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satisfactory account of their origin. It is said that slave 

 traders brought in a red breed of hogs from western Africa, 

 known as the Guinea breed. It is also stated that Henry 

 Clay imported Spanish red pigs in 1837, and that Daniel 

 Webster brought red pigs from Portugal in 1852. It is 

 further stated that the Berkshire, which, in its early days 

 was freely marked with red or sandy hair, is responsible 

 for some of the red pigs. Whatever breeds, or mixture of 

 breeds, were responsible, it is certain that a large breed of 

 red hogs attained to considerable prominence in New 

 Jersey, and was eventually given the name of Jersey-Red. 

 The Jersey-Red had large lop ears, and good length of 

 body. It was rather long in the leg, and coarse in bone 

 and hair. It was valued because of its size, strong con- 

 stitution and rapid growth. 



The Duroc originated in Saratoga county, New York, 

 and, to put it briefly, resulted from crossing a red boar on 

 the common sows of the district. It is uncertain whether 

 the boar came merely from another part of New York 

 state, or from England. It is said that the boar was 

 named " Duroc " after the famous stallion, and hence 

 the name of the breed. The Duroc also had lopped 

 ears, but it was a much finer type of pig than the 

 Jersey-Red. 



In the course of time, the breeders of Jersey-Reds and 

 Durocs came together, and the two breeds were blended 

 into one, under the name of Duroc-Jersey. The amalga- 

 mation took place in 1883. 



518. Description. The Duroc-Jersey is similar in size 

 to the Chester-White and the Poland-China. Some speci- 

 mens are of very large size, but the tendency of modern 

 breeding is toward a medium size, with rather fine bone. 

 It is possible that breeders are going too far in reducing 



