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TABIE 67,-Distribution of farm households by education of family head and by
 net cash farm income class, North and West Florida, 1956


 Education of family head :

 Net cash farm ; Not
 income class : Total: : : High j 1 ascer-
 (dollars) : Elementary school t College : taine
 :None: %3
 : : I i s : : : : :
 4 or
 : : 1-4:5-6: 7 : 8 1-3: 4 :1-3 m ore
 Smo re

 SNo. N No. No No o. No No. No. No. No.

 -500 and over : 32 ., 5 4 5 8 3 3 2 1 1
 (-499)-(-250) : 24 .. 4 10 1 2 3 4 .. ..
 (-249)-(-i) : 79 4 21 16 4 12 11 5 .. 1 5
 0- 249 s 85 5 29 14 7 6 10 8 1 .. 5
 250- 499 t 32 3 13 2 2 3 7 2 ,, ..
 500- 999 : 42 2 8 9 3 6 2 6 3 .. 3
 1,000-1,499 : 17 ., 3 2 4 4 2 1 1 ..
 1,500-2,499 : 29 1 6 7 3 6 2 2 .. 2
 2,500-4,999 : 21 1 2 5 3 4 2 3 .. ,, 1
 5,000 and over : 7 .. 1 .. .. 1 2 1 ., 2

 All classes I 368 16 92 69 32 52 44 35 7 6 15
 t


incomes in 1956 because of temporary

to build up inventory values. Also,


conditions or voluntary deferment in order

individuals with more schooling may farm


less intensively in order to devote time and talents to higher paying nonfarm

Jobs. Among farm operators reporting negative farm incomes, approximately 24

percent reported high school or college level educations. This was true also

of farm operators reporting low positive farm incomes ($0 to $999) as well as

those reporting farm incomes in excess of $1,000, The proportion of farms with

cash farm incomes above $1,000 tended to increase as the education of the

operator increased from none to 7 grades. As the educational level of the

operator increased from 7 grades to 1 to 3 years of college, however, the pro-

portion reporting more than $1,000 farm income decreased from 31 to 14 percent.

Among those farm operators who had completed college, two-thirds reported farm