HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



time Morton & Co., a firm composed of 

 S. E. Morton, Walter Abernathy and E. 

 M. Borradaile, bought four boars from 

 Wm. Roberts & Son. Two of these were 

 Allison, Jr., and Hustler, sired by Allison 

 5267, the latter sired by Panic 4107, a boar 

 that Roberts had purchased from Morton 

 & Co. a few years before. They also 

 bought Orion II 6537, by old Orion, out 

 of Ohio Anna 10068. Another one was 

 Bally Trally 6545, also by Panic. By this 

 purchase they secured boars of practically 

 the same line of breeding of their sows 

 and intensified that blood in their offspring. 

 This firm had previously produced, namely 

 in '94 and '95, Walts Col. 5795, and Pro- 

 tection 4697, the former a son of Col. M., 

 and the latter a son of Coulongues, the 

 Bennett herd header. Around the story 

 and names in this paragraph lie the foun- 

 dation of the Protections, the Colonels, 

 and the Orion Chief families. 



Besides using old Orion and Allison at 

 this time the Roberts were using to good 

 advantage the hog called Awake, by John, 

 the latter a son of Cuckoo 3063, from the 

 Bennett herd. Orion, Jr., about this time 

 went to an Indiana herd as did Orion R., 

 both out of old Orion. These went to 



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