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Farm Census 1952 -Rushden

Following the end of the World War II a new Farm Census was ordered,
to take stock of all animals and crops being farmed Parish by Parish

Note : Sections 129 to 139 are crossed through

CROPS AND GRASS (see Instructions 2,3 and 4)
 
 
STATUTE ACRES
1
Wheat
 357¼
2
Barley
 204½
3
Oats
 149¼
4
Mixed Corn (See Instruction 2(e))
 83
5
Rye, for threshing (See Instruction 2(f))
 
6
Beans, for stockfeeding
 
7
Peas, for stockfeeding (not for human consumption). See Instruction 2(l) and Nos. 108 to 110
 
8
Potatoes, first earlies
2¼ 
9
Potatoes, main crop and second earlies
42½ 
10
Turnips and Swedes, for stockfeeding
 
11
Sugar beet (for sugar)
12
Fodder Beet (all types of high dry matter content
12¼
13
Mangolds
14¼
14
Rape (or Cole)
15 
15
Cabbage, Kale, Savoys and kohl Rabi, for stockfeeding
 2¼
16
Vetches or Tares
14
17
Mustard for seed, for fodder or for ploughing in
 
18
Linseed
 
19
Flax, for fibre
 
20
Hops, Statute Acres, not Hop Acres
 
21
Orchards, with crops, fallow or grass below the trees (see also No. 25)
30¾ 
22
Orchards, with small fruit below the trees (include also in Nos. 122 to 128) (see also No. 25)
 ½
23
Small Fruit, not under orchard trees (include also in Nos. 122 to 128) (see also No. 25)
¼ 
24
Vegetables for human consumption (excluding Potatoes), Crops under Glass and Flowers - grown primarily for sale (see also No. 25) (to agree with No 121)
61¾ 
25
Fruit and vegetables, not grown primarily for sale
26
Other Crops (See Instruction 2(c) for Seed Crops and Instruction 2(d), 2(e) and 2(g) for Mixtures)
 ¼
27
Bare Fallow (see Instruction 2(a))
95¼ 
28
Lucerne (see Instruction 3)
16¾ 
29
Clover Sainfoin
and other
Temporary Grasses
for Mowing this season
for Grazing (not for mowing this season)
(See Nos. 134 to 138 and Instruction 4(a) and 4(b)
236¼ 
30
111 
31
PERMANENT
GRASS
(excluding rough
for Mowing this season
for Grazing (not for mowing this season)
(see instruction 4(a) and 4(b)
154½ 
32
434 
33
TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS,1-32 (Total acreage of Crops and Grass, excluding Rough Grazings)
 2045¾
34
ROUGH GRAZINGS - Mountain, Heath, Moor or Down Land, or other rough land used for grazing on which the occupier has the SOLE grazing rights. COMMON GRAZINGS SHOULD NOT BE INCLUDED (See Instruction 5)
 8
LABOUR working on the holding on 4th June Please read Instruction 6 before making entries below

 
NUMBER
35
REGULAR WORKERS
EMPLOYED WHOLE
TIME ON THE HOLDING
M
a
l
e
s
65 years old and over
21 years old and under 65
18 years old and under 21
Under 18 years old
Women & Girls
36
 31
37
 2
38
 7
39
4
40
CASUAL (SEASONAL
PART-TIME
TEMPORARY
WORKERS
M
a
l
e
s
21 years old and over

Under 21 years old
Women & Girls
41
 2
42
 4
43
TOTAL WORKERS
 62

County : Northampton
Parish : Rushden
District/Parish No. : 148/293
No. of forms
Nos. of Parish
Sub-Summaries
LIVESTOCK ON THE HOLDING or grazing on common land ON 4th JUNE including (a) any sent for sale on that or the previous day and (b) stock taken in to graze.(see instruction 7)

