OF THE SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB 303 
AN IDEAL SCOT 
117. The death of James IRonswe Davipson on February 15, 
1902, at his beautiful home near Balsam, Ontario, removed from 
the roll of Canadian purebred stockbreeders one of its most prom- 
inent, successful and interesting figures. Mr. Davipson was a 
man of sterling character and unsullied honor, of splendid phy- 
sique and kindly disposition; his genial manner numbering on 
his list of friends a host of lovers of good livestock in Canada, 
the United States and Scotland. Mr. Davipson’s specialties in 
stockbreeding were Clydesdale horses and Shorthorn cattle, he 
was a safe and sound judge of both classes, a successful importer 
and breeder, and a liberal and judicious feeder. He enjoyed the 
personal friendship and confidence of AMos CRUICKSHANK (89) 
and for some years was the principal importer and distributor of 
the Sittyton cattle on this side of the Atlantic. 
Mr. Davipson was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1818 
and emigrated to Canada in 1842. His first agricultural invest- 
ment was in his farm where he built himself a good log house, 
and prepared a stable for a $165 team of horses, six cattle and 
four sheep. The six cattle cost him $80. Mr. Davipson remarked 
that these were “no very high prices, but when I had the progeny 
to sell, it reminded me of a friend of mine who often told me 
he was a good buyer; few could buy as quick as he, but he never 
was a good hand at selling.” Mr. Davipson experienced the 
same difficulty in this new country. He had paid cash for his 
purchases, but in order to sell had to give credit or take articles 
he did not want. He lost no opportunity to improve his stock 
by the use of the best animals he could find, and electrified his 
neighbors by selling a three-year-old steer just off the grass, 
to the Toronto butcher, Mr. Jonn Ciark, for the cash sum of 
$50. So pleased was Mr. CiarK, by his purchase that he recom- 
mended Mr. Davinson to feed some animals for Christmas and 
