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Farm ^''orkers 



Hired farm workers including household help mho are paid as much as vpIOO 

 cash wages in one year from any one fariaer emp3.oyer whether work is regular or 

 not, are included as of January 1, 1955 » 



Farm V/ork Not Covered 



1. Work by employer's son or daughter under age 21 or by the employer's 

 father, mother, wife or huaband. 



2, ^Tork by foreign workers lawfully admitted from British West Indies or by 

 Mexican contract labor, 



3». 'Jork in connection with gum naval stores. 



Rental Income Exclude d 



Share or cash rental income is excluded by law from income classed as net 

 earnings from self -employment. 



How Are Benefits Earned ? 



Farmers and farm vrorkers become entitled to benefits by earning enough income 

 over a period of time from operating a farm or from cash wages in farming or other 

 covered occupations under the law, 



Vifhen Do Farmers and Farm Workers Become Insured ? 



Certain lengths of time in covered work are necessary to qualify for Social 

 Security benefits. The time varies ^ath the type of benefits, whether survivors 

 or retirement and the date a person reaches age 65 or dies. The amount of vfork 

 required is figured in quarters of coverage which are calendar quarters. It may 

 be as little as one and a half years or as nuch as ten years, depending upon the 

 age of the worker. Farmers who were 65 before July 1, 195^4- can qualify in one 

 and a half years or six quarters* 



How Do Insured Persons Become Eligible for Retirement Benefits? 



Farmers and farm T/orkers become eligible when they meet all of the following 

 conditions : 



la Fully insured status 



2, Sixty-five years of age or older 



3. Retired 



It, Application for payments has been made 



A retired worker between 65 and 72 years of age can earn up toH^1200 in cash 

 wages or from self-employment and still draw all of his retirement payments. 



