - £10

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	22
Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	5½ acres - 7 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Owner and Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	R
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	WEBB
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?	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 - 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	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	Roof
QC3 - Water supply to fields	None
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	No
QC5 - Electricity supply - public light, public power, private light, private power	Electricity supply - public light
QC6 - Is it used for household purposes and/or farm purposes?	Yes - household purposes

Management

QD1 - Is farm classified as A, B or C?	B
QD2 - Reasons for B or C (old age, lack of capital, personal failings)	Lack of capital
QD3 - Condition of arable land	Fair
QD4 - Condition of pasture	Not applicable
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - to some extent

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 18 Oct 1944

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 26 Oct 1944