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TABLE 74,-Distribution of households reporting income from work on other farms,
by sex of family head and farm work income class, 167 rural households, North
 and West Florida, 1956


 : Sex of family head
 Farm work All :
 income class : households I
 (dollars) Male t Female


 : Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

 1- 249 :84 50.3 72 49.3 12 57.1
 250- 499 26 15.5 23 15.7 3 14,3
 500- 749 a 10 6.0 8 5.5 2 9.5
 750- 999 2 10 6.0 8 5.5 1 4.8
 1,000-1,499 : 16 9.6 14 9.6 3 14.3
 1,500-1,999 : 10 6.0 10 6.8
 2,000-2,999 : 8 4.8 8 5.5
 3,000-3,999 a 1 .6 1 .7 .
 4,000-4,999 1 .6 1 .7
 5,000-7,499 1 .6 1 .7
 7,500-9,999 .. .. .. .. .
 10,000 and over .. .. .. ..

 Total a 167 100.0 146 100.0 21 100.0



noted that the number of individuals reporting farm wage income is not the same

as the number reporting weeks worked, as shown in Part II of this report. Farm

wage earnings were obtained from 271 persons while length of time worked was

obtained from 270 persons. A similar difference also existed between numbers

reporting weeks worked and income from nonfarm work.

 Of the 271 individuals reporting farm wage income, 174, or approxi-

mately 64 percent, were nonwhite. An average of 1.85 persons per household

reported earnings from farmwage work among the 94 nonwhite households reporting

this income source compared to an average of 1,33 persons among the white

households. Among the nonwhite individuals (table 75), 69 percent reported

farm wage incomes of less than $250 compared with 64 percent of the white

individuals. Eight percent of the white individuals reported farm wage earnings