county farm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of county farm
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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State Farm's early offices were in a back room of the county farm bureau building.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
But it was better than the county farm.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 1 by Work Projects Administration
"From thirty to ninety days on the county farm, I suppose?"
From Tramping on Life An Autobiographical Narrative by Kemp, Harry
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 Bleyer, Willard Grosvenor
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