Many Roman Catholics believe that the root of modern social unrest is the separation of city people, especially industrial workers, from the soil. In Ohio last week a Catholic Rural Life Bureau director was engaged in a small back-to-the-land experiment to bring them together. The experimenter: Father Joseph V. Urbain, pastor of Queen of Peace Church, Millville (30 miles north of Cincinnati; population: 400).
In 1942 Father Urbain bought 140 acres for $10,000. He subdivided the land into
100 "baby farms," is now selling them to his parishioners at $250 a half acre. Profits will go toward paving streets, installing a water...
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