Full Details - J. Bennie

Jim Bennie in the Home Guard c1940
In addition to being a full-time farmer
Jim Bennie had to find the time to serve
in Burton Latimer Home Guard in the
early 1940s.

MAF No: 71/06

Owner/Tenant

J. Bennie

Type

Full time farmer

Soil %: Heavy = H, Medium = M, Light = L

M: 20%, L: 80%

Natural condition of farm/smallholding

100% Fair

Cottages

0

Acres of Derelict land

0

Management of farm/small-holding

B

Reason for management classification

Lack of capital & insufficiently stocked

Acres Crops/Wheat

43

Acres Crops/Barley

55

Acres Crops/Oats

25

Acres Crops/Other

0

Acres Potatoes

0

Acres Vegetables for fodder

35

Acres Vegetables/Fruit for human consumption

0

Acres Orchard

0

Acres Fallow/clover/grazing

57

Total Acreage

215

Full time workers male

1

Full time workers female

1

Casual/part time workers male

1

Casual/part time workers female

0

Cattle/calves

44

Sheep/lambs

0

Pigs

8

Poultry

220

Goats

0

Horses

4

Other crops (acres)

46

Tons Straw/Hay

0

Tractors

1 x 24 hp Fordson, 1x12 hp International

Engines

0

Annual rent paid by tenant or estimated by owner

£319

Years occupied

6