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of the O. I. C. type, and has done a great amount of work to 

 popularize the breed through the Corn Belt states. The interests 

 of the breed are looked after by a National Association, the head- 

 quarters of which are at Vernon, Ind. 



In the past ten years long strides have been taken to bring the 

 Chester-White and O. I. C. breeders together and amalgamate the 

 two branches of the breed into one formidable white breed. With 

 the estabhshment of an official breed paper a few years ago the 

 first steps toward an amalgamation of the two types of Chester 

 hogs into one recognized breed were taken. At the last annual 

 meeting of the two associations, held in Chicago during the 1913 

 International Stock Show, it was decided to bring the interests of 

 the two tj^pes closer together, and as a result the official score 

 card adopted by the two organizations is now the same. It was 

 also decided that the exhibit at the San Francisco Exhibition in 

 1915 shall be open to Chester- White or O. I. C. hogs. 



THE DUROC-JERSEY 



The history of the red hog in America is quite an interesting 

 one, and is associated with the names of some of the greatest 

 statesmen our country has ever produced. Just when the first 

 red hogs came into the United States is not definitely recorded. 

 It was no doubt in the early part of the last century, if, indeed, they 

 were not imported even before the year 1800. The source of these 

 red-colored swine is almost as indefinite as the date of their arrival. 

 Different writers ascribe the origin of these foreign shipments to 

 different parts of the world. 



Early History. — In the early part of the 19th century there was 

 a large amount of trade between the ports of the west coast of 

 Africa and the United States. These were the days of slavery, and 

 slave traders were continuously replenishing their stock by ship- 

 ments from Africa. A large amount of this trade had its origin in 

 Guinea and along the Guinea coast. At that time there existed in 

 Guinea a large, coarse type of red hog, and it is believed that the 

 source of these early founders of the red hog in America was Guinea. 



Just before his death Daniel Webster purchased a number of 

 red hogs in Portugal, which were imported for stocking his farm in 

 the state of Massachusetts. The shipment did not arrive, how- 



