National Farm Survey - no. 182, Badsey

C47 returned?

Yes

Acreage of Crops and Grass

Q10 - Potatoes, main crop and second earlies	½ acre
Q24 - Orchards, with small fruit below the trees	6 acres
Q26 - Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Flowers and Crops under Glass	14¾ acres
Q33 - TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1-32 (Total acreage of excluding Rough Grazings)	21¼ acres

Labour employed on 4th June

Q35 - Wholetime regular workers, Males 21 and over	3
Q39 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Males 21 and over	1
Q41 - Casual (seasonal or part-time) workers, Women and girls	3
Q42 - TOTAL WORKERS	7

Horses

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

Livestock

Q69 - All other Pigs over 5 months old	4
Q72 - TOTAL PIGS	4

C51 returned?

Yes

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

Q89 - Cabbage, Savoys, Kate and Sprouting Broccoli	5 acres
Q95 - Onions	6 acres
Q97 - Beans, Runner and French	1 acre
Q98 - Peas, Green, for Market	½ acre
Q103 - Lettuce	½ acre
Q105 - Tomatoes, growing in the open	1½ acres
Q106 - Tomatoes, growing in glasshouses	¼ acre
Q115 - TOTAL	14¾ acres

SF returned?

Yes

Labour on 4th June

Q131 - Workers, Casual, Male	1 (son)
Q132 - Workers, Casual, Female	3

Motive power on holding on 4th June

Q140 - Wheel Tractors for field work, Number, Make and Horse Power	1 - Roto Hoe (8 Horse Power)

Rent

Q143 - Actual rent payable during current year	£52 10s 0d
Q145 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and estimated rental value of land owned	6¼ acres - £19 10s 0d
Q146 - If holding partly owned and partly rented, acreage and rent payable of land held as tenant	18¼ acres - £52 10s 0d

Length of occupation of holding

Q148a - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 1, acres and length of occupation	9¾ acres - 8 years
Q148b - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 2, acres and length of occupation	22 acres - 16 years
Q148c - If occupied parts of holding for different periods, Part 3, acres and length of occupation	2¾ acres - 1 year

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	Yes - Fields, Aldington, Worcestershire
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?	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 - good; Buildings - good
QB7 - Condition of farm roads	Fair
QB8 - Condition of fences	Fair
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

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	Not applicable
QD5 - Use of fertilisers on arable/grass land	Arable land - adequate

Field information recorded by

J E Knight & R W Sidwell - 16 Jun 1942

Primary record completed by

P BrIce - 29 Jul 1942