The Middle House Farm Survey
1942
Middle House Farm – showing farm tenure, condition and management.
| Farm name | Middle House Farm, Langcliffe, Settle |
| Code no. | 464-2 |
| Tenure | |
| Farmer | WILLIAM TOWLER |
| Acreage | 1225 |
| Part time | NO |
| Other occupation | NO |
| Other holdings (acres) | NO |
| Owner | EXORS OF JOHN WINSKILL |
| Owner address | J. Coates, Wyncote, The Mains, Settle |
| Grazing rights | NO |
| Annual rent | 130 |
| Years in occupation | 1 |
| Farm condition | |
| Heavy soil | |
| Medium soil | 100% |
| Light soil | |
| Peaty soil | |
| Land condition | 98% FAIR 2% BAD |
| Situation in regard to road | GOOD |
| Situation in regard to rail | BAD |
| Condition of farmhouse | FAIR |
| Condition of buildings | FAIR |
| Condition of farm roads | GOOD |
| Condition of fences | FAIR |
| Condition of ditches | NONE |
| Condition of field drainage | GOOD |
| Condition of cottages | NONE |
| Number of cottages | NONE |
| Infestation – animals | NO |
| Infestation weeds | NO |
| Derelict fields | NO |
| Water supply | |
| To farmhouse | Pipe from Spring |
| To farm buildings | Pipe from Spring |
| To fields | Stream |
| Seasonal shortage | YES |
| Electricity supply | |
| Public light | NO |
| Public power | NO |
| Private light | NO |
| Private power | NO |
| Used in farmhouse | NO |
| Used on the farm | NO |
| Management of farm | |
| Classification (a/b/c) | B |
| Reason for b & c |
The farmer has been a year on the farm and is shaping well.
The land is in urgent need of more lime and bones. |
| Condition of arable land | NONE |
| Condition of pasture | FAIR |
| Use of fertiliser on arable land | NONE |
| Use of fertiliser on pasture land | TO SOME EXTENT |
| Author | |
| Field information provided by | JOHN PROCTER |
| Record compiled by | W.B. BAWTON |
| Date recorded | 17th May 1942 |
Middle HouseFarm showing crops and grass grown, stock reared, labour and motive power available.
| Farm name | Middle House Farm, Langcliffe, Settle |
| Crops | |
| Wheat | |
| Barley | |
| Oats | |
| Potatoes | |
| Turnips | |
| Mangolds | |
| Sugar beat | |
| Kale | |
| Rape | |
| Grass | |
| Grass for mowing | 30 |
| Grass for grazing | 900 |
| Total acreage | 930 |
| Rough grazing | |
| Cattle | |
| Cows in milk | 3 |
| Cows in calf | 29 |
| BULLS (Including bull calves) | 2 |
| Other cattle | 147 |
| Total cattle & calves | 181 |
| STEERS & HEIFERS (Fatt’d for slaughter) | |
| Sheep | |
| Breeding ewes | 150 |
| Rams | |
| Other sheep over 1 year old | 350 |
| Ewes under 1 year old | 180 |
| Total sheep & lambs | 680 |
| Pigs | |
| Sows in pig | |
| Sows for breeding | |
| Boars | |
| Other pigs | 2 |
| Total pigs | 2 |
| Poultry | |
| Fowls over 6 months | |
| Fowls under 6 months | |
| Ducks | |
| Geese | |
| Turkeys over 6 months | |
| Turkeys under 6 months | |
| Total poultry | |
| Goats | |
| Labour | |
| Reg workers-male | 1 |
| Reg workers-female | 1 |
| Part-time-male | |
| Part-time-female | |
| Motive power | NONE |
| Steam engine | |
| Gas engine | |
| Petrol engine | |
| Electric motors | |
| Horses | |
| Horses used for agriculture | 1 |
| Other horses | 18 |
| Tractors | NONE |
| Tractors for field work | |
| Stationary tractors |
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