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county farm

American  

noun

  1. (especially formerly) a farm maintained by a county and used for the housing and care of poor people.


Etymology

Origin of county farm

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

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This year, with county farm income up by an estimated 7%, Livingston farmers seem to be standing even more firmly behind the flexible support policies of Republican Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson.

From Time Magazine Archive

State Farm's early offices were in a back room of the county farm bureau building.

From Time Magazine Archive

It led by a good margin, I was told, the fifty-five New York county farm bureaus.

From How To Write Special Feature Articles A Handbook for Reporters, Correspondents and Free-Lance Writers Who Desire to Contribute to Popular Magazines and Magazine Sections of Newspapers by Willard Grosvenor Bleyer

Those who migrated chiefly in order to farm were welcomed by the county farm families, but those who were unaccustomed to country ways caused some problems for the rural folk.

From Frying Pan Farm by Elizabeth Brown Pryor

And Ralph gave a rapid description of the county farm waif.

From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Allen Chapman

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