THE DUROC-JERSEY 



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breed was wonderfully developed and its popularity became wide- 

 spread. Other prominent promoters of the red hog at this time 

 were William H. Holmes, of New York; S. E. Morton, of Ohio; 

 Thomas Bennett, J. M. Stonebraker, and George W. Stoner, of 

 Illinois; William Roberts, of Iowa, and C. H. Searle, of Nebraska. 

 General Characteristics. — The Duroc-Jersey is a medium-sized 

 red hog. The fully developed animals weigh in the neighborhood 

 of 500 and 600 pounds, while many of the large type of this breed 

 have scaled as high as 1000 pounds. In the past twenty-five years 

 the size of the Duroc has considerably decreased, owing to the 

 efforts of breeders to produce a smaller, finer-grained animal. 



Fig. 12. — "Maud Irene III." Grand Champion Sow, Indiana, 1912. Owned 

 by Mahan Bros. (Photo loaned by Robert J. Evans.) 



In comparison with the size of the animal the head of the 

 Duroc-Jersey might be classed as small. The face inclines to the 

 straight rather than the dished type. The snout is moderately 

 long and well fleshed. The ears are of medium size, inclined to 

 be moderately thin, and point forward, downward, and slightly 

 upward. In older animals they break over in the anterior third 

 or half and droop downward. 



In the Duroc-Jersey the neck is short, heavy, and well arched. 

 The jowl is full, firm, and fleshy, carrying the fulness well back to 

 the point of the shoulder. The shoulders are moderately heavy 



