The Myersfield Farm Survey
1942
Myersfield Farm – showing farm tenure, condition and management.
| Farm name | Myersfield, Malham, Skipton |
| Code no. | 463-15 |
| Tenure | |
| Farmer | WILLIAM SHARP |
| Acreage | |
| Part time | |
| Other occupation | |
| Other holdings (acres) | |
| Owner | WILLIAM SHARP |
| Owner address | See Skellands Farm, Airton |
| Grazing rights | |
| Annual rent | £50 |
| Years in occupation | 7 |
| Farm condition | |
| Heavy soil | |
| Medium soil | |
| Light soil | |
| Peaty soil | |
| Land condition | |
| Situation in regard to road | |
| Situation in regard to rail | |
| Condition of farmhouse | |
| Condition of buildings | |
| Condition of farm roads | |
| Condition of fences | |
| Condition of ditches | |
| Condition of field drainage | |
| Condition of cottages | |
| Number of cottages | |
| Infestation – animals | |
| Infestation weeds | |
| Derelict fields | |
| Water supply | |
| To farmhouse | |
| To farm buildings | |
| To fields | |
| Seasonal shortage | |
| Electricity supply | |
| Public light | |
| Public power | |
| Private light | |
| Private power | |
| Used in farmhouse | |
| Used on the farm | |
| Management of farm | |
| Classification (a/b/c) | |
| Reason for b & c | |
| Condition of arable land | |
| Condition of pasture | |
| Use of fertiliser on arable land | |
| Use of fertiliser on pasture land | |
| Author | |
| Field information provided by | F. AMBLER |
| Record compiled by | W.B. BAWTON ? |
| Date recorded | 21st May 1942 |
Myersfield Farm showing crops and grass grown, stock reared, labour and motive power available.
| Farm name | Myersfield, Malham, Skipton |
| Code no. | 463-15 |
| Crops | |
| Wheat | |
| Barley | |
| Oats | |
| Potatoes | |
| Turnips | |
| Mangolds | |
| Sugar beat | |
| Kale | |
| Grass | |
| Grass for mowing | 3.5 |
| Grass for grazing | 10 |
| Total acreage | 13.5 |
| Rough grazing | |
| Cattle | |
| Cows in milk | |
| Cows in calf | 8 |
| Bulls (including bull calves) | 1 |
| Other cattle | |
| Total cattle & calves | 9 |
| Steers & heifers (fatt’d for slaughter) | |
| Sheep | |
| Breeding ewes | |
| Rams | |
| Other sheep over 1 year old | |
| Ewes under 1 year old | |
| Total sheep & lambs | |
| Pigs | |
| Sows in pig | |
| Sows for breeding | |
| Boars | |
| Other pigs | |
| Total pigs | |
| 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 | |
| Reg workers-female | |
| Part-time-male | |
| Part-time-female | |
| Motive power | |
| Steam engine | |
| Gas engine | |
| Petrol engine | |
| Electric motors | |
| Horses | |
| Horses used for agriculture | |
| Other horses | |
| Tractors | |
| Tractors for field work | |
| Stationary tractors |
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