1826 



Report of Farmkks' Institutes 



DUROC-JEliSEY 



If some writers are to be credited, the Duroc-Jersey occupies 

 a leading place iu point of ancestry and length of pedigree, some 

 red hogs from which they might have descended having been 

 brought to this country by Columbus. Certain it is that some of 

 the ancestors of this breed were brought to America bv slave 

 traders early in the seventeenth century. The breed has been 

 known at ditierent times by many names, Red Hogs, Red Berk- 

 shires, Guinea Reds, Jersey Reds, Red Rocks and Durocs. 



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Fig. VXi. Duroc-Jersey .Sow and Figs. Owned dy C. E. Barnes^, 



Oxford, N. Y. 



The Jersey Reds bred in Xew elersey were of extreme size 

 but slow to mature. In conformation lone; in l)odv with o-ood 

 chest capacity, coarse in bone and flesh. The hair was inclined to 

 stand erect and was sometimes bristlv on the back, the ears large 

 and loppy, the logs long and the tail heavy and bushy. The 

 main points of value were the extreme size and strong constitution. 



The Durocs were bred largely in Saratoga County, N. Y., later, 

 notably by the late F. D. Curtis; and were medium in size, com- 

 pactly built, with short legs, neck short and thick, ears light, 