 
NUMBER
44
Cows and Heifers
In milk
(for producing milk or calves for the dairy herd)
(mainly for producing calves for beef)
 158
45
 10
46
Cows in Calf
But not in milk
(Intended for producing milk or calves for the dairy herd)
(Intended mainly for producing calves for beef)
45 
47
 2
48
Heifers in Calf, with first Calf
 41
49
Bulls being used for service
 5
50
Bulls (including Bull calves) being reared for service
 
51
Other Cattle 2 years old and over Male (Steers)
Female
1 year old and under 2 Male (Steers)
Female
Under 1 year Male (Steers)excluding Bull Calves being reared for service
Female
 20
52
 58
53
 4
54
 90
55
 80
56
 135
57
TOTAL CATTLE and CALVES
 648
58
Sows in Pig
 42
59
Gilts in Pig
 27
60
Other Sows kept for breeding
 34
61
Barren Sows for fattening
 2
62
Boars being used for service
 9
63
Young Boars being reared for service
 1
64
ALL
OTHER
PIGS
(not entered above)
5 months old and over
2 months old but not yet 5 months old
under 2 months old
 214
65
 152
66
 186
67
TOTAL PIGS
 667
68
SHEEP
1 YEAR OLD
AND OVER
Ewes kept for breeding (excluding 2 tooth Ewes)
Two-tooth Ewes (Shearling Ewes or Gimmers) to be put to the Ram in 1952
Rams kept for service
Other Sheep 1 year old and over
 3
69
 
70
 
71
 
72
SHEEP UNDER
1 YEAR OLD
including lambs
Ram Lambs intended for service
other sheep and Lambs under 1 year old
 
73
 2
74
TOTAL SHEEP and LAMBS
 5
75
HORSES USED
FOR
AGRICULTURAL
PURPOSES
Mares including those kept for breeding
Geldings
 4
76
 5
77
Unbroken Horses
of 1 year old and over
Light
Heavy
 
78
 
79
Horses under 1
Year old
Light
Heavy
 
80
 
81
Stallions kept
For service in 1952
Light
Heavy
 
82
 
83
All other Horses (not entered above)
 
84
TOTAL HORSES
 9
85
Fowls 6 months old and over
Fowls under 6 months old
Poultry Ducks of all ages
Geese of all ages
Turkeys of all ages
 5440
86
 8824
87
 263
88
 114
89
 300
90
TOTAL POULTRY
 14,941

VEGETABLES FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, CROPS UNDER GLASS, FLOWERS.(see Instruction 2)
 
 

STATUTE ACRES
91
Brussells Sprouts
 
 13½
92
Remaining Spring Cabbage (planted in 1951)
Not
for
Stock-feeding
Please
see
instruction
2(m)
93
Summer Cabbage
1
94
Autumn Cabbage
 3
95
Winter Cabbage
 3¼
96
Autumn Savoys
 1
97
Winter Savoys
 ¼
98
Kale and Sprouting Broccoli
 
¾
99
Cauliflower or Broccoli (Heading)
 
 3½
100
Carrots
 
 1¼
101
Parsnips
 
 ½
102
Turnip and Swedes
Not for stockfeeding
 ½
103
Beetroot (Red Beet - not SugarBeet)
 
¾ 
104
Onions, grown for salad
 
 
105
Onions, for harvesting dry
 
¼ 
106
Beans, Broad
Not for
stockfeeding
 ¾
107
Beans, Runner and French
108
Peas, Green (For Market)
Not for
stockfeeding
See
instruction
2(l)
 1¾
109
Peas, Green (for Canning or Quick Freezing)
 
110
Peas, Harvested dry
16 
111
Asparagus
 
 
112
Celery
 
 ¼
113
Lettuce
 
 ½
114
Rhubarb
 
 
115
Tomatoes, growing in the open
 
 ¼
116
Other Vegetables
see instruction 2(k)
 6¾
117
All Crops growing under glass
 
