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TABLE 45.--Number of commercial farms by race of operator, size (cropland used),
 and economic class of farm, North and West Florida, 1956


 : Economic class
 S All :
 Race of operator :commercial: : :
 and size of farm farms : Part-: :
 : VI time : V : IV III : II :
 : :


 Number Number Number Number Number Number Number Number

White:
 Under 5 acres : 7 2 1 2 1 1 .
 5- 9.9 acres : 5 1 1 3 ..
 10- 19.9 acres : 16 7 2 4 1 2
 20- 29.9 acres : 13 4 4 3 2 .. .
 30- 49.9 acres : 29 5 4 10 8 .. 1 1
 50- 69.9 acres : 31 3 4 6 16 2 ..
 70- 99.9 acres : 16 .. .. 3 6 6 1
 100-149.9 acres : 32 2 4 13 9 3 1
 150-199.9 acres : 15 .. .. 1 3 7 3 1
 200 and over : 13 .. 1 3 2 7

Nonwhite:
 Under 5 acres : 1 1 .. .. .
 5- 9.9 acres : 1 1 .. .. .. ..
 10- 19.9 acres : 5 3 .. 1 1 .. ..
 20- 29.9 acres : 6 4 2 .. .
 30- 49.9 acres : 5 .. 1 3 1 .
 50- 69.9 acres : 10 5 1 2 2 .. .,
 70- 99.9 acres : 4 .. .. 2 2 .
 100-149.9 acres : 3 .. 2 1
 150-199.9 acres : 2 .. .. .. .. 2
 200 and over : .. .. .. ..

 All farms : 214 34 26 40 63 32 16 3



farms (Table 46). There was less diversity in farming types among farms with

nonwhite operators. These farms were mainly tobacco and peanut farms.

 Other than dairy and perhaps cotton farming, little relationship


appeared to exist between type of farming and economic class

accounting for approximately 5 percent of all farms of white

were no cotton farms in the three highest economic classes.


of farms. While

operators, there

Dairy farms