National Farm Survey - no. 2, Aldington

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q1 - Wheat	8 acres
Q11 - Turnips and Swedes, for fodder	1½ acre
Q16 - Cabbage, Savoys and Kohl Rabi, for fodder	3 acres
Q24 - Orchards, with small fruit below the trees	12 acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	41½ acres
Q31 - Permanent Grass for Mowing this season	10 acres
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	6 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	82 acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	5
Q36 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 18-20	1 son
Q38 - Wholetime regular workers, Women and girls	2 daughters
Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	1
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	9

Horses

Q81 - Horses used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Mares	3
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	3

Livestock

Q70 - All other Pigs, 2-5 months	2
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	2
Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	45
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	25
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	70

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	10 acres
Q89 - Cabbage, Savoys, Kate and Sprouting Broccoli	3 acres
Q90 - Cauliflower or Broccoli (Heading)	2½ acres
Q92 - Parsnips	1 acre
Q95 - Onions	2½ acres
Q96 - Beans, Broad	2 acres
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	3 acres
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	10 acres
Q101 - Asparagus	6 acres
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	1½ acres
Q115 - TOTAL	41½ acres

Stocks of hay and straw on holding on 4th June

Q125 - Hay	15

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

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£153 17s 0d

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	14 acres - 20 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	20 acres - 15 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	9 acres - 28 years; plus other land for 50 years

B496 returned?

Yes

Tenure

QA1 - Is occupier tenant or owner?	Tenant
QA2a - If tenant, forename of owner	A
QA2b - If tenant, surname of owner	KERR
QA2c - If tenant, address of owner	Badsey
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	75% good; 25% fair
QB4 - Situation in regard to road	Fair
QB5 - Situation in regard to railway	Good
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - good; Buildings - good
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Good
QB8 - Condition of fences	Good
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Good
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Fair
QB11 - Condition of cottages	Not applicable
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	Well
QC4 - Is there a seasonal shortage of water?	No
QC5 - Electricity supply - public light, public power, private light, private power	Electricity supply - public light and public power
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	Fair
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate; Pasture land - to some extent

Field information recorded by

R W Sidwell - 8 Nov 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 14 Dec 1943

Notes on Farmer/Market Gardener

On Form B496, Raymond Webb, Evesham, was also listed as owner; he was presumably the agent