HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Ohio, held several sales as did several com- 

 binations of Ohio and Indiana breeders 

 later on. It was not until after the World's 

 Fair at St. Louis in 1904 that these sales 

 throughout the hog belt became general 

 and were adopted by nearly all of the lead- 

 ing breeders. 



During the interim between the Chicago 

 Exposition and the St. Louis Exposition 

 a world of new herds were developed. Es- 

 pecially was the business active in the 

 West in the territory where more hogs are 

 raised to the square mile than any place 

 else in the world. Such men as Geo. 

 Briggs, Gilbert VanPatten, H. B. Louden, 

 Smith and Arch Brown, of Nebraska; R. 

 J. Harding, Johnson Bros., H. C. Sheldon, 

 John Henderson, of Iowa; McFarland 

 Bros., W. L. Addy, J. C. Woodburn, of 

 Missouri; John L. Hunt, of Marysville, 

 Kansas, and many others had come to the 

 front with good herds, among them being 

 G. W. Seckman, of Illinois, who attended 

 his first public sale at Geo. W. Trones' 

 and paid $85 for a sow called Grace Dar- 

 ling, and lafd the foundation of a great 

 herd. He later attended the Andrew In- 

 gram sale and bought the sow, Hattie Gold 

 Dust, that laid the foundation for the Gold 



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