Daniel William Adamson

Nova Scotia

Few men can lay claim to the distinction of being more honoured or more highly regarded in their community than the late Daniel William Adamson, who, as a citizen of Scotsburn, Pictou County, commanded the admiration and respect of all whose good fortune it was to have known him.

A native of Dalhousie Settlement, Mr. Adamson moved to Scotsburn in 1913 where he acquired the farm on which, following the purchase of his first registered Jersey cow in 1925, he developed the well-known Dalcraig Jersey herd. This herd soon became recognized as one of the leading Jersey establishments in Atlantic Canada, and well-known in the livestock rings on the Maritime exhibition circuit, and that of the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair.

On three separate. occasions, Mr. Adamson s skill and competence as a breeder was recognized by the Canadian Jersey Cattle Club which awarded him its Constructive Breeder Award - in 1956, 1958 and in 1960.

As a farmer, Mr. Adamson had few equals and fewer peers, his farm being one of the finest family-farm set-ups in Nova Scotia, a fact recognized by the Nova Scotia Farmers Association by his having been selected to receive a Scotia Banner Farmer Certificate in 1935 and a Scotia Premier Farmer Certificate in 1938.

Mr.. Adamson was one who took an active part in community affairs, in the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a faithful member, a farm leader whose opinions were respected in the councils of the Nova Scotia Farmers Association, and one who, indeed, left his mark indelibly imprinted on the rural community in which he lived.