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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 

 an^d 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. 



