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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 
