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greatest need for renting land. Renting out land, however, was reported by

only two nonwhite commercial farmers, but it was reported by white operators

of residential farms and also by some white operators of part-time and commer-

cial farms.

 Forty-eight farms, or 13 percent of all farms, were in Economic

Classes I, II, and III and were operated by white farmers. These farms were

large in terms of both acres operated and acreage of cropland in crops. Farms

of white and nonwhite operators in the lower economic classes were quite small.

Among these, the farms of nonwhite operators averaged only 73 acres, of which

only 33 acres were in crops in 1956. These nonwhite operators were substan-

tially more dependent upon the allotment crops--tobacco, cotton, and peanuts-

whereas white operators also grew oats, soybeans, watermelons, and other crops.

 The survey area encompasses the most important hog-producing area in

the state. Cattle and poultry numbers among the survey farms were modest

relative to state averages. Most of the remaining workstock in the state are

in the study area, mainly on farms with nonwhite operators. One-half of all

survey farmers and three-fourths of the nonwhite farmers reported no tractor

power.

 Farm assets owned by the operators consisted mainly of the value of

 farm real estate. The values of livestock and of machinery and equipment were

 modest. The 13 percent of the farms in Economic Classes I, II, and III had

 almost 50 percent of the total value of all farm assets owned by all farm

 operators.

 The net worth position of many of the farm families was low. About

 one-third of the white farm families and four-fifths of the nonwhite farm

 families had net worth of less than $5,000,

 Income.-Cash income from farming accounted for less than 14 percent