. Ohio rural life survey. "Southeastern Ohio" .. . oi tke Farmeri Onn. 5ix Counties m, Unio ^ural Liie5 urve- country churches, the decline of country schools, and the wide loss ofcommunity spirit. Men with farms of medium size, say from 100to 150 acres, are the chief dependence for the support of churches andschools. When such men are scarce in any locality, the churches andthe schools languish. And they are scarce in Southeastern Ohio. Ofthe 17,963 farms in the six counties surveyed, more than one-thirdcontain less than fifty acres, and as many as two-thirds are under onehu
. Ohio rural life survey. "Southeastern Ohio" .. . oi tke Farmeri Onn. 5ix Counties m, Unio ^ural Liie5 urve- country churches, the decline of country schools, and the wide loss ofcommunity spirit. Men with farms of medium size, say from 100to 150 acres, are the chief dependence for the support of churches andschools. When such men are scarce in any locality, the churches andthe schools languish. And they are scarce in Southeastern Ohio. Ofthe 17,963 farms in the six counties surveyed, more than one-thirdcontain less than fifty acres, and as many as two-thirds are under onehundred acres. It can be asserted with confidence that within thesix counties one farmer in every four has a farm too small to feedand clothe his family decently, and, of course, has nothing for thechurch. This condition is not helped by the purchase of extensive tracts ofland by outside interests for purposes of speculation. In Athens,Vinton, and Lawrence counties the complaint against this practice isloud. Nearly 40,000 acres of Vinton County land is held in this wa
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