Old Agriculture tag

bearbqd · Oct 10, 2011

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?

creskol · Oct 10, 2011

Re: Old Agricultrue tag

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

creskol · Oct 13, 2011

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

TommNJ · Oct 13, 2011

Very Nice Tag, Congrats!

TommNJ

ES66 · Oct 13, 2011

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

bearbqd · Oct 13, 2011

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

creskol · Oct 13, 2011

bearbqd said:
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!