National Farm Survey - no. 116, Badsey

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	8 acres
Q25 - Small Fruit, not under orchard trees	½ acre
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	9½ acres
Q28 - Bare Fallow	1 acre
Q32 - Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season) but excluding rough grazings	3 acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	22½ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	4
Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	2
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	6

Horses

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

Livestock

Q73 - Poultry, Fowls over 6 months old	30
Q74 - Poultry, Fowls under 6 months old	15
Q75 - Ducks of all ages	10
Q76 - Geese of all ages	12
Q79 - TOTAL POULTRY	67

C51 returned?

Yes

Acreage of small fruit

Q84 - Currants, red and white	½ acre
Q87 - TOTAL ACREAGE	½ acre

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

Q88 - Brussels Sprouts	2 acres
Q89 - Cabbage, Savoys, Kate and Sprouting Broccoli	½ acre
Q92 - Parsnips	½ acre
Q94 - Beetroot	½ acre
Q95 - Onions	½ acre
Q96 - Beans, Broad	2 acres
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	½ acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	½ acre
Q101 - Asparagus	2 acres
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	½ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	9½ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q129 - Workers, Whole Time Family, Male	2
Q132 - Workers, Casual, Female	2

Rent

Q145 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and estimated rental value of land owned	22½ acres - £80

Length of occupation of holding

Q147 - How many years have you been the occupier of the holding?	24 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	75% heavy; 25% medium
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	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	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?	Infestation with insect pests (wireworm); 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	Pipe
QC3 - Water supply to fields	Well & Stream
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?	B
QD2 - Reasons for B or C (old age, lack of capital, personal failings)	Personal failings -lLack of initiative
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 - 10 Dec 1943