HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Tom Bennett herd. The sire being Can- 

 non Ball, tracing directly back to old 

 North Star in the Stoner herd in Illinois. 

 Uncle Tom, a boar from the Tom Ben- 

 nett herd, was next used, he by Chica- 

 mauga by Rattler, a boar from the Stoner 

 herd. From the Morton herd Mr. Watt 

 purchased Top Notcher, then from the 

 cross of Top Notcher and the Cedarville 

 sows, many noted boars were sent to dif- 

 ferent sections of the country. One of 

 these that placed considerable improve- 

 ment in the Western and Northwestern 

 Durocs was Malcolm Model, a boar going 

 to Wm. Malcolm, of Minnesota. 



It was about this time that Commodore 

 13385 came upon the scene in the Bennett 

 herd. He was produced practically from 

 the Bennett breeding, from early founda- 

 tion animals, and aside from Hero, the 

 Grand Champion at the World's Fair at 

 Chicago, 1893, was the most prominent 

 boar ever in the Bennett herd. 



During this period of the eight or ten 

 years which we have covered in reciting 

 the advancement and improvement in the 

 blood lines of the herds in Ohio and other 

 Eastern sections, the interest in the West 

 had increased by leaps and bounds and 



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