HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Dust herd and family of sows which were so 

 well represented in the winnings at St. Louis 

 in 1904. A. F. Russell, of Missouri; C. W. 

 and Wm. Reed, Iowa ; S. Y. Thornton, Mis- 

 souri ; C. R. Doty, Illinois ; O. W. Browning, 

 O. N. Woody, Harry Pfander, E. P. Wat- 

 son, O. E. Osborn, S. E. McCullough, David 

 Nauman, A. P. Alsin, H. L. Cantine, Iowa; 

 T. L. Livingston, Jacob Wernsman, the 

 Manleys and Wm. Stufrt, of Nebraska; 

 Kraschel & Son, of Illinois. All these were 

 building strong herd foundations as these 

 years passed. 



Two of the early boars of Nebraska, to 

 which the breed is indebted for improve- 

 ment and especial recognition by the men 

 who were growing pork hogs, were Hig- 

 gins' Model 3251, and Improver II 13365, 

 both used in the Geo. Briggs herd, and 

 their blood was widely scattered through 

 the West. Higgins' Model came from a 

 combination of Indiana and Iowa breed- 

 ing. Improver II traces remotely to Cou- 

 longues, the sire of Protection, the head 

 of the Protection family, and his dam 

 traces through the Lathrop herd in Iowa 

 to the pioneer herd of Bennett, of Illinois. 

 Both these sires lived to a ripe old age, 

 and their progeny always found ready sale. 



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