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ever, until after this great statesman had died, and they never 

 reached their Bay State destination. They were sold instead to 

 breeders in Vermont and New York, and formed the basis for a 

 number of herds in those states. 



Henry Clay, another of the great men of the antebellum days, 

 was evidently a fancier of swine. He imported from Spain as 

 early as 1837 a few red Spanish hogs, which were placed on his 

 Kentucky farm. They became the founders of a breed of large 

 red hogs which were widely scattered through Virginia and 

 Kentucky before the war. 



Jersey Red. — While red hogs of rather uncertain breeding 

 became in this manner quite widely scattered over the country in 

 the late 50's, the real centers for development of the breed of 

 this color appears to have centered in the states of New Jersey 

 and New York. In the state of New Jersey the red hog found con- 

 siderable favor, and was bred with a view to the development of a 

 large type of animal. These hogs became known in the early writ- 

 ings of the swine industry as the Large Jersey Red. 



Origin of "Duroc." — In New York State the development of 

 the red breeds was carried on by a number of breeders of that 

 period. One of the most prominent herds was owned and bred by 

 Isaac Frink, of Milton, Saratoga County, New York. The boar 

 with which he headed this herd was purchased from Harry Kelsey, 

 of Florida, New York. Mr. Kelsey was also a horse breeder of 

 considerable prominence, and was at that time the owner of the 

 famous stallion Duroc. In honor of the horse this boar was named 

 Duroc, and the litters derived from him became known as Durocs. 

 These also were large red animals, with rather heavy frame and 

 coarse hair. 



Red Berkshire. — Breeders in Connecticut about this time had 

 a type of red hog which was known as the Red Berkshire. Mr. 

 Ensign, a near neighbor of Mr. Frink, brought in some of these 

 Connecticut red hogs, and interbreeding between the two herds 

 developed a very popular type of swine. In Vermont there had 

 also grown up a type of red swine, probably descendants of the 

 Daniel Webster importation. These Green Mountain State hogs 

 were known as Red Rocks. 



Origin of Duroc- Jerseys. — Following the war swine breeders in 



