National Farm Survey - no. 92, Wickhamford

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	¼ acre
Q25 - Small Fruit, not under orchard trees	½ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	5¼ acres
Q27 - All Other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than ¼ acre	4¾ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	Alfred Russell put down 5½ acres but should be 10¾ acres, if individual acreages are correct

Livestock

Q71 - All other Pigs under 2 months	1
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	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

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	2 - Anzani Iron Horse (6 Horse Power) & Gravely (2 Horse Power)

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£12

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	2 acres - 7 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	3½ acres - 5 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	LORD & PARKER (estate)
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	c/o Col Porter, Woodrow & Hands, Droitwich
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	80% heavy; 20% medium
QB2 - Is farm conveniently laid out?	No
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	Fair
QB8 - Condition of fences	Good
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
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 18 Jan 1943

Primary record completed by

P Brice - 18 Jan 1943