INTERVIEW RECORD

 

Interviewer: Eka Morgan

Date: 9/1/2003

 

Name: Daphne Saunders
Address: Wood House, Faringdon, Oxfordshire. SN7 7NL.  
(Farm address: Step Farm, Faringdon, Oxfordshire. SN7 8BH)

 

Telephone: 01367 240 1833
Email: pgsaund@aol.com

Date of Birth: 25/11/1939

 

Father’s occupation: Farmer (in Berkshire, near Wantage)
Mother’s occupation: Farmer

Previous occupation (if any): Researcher in irradiation and entomology
Number of years farming: 40 years
Number of years at this farm: 40 years

FARM SIZE AND OWNERSHIP

 

Total farm size (Hectares/acres): 1500 acres
Land owned (Hectares/acres): 401 acres
Land rented (Hectares/acres): 1099 acres
Name of farm/estate/person from which land is rented(s): National Trust own 599 acres, 500 acres from Faringdon House Estate(ex Heber-Perry Estate)

 

Employees (if any): 4 permanent (consisting of 1 Herdsperson, 1 Relief, 2 arable workers) and Daphne’s 2 sons and Daphne’s Husband and some summer help too

CROP/LIVESTOCK

 

Name/ Type of crop: Wheat/animal feed, Barley, Oats, Field beans rotated on 50% grassland/ 50% cereals. Grazing/silage using red/white clover mixture

 

Type of Stock: Dairy cows
Number of Stock: 270

 

Type of Stock: Highland cattle
Number of Stock: 6

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