(1 Nov. 1880-29 Nov. 1967) farmer, Ayrshire breeder. (Mac Cumming) Born at Allan’s Corners, near Ormstown, Que. Parents: Donald Cumming and his wife Mary Jane Graham. He came to GC with his parents in 1882, when he was a small child. In GC, he attended primary school, and for a year or so Williamstown High School. In a life spent in dairying and other forms of agriculture on his farm in Charlottenburgh, Malcolm Cumming was a distinguished Ayrshire breeder, active in showing his cattle at fairs mainly in Ottawa and Toronto. In milk production his herd produced (1) Canada’s first Ayrshire cow to produce 200,000 lb of milk in her lifetime, (2) Canada’s highest producer for all breeds in 1928, (3) Glengarry Betty Ann, a world record 2-year old producer, and (4) Glengarry Fancy Boy the sire of the world’s highest lifetime producing Ayrshire. Malcolm Cumming was president of the local Ayrshire Club from 1931 to 1948. He was married on 30 Dec. 1915 to Alexina (“Ina”) Flora MacNaughton (17 Jan. 1889-21 May 1980), who was a connection of the Matheson family of the present dictionary. Malcolm and his brother Donald N. Cumming were married in the same month, though not on the same day, and both couples celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1965. Malcolm Cumming died in Cornwall General Hospital. (two children) He belonged to Calvary Baptist Church in Cornwall.

Biog. notices of Agricultural Wall of Fame inductees, Glengarry News 2 & 9 Sept. 1992 * private information * Fraser, Gravestones, I, 265 (Grinley’s Cemetery) * Standard Freeholder 24 Dec. 1965, “Brothers Observe Anniversary,” on golden wedding, also GN 22 Dec. 1965 * biographical notice of his son D. MacNaughton Cumming (b. 1922) for Agricultural Wall of Fame, GN 14 April 1999 * Ross & Fraser McNaughtons, I, 91, 108ff