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of sheep that ultimately has won the day in American Shropshire 

 breeding circles. Altamont rams have had a profound effect in 

 unifying Shropshire standards and in coordinating types through- 

 out all sections of the country. Rams tracing to Borough Magis- 

 trate, British Yeoman, or other stock sires in his flock, had a 

 pedigree value in addition to their individual merit, no matter 

 to whom the sale might be. Dr. Davison believed thoroughly 

 that the longer a flock was bred under the same conditions; that 

 is, on the same farm, under the same management, fed by the 

 same feeder, and bred according to the same system, the greater 

 would be the resulting prepotence and uniformity. The lambs 

 of his last show flocks traced back five generations on the sire's 

 side and four on the dam's side to animals of his own breeding, 

 and proved exceptionally strong breeders in other flocks. Alta- 

 mont sheep were dispersed in 1911, and Dr. Davison has since 

 been busied in other fields of agricultural activity. 



In 1892, he was elected a director of the Dutchess County Fair, 

 New York, and thus opened a broad career in connection with 

 agricultural exhibitions. During the years that the New York 

 State Fair was held under the auspices of the State Agricultural 

 Society, he was both a member of the Board and secretary and 

 general manager of the show. The last position was held in 

 1893, while the directorship lasted from 1893 to 1903. When 

 the National Association of Exhibitors of Livestock was organized 

 in 1894, he was elected its secretary, and the following year he 

 was made president of the National Livestock Show at Madison 

 Square Garden, New York. From 1898 to 1914 he was an execu- 

 tive of the American National Livestock Association, while in 

 1899 he became a member of the new association that guaranteed 

 the International Livestock Exposition. He was made a member 

 of the latter's executive committee and was its president for the 

 shows of 1917 and 1918. In 1915 he was made a director of the 



