A young woman poses with a bucket of milk next to a milk cow at the Los Angeles County Farm in Downey. The farm contained 400 acres of farm land and had a herd of 150 Holstein-Freisian milk cows, producing 500 gallons of milk daily. There were 26 buildings on the farm, and the average daily attendance in 1923 was 766 persons. The net cost per day per resident was 62 cents. The farm was operated by the Los Angeles County Department of Charities.
Los Angeles County Farm (Downey, Calif.) Farms--California--Downey Poor--California--Downey People with disabilities--California--Downey Older people--California--Downey Milk as food--California--Downey Cows--California--Downey Downey (Calif.) Los Angeles County Department of Charities
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