This lucky girl purchased this wonderful old sign at a tag sale: originally hung at The Massachusetts Society for Promoting Agriculture. It is now hanging in my kitchen. The organization was founded in 1792 with the purpose of "inviting others thereto on the subject of agriculture". The first year they gave prizes for providing agriculture knowledge, one of the prizes was for the most satisfactory account of the natural history of the canker worm. The organization is still in existence and provides grants for promoting agriculture in Massachusetts.
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