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Saratoga and also in Washington County, New York, began the 

 interbreeding of these various types of red hogs. Some of the New 

 Jersey stock was also brought in, and the result was an amalgama- 

 tion of the Duroc of New York, the Red Berkshires of Connecticut, 

 the Large Jersey Red of New Jersey, and perhaps also the Red 

 Rocks of Vermont, to form a more or less uniform breed, known 

 under the compound name of Duroc- Jersey, in honor of the sources 

 of the two principal breeds entering into the combination. 



Under the able direction of Colonel F. D. Curtis the breeders 

 of Saratoga and Washington counties formed an organization in 

 1877 for the purpose of promoting uniformity in standards and 



Fig. 11. — Grand Champion Duroc Barrow, l\)V4, International. Owned by- 

 Thomas Johnson, Columbus, Ohio. (Photo loaned by Robert J. Evans.) 



excellence in type. This organization received able co-operation 

 from the breeders of the Red Berkshire and Red Rock types, and 

 the result was the evolving of a standard breed of red hogs under 

 the name of Duroc-Jerseys. At this time the red hog was a very 

 large type, coarse, heavy boned, and far less symmetric and 

 refined in appearance than the Duroc-Jersey of to-day. The 

 efforts of these early developers of the breed was to encourage 

 refinement, with decrease, if necessary, in weight. 



Colonel F. D. Curtis, of New York, was the master spirit in the 

 development of the Duroc-Jersey breed. He was a very capable 

 breeder and a mover among men. Under his able leadership the 



