county farm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of county farm
An Americanism dating back to 1870–75
Example Sentences
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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
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
One old woman approached Leon and sought information, thus: "Be you the boy that Marg'ret Grath took offen the county farm?"
From A Modern Wizard by Rodrigues Ottolengui
The county farm orphan had been turned loose from custody after a week's imprisonment, with orders to report to the police at nine o'clock every Monday morning.
From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Allen Chapman
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