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 Farm income.-Cash income from farming operation totaled $241,705 and

constituted about 14 percent of total income reported by farm households. On

the average, residential and part-time farms reported negative net cash farm

incomes while commercial farms averaged almost $1,200. The average for the

368 farms was $657.

 The distribution of farm households by net cash farm income classes

and race is shown in Table 63. Of the 368 farm households, 135 or approximately

37 percent, reported negative cash farm incomes in 1956. Income from sources

other than farming, however, overcame the negative farm income for 113 of these

farms, leaving only 22 households, or 6 percent of all farm households with

negative family incomes.

TABLE 63.--Number and percentage distribution of farm families by race of oper-
 a'tor and heet cash farm' income class, North and West Florida4 1956

 : : Race
 Net cash farm : All :
 income class : households :
 (dollars) : White Nonwhite

 : Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

(-500) and over 1 32 8.7 29 10.2 3 3,5
(-499)-(-250) 24 6.5 20 7.1 4 4.7
(-249)-(-) : 79 21.5 57 20.1 22 25.9
 0- 249 85 23,1 56 19.8 29 34,2
 250- 499 32 8.7 20 7.1 12 14,1
 500- 999 : 42 11.4 34 12.0 8 9.4
 1,000-1,499 17 4.6 14 4.9 3 3.5
 1,500-2,499 s 29 7.9 26 9.2 3 3.5
 2,500-4,999 t 21 5.7 20 7.1 1 1,2
 5,000 and over 7 1.9 7 2.5 ..
 3
 All classes : 368 100.0 283 100.0 85 100,0


 High negative farm incomes occurred mainly among the white farm fami-

lies, Temporary adverse conditions played their part, but in several instances,