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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 
and 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. 
