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for many years, and director of the American Clydesdale Asso- 

 ciation. For one term he also acted as head of the Dominion 

 Shorthorn Breeders' Association. In 1906 he was selected by 

 the British Government to act upon a Royal Commission 

 appointed to investigate conditions of agriculture in Ireland. 

 This was the first appointment ever made by the British Govern- 

 ment of any one outside the British Isles to act as a Royal Com- 

 missioner. In each capacity he was revered and trusted, his 

 courtesy being unfailing, his intelligence keen and his mind open 

 an4 progressive. His contribution to international cordiality 

 was immeasurable and his death in 1909 untimely. His pet cause 

 was the promotion and support of the Ontario Agricultural Col- 

 lege at Guelph, his own farm being a model for its emulation. 

 The wide influence of the Guelph men in the early teaching of 

 animal husbandry in the United States was perhaps his best testi- 

 monial south of the border line. 



