HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



pork on foot. For the most part he has 

 been developed by men who had to make 

 their living from pork growing. The idea 

 in mind all the way up the line has been 

 the best possible money-making hog. 



The development of a breed of live- 

 stock comes usually through a few leaders 

 adapted to that kind of wo^k and the im- 

 provement of the Duroc is no exception. 

 Early in the history you find the names of 

 Clark Pettit of New York, John S. Collins 

 of New Jersey, Morton of Ohio, Railsback, 

 Browning, Bennett and Stoner of Illinois, 

 Holmes of Iowa, formerly of New York. 

 Ingram of Illinois, Roberts, Stribling and 

 West of Iowa, Harris and Crabb of Ken- 

 tucky, Searle of Nebraska and Stonebraker 

 of Illinois, all of whom played an impor- 

 tant part in the early advancement of the 

 breed. 



I fail to find in the first volume of the 

 record, issued by the American, which was 

 the first permanent record of Duroc-Jer- 

 seys issued by the breeders of this breed of 

 swine, a name that appears in the recent 

 records of either the American or National 

 records, but when we come to the second 

 volume we find in it the names of many 

 familiar present-day breeders. Only a 



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