National Farm Survey - no. 4, Aldington

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	8¾ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	8¾ acres

Horses

Q82 - Used for agricultural purposes (including mares kept for breeding) or by Market Gardeners, Geldings	1
Q89 - HORSES TOTAL	1

Livestock

Q70 - All other Pigs, 2-5 months	5
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	5

C51 returned?

No

SF returned?

Yes

Rent

Q145 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and estimated rental value of land owned	4½ acres - £22 10s 0d
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	7½ acres - £35

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	The 7½ acres my brother and self took 11 years ago, it was worked with my late father who died 2 years ago and left us the 4½ acres owned by him
Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	7½ acres - 11 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	4½ acres - 2 years

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	Good
QB6 - Condition of farmhouse and buildings	Farmhouse - not applicable; Buildings - good
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Good
QB8 - Condition of fences	Good
QB9 - Condition of ditches	Good
QB10 - General condition of field drainage	Good
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

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	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 - 8 Nov 1943

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 13 Dec 1943