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here for a long time in a limited way. At present the breed is in 

 much favor in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, and Michi- 

 gan. Each year an increase of interest is shown in the auction 

 sales of the pure-breds and in the exhibits made at the fairs. 



Organizations to promote Duroc-Jersey pigs date back to 1883, 

 when the American Duroc-Jersey Swine Breeders' Association 

 was established, the first annual meeting being held at Chicago, 

 November 15-16, 1883, at which time Colonel F. D. Curtis of 

 New York was elected president and C. H. Holmes of Iowa 

 secretary. In 1885 this association published its first herd 



Fig. 237. A yearling Duroc-Jersey boar owned by E. S. Kelly of Ohio. 

 Photograph by the author 



record, since which time to 1904 fifteen volumes had been 

 issued, including the registration of about 6500 boars and 15,000 

 sows. On November 20, 1891, the National Duroc-Jersey 

 Record Association was organized at Geneseo, Illinois, with 

 J. M. Stonebraker of Illinois as president and G. W. Philippo 

 of Illinois as secretary-treasurer. This association published Vol- 

 ume I of its herd record in 1893, since which time a total of 

 19 volumes have been issued to 1906, including the registration 

 of many thousands of boars and sows. A capital A after the 

 registration number of a Duroc-Jersey pig indicates its registration 

 in the American Association, and an N in the National Associa- 

 tion. Each of these organizations has been very prosperous. 



