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is father-confessor to the whole countryside: banker, 

 trustee, guardian, farmer, merchant, pillar of the 

 "kirk," chairman of half the Boards in Aberdeen- 

 shire, factor for LORD ABERDEEN of Haddo House, 

 and prince imperial of latter-day Shorthorn cattle- 

 breeders in the Anglo-Saxon realm. A very dynamo 

 for energy, outpointing any Yankee in native shrewd- 

 ness, learned in the lore of northern cattle-breeding 

 beyond all his contemporaries, successful as a pro- 

 ducer of champions, a salesman of high-bred animals, 

 ranking with our own MARK DUNHAM of international 

 fame in draft-horse breeding circles, patronized by 

 royalty and the leaders of the Shorthorn trade in 

 both North and South America he has builded for 

 himself a record of success that insures his fame for 

 all time to come in the annals of British agriculture. 

 Many a happy hour I have spent with this virile, 

 keen-minded successor to AMOS CRUICKSHANK, driving 

 about northern Aberdeenshire. His two main breed- 

 ing farms are Gollynie and Tillycairn. Here and 

 upon the neighboring farm of Uppermill so long 

 occupied by the Messrs. MARR Shorthorns have 

 been bred that have made showyard and salering 

 records that shall be memorable for generations yet 

 to come. To this most companionable genius I have 

 to confess my obligations for many valuable histor- 



