PRO MAF32/942/250
Mr.Higgins Ivy Cottage (farm)
MINISTRY OR AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES
THE DEFENCE REGULATIONS, 1939, AND THE AGRICULTURAL RETURNS ORDER 1939
RETURN WITH RESPECT TO AGRICULTURAL LAND ON 4TH JUNE, 1941

CROPS AND GRASS
Statute Acres
LIVE STOCK on holding on
4th. June including any sent fort
sale on that or previous day
1 Wheat

43 Cows and Heifers in milk
3
2 Barley

44 Cows in Calf, but not in milk

3 Oats

45 Heifers in Calf, with first calf

4 Mixed Corn with wheat in mixture

46 Bulls being used for service

5 Mixed Corn without wheat in mixture

47 Bulls (including Bull Calves) being reared for service

6 Rye

7 Beans, winter or spring, for stock feeding


OTHER CATTLE

8 Peas, for stock feeding, not for human consumption

48
49
2 years old and above MALE
FEMALE

9 Potatoes, first earlies

50
51
1 year old and under MALE
FEMALE

10 Potatoes, main crop and second earlies

52
Under 1 year old (a) For rearing (excluding Bull Calves being reared for service)
5
11 Turnips and Swedes, for fodder

53

54
(b) Intended for slaughter as Calves

12 Mangolds

TOTAL CATTLE & CALVES
5
13 Suger Beet

55
Steers & Heifers over 1 year old being fattened for slaughter before 30th. November, 1941

14 Kale, for fodder

15 Rape (or Cole)


SHEEP OVER 1 YEAR OLD

16 Cabbage, Savoys, and Kohl Rabi, for fodder

56
57		 Ewes kept for breeding (excluding two-tooth Ewes)
Rams kept for service

17 Vetches or Tares

18 Lucerne

58

59

 Two-tooth Ewes (Shearling Ewes or Gimmers) to be put to the Ram in 1941
Other sheep over 1 year old


19 Mustard, for seed

SHEEP UNDER 1 YEAR OLD
20 Mustard for fodder or ploughing in
60
61
62		 Ewe Lambs to be put to the Ram in 1941
Ram Lambs for service in 1941
Other Sheep & Lambs under 1yr.

21 Flax, for fibre or linseed

63
TOTAL SHEEP and LAMBS

22 Hops, Statute Acres not Hops Acres
64 Sows in pig

23 Orchards, with crops, fallow or grass below trees
3
 65 Gilts in pig

24 Orchards, with small fruit below the trees

66 Other Sows kept for breeding

25 Small Fruit, not under orchard trees

67 Barren Sows for fattening

26 Vegetables for human consumpton (excluding Potatoes) Flowers, and crops under glass

68 Boars being used for service

27 All other Crops not specified elsewhere on this return or grown on patches of less than 1/4 acre


ALL OTHER PIGS (not entered above)

28 Bare fallow

69 Over 5 months old
7
29 Clover, Sainfoin, and Temporary Grasses for Mowing this season

70 2--5 months

30 Clover, Sainfoin, and Temporary Grasses for Grassing not for Mowing this season

71

Under 2 months
12
31 Permanent Grass for Mowing this season
5 1/2
 72
TOTAL PIGS
22
32 Permanent Grass for Grazing (not for Mowing this season), but excluding rough grazing


POULTRY if none write "None"

33 TOTAL OF ABOVE ITEMS, 1 to 32 (Total acreage of Crops and Grass, excluding Rough Grazing)
8 1/2
 73
74
Fowls over 6 months old
Fowls under 6 month old
350
200
34 Rough Grazings -Mountain, Heath, Moor, or Down Land, or other rough land used for grazing on which the occupier has sole grazing rights
75
76		 Ducks of all ages
Geese of all ages


LABOUR actually employed on holding on 4th. June. The occupier, his wife, or domestic servants should not be entered 77
78		 Turkeys over 6 months old
Turkeys under 6 months old

35
WHOLETIME REGULAR WORKERS
If none
write
"None"
CASUAL (SEASONAL
or PART-TIME WORKERS
 Males, 21 years old and over

79
TOTAL POULTRY
550
36 Males, 18 to 21 years old
80 GOATS OF ALL AGES
37 Males, under 18 years old


HORSES on holding on 4th. June

38 Women and Girls


Horses used for Agricultural Purposes including Mares kept for breeding or by Market Gardeners

39 Males 21 years old and over

81
82
(a) mare
(b) geldings

40 Males under 21 years old

Unbroken Horses of 1 year old & above
41 Women and Girls

83
(a) mares
(b) geldings

42 TOTAL WORKERS
3
 84

Form No. C47/S.S.Y. 85 Light Horses under 1 year old

86 Heavy Horses under 1 year old

87
Stallions being used for service in 1941

88 All other horses (not entered above)

89
TOTAL HORSES
3