 
118
Hardy Nursery Stock
 
 
119
All Bulb Flowers, not under glass
 
 
120
Other Flowers, not under glass
 
 
121
TOTAL (this total must equal No. 24)
 
 61¾
 
For Official Use
 
 
 
SMALL FRUIT see instruction 2(h)

 
122
Strawberries
 
 
123
Raspberries
 
 
124
Currants, black
 
 ½
125
Currants, red and white
 
 
126
Gooseberries
 
 ¼
127
Loganberries and Cultivated Blackberries
 
 
128
TOTAL ACREAGE OF SMALL FRUIT (this total must equal the total of Nos. 22 & 23)
 ¾
 
For Official Use
 
 
Form No. C412/2/CSS
 
 
BIRTHS OF CALVES DURING THE THREE MONTHS March, April and May. Do not include any still-born.
Note: In Nos. 55 and 56 you are asked for the number of calves actually on your holding on 4th June. The questions below on births of calves are quite separate; here you are asked to give total numbers of calves born alive on the holding in March, April May whether they are still on the holding on 4th June or not.

  Number
129
NUMBER OF CALVES BORN ALIVE ON THE HOLDING DURING March, 1952
April, 1952
May, 1952
 
 
130
 
 
131
 
 
132
TOTAL born alive on the holding during March, April and May (Nos. 129 to 131)
 
 
133
Number of Heifers now on the holding which calved for the first time during March, April and May
 
 
CLOVER, SAINFOIN & OTHER TEMPORARY GRASSES (EXCLUDING LUCERNE)
 
Of the acreage returned at Nos. 29 and 30 (added together) how many acres were:-
  ACRES
134
Sown last year (1951) as one-year ley to be ploughed for cropping next year (1953)
 
 
135
Sown in 1951 as a ley to be left down longer than one year
 
 
136
Sown in 1950 or earlier
 
 
137
Sown this year (1952) without a nurse or cover crop
 
 
138
TOTAL of Nos. 134 to 137. (This must equal the total of Nos. 29 and 30) Do not include here any grass returned as permanent at Nos. 31 or 32
 
 
139
QUANTITIES OF HAY ON THE HOLDING ON 4th JUNE (excluding this season's crop)
TONS
 

Analysis of holdings In Size Groups (1) CROPS and GRASS (Item 33)
 
No.
Acres
Under 5 acres
29 
 
5 to 9 ¾ acres
 16
 
10 to 14 ¾ acres
 13
 
15 to 19 ¾ acres
 2
 
20 to 24 ¾ acres
 1
 
25 to 29 ¾ acres
 3
 
30 to 49 ¾ acres
 1
 
50 to 74 ¾ acres
 3
 
75 to 99 ¾ acres
 4
 
100 to 149 ¾ acres
 3
 
150 to 199 ¾ acres
 
 
200 to 249 ¾ acres
 
 
250 to 299 ¾ acres
 
 
300 to 399 ¾ acres
 
 
400 to 499 ¾ acres
 
 
500 to 699 ¾ acres
 1
 
700 to 999 ¾ acres
 
 
1000 to 2499 ¾ acres
 
 
2500 to 4999 ¾ acres
 
 
5000 acres and over
 
 
TOTAL (1)
76 
 
(2) HOLDINGS CONSISTING SOLELY OF ROUGH GRAZINGS (Item 34)
Under 5 acres
 3
 
5 to 19 ¾ acres
 
 
20 to 49 ¾ acres
 
 
50 to 99 ¾ acres
 
 
100 to 149 ¾ acres
 
 
150 to 299 ¾ acres
 
 
300 to 499 ¾ acres
 
 
500 to 699 ¾ acres
 
 
700 to 999 ¾ acres
 
 
1000 to 4999 ¾ acres
 
 
5000 acres and over
 
 
TOTAL (2)
 3
 
 
DM 33169/1/8512 14M 2/53 CL8

NRO Ref: ZB291/406
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