HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



and the star that led through many trying 

 years, a man to whom Durocs and Duroc 

 breeders owe more than to any one man 

 for breed building and for swine leader- 

 ship in his day and time, came upon the 

 scene of action early in the /80s and by 

 his knowledge of mating and his master 

 mind in constructive breeding, laid the 

 foundation for several of the most noted 

 families the breed has ever known. The 

 world has produced no greater construc- 

 tive swine breeder than Sam Morton of 

 Ohio. The foundation of his recorded herd 

 was Derby 3962, Molly Ann 3964, Mora 

 3966, Java 3968 and Vernal 2nd 3970, pur- 

 chased from the Browning herd in Illinois, 

 and on the same trip to the Sucker State he 

 purchased Champion Wonder 1299 from 

 Andrew Ingram. The sows mentioned 

 were all daughters of British Wonder 917 

 and out of Vernal 998, tracing to Nero 205 

 from the William Holmes herd. Champion 

 Wonder was by the same sire as British 

 Wonder and out of Success 2nd 2668, by 

 Perry Duke, the latter sire of both British 

 Wonder and Champion Wonder. The fa- 

 mous Duchess sows of the Morton herd 

 were founded on one of these sows, Vernal 

 2nd 3970. She was mated to Granville 2nd 



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