Old Agriculture tag

[bearbqd]

Found this old tag in the yard of a stately old mansion on Saturday. Not sure what it was tagged to but according to the makers mark on the back, the fact that it says West Va and not Virginia, and the words Department of Agriculture, I place the age between 1863 and about 1920. Anyone find one similar or know what its use was?

 

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[creskol]

Re: Old Agricultrue tag

Nice Tag! The West Virginia Department of Agriculture was created in 1911.

 

[creskol]

Have you been able to find any more info about your tag?

 

[TommNJ]

Very Nice Tag, Congrats!

TommNJ

 

[ES66]

Cool tag... I've never seen one of those before... Nice find...

 

[bearbqd]

No, haven't been able to determine anything about it.

 

[creskol]

No, haven't been able to determine anything about it.

Send a photo of it to Herma Johnson at: hjohnson@ag.state.wv.us
She is the Director of The West VA Dept. of Agriculture.
She may be able to point you in the right direction.
Good Luck!

 

[bearbqd]

Cool, will do