National Farm Survey - no. 89, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	¼ acre
Q23 - Orchards, with crops, fallow, or grass below the trees	¾ acre
Q24 - Orchards, with small fruit below the trees	½ acre
Q25 - Small Fruit, not under orchard trees	¼ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	4 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	5¾ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q39 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Males 21 and over	2
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	2

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	¾ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	¼ acre
Q95 - Onions	½ acre
Q96 - Beans, Broad	¼ acre
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	½ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	½ acre
Q101 - Asparagus	¾ acre
Q103 - Lettuce	¼ acre
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	¼ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	4 acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q131 - Workers, Casual, Male	1

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£34

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	2 acres - 2 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	3 acres - 1½ years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	¾ acre - 2 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	LORD & PARKER (estate)
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?	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	Good
QB14 - Is there infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, rooks and wood pigeons, other birds, insect pests?	Infestation with insect pests; no infestation with rabbits and moles, rats and mice, rooks and wood pigeons, other birds
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	None
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?	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

R W Sidwell - 6 Feb 1942

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 29 Apr 1942