HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Other boars used by Briggs in an early 

 day was Briggs' Choice, a descendant of 

 Trones' Hero (winner, Chicago, '93), Red 

 Chief I Am, a son of Protection, Billie K., 

 from the O. S. West herd; Kantbebeat, 

 Lincoln Wonder, by Ohio Chief; Billie's 

 Wonder, Briggs' Crimson by Belle's Crim- 

 son Wonder; Crimson Wonder 4th, by 

 Crimson Wonder Again. He also used 

 a Golden Model boar by Golden Model 

 Again. The Briggs herd has for twenty 

 or more years been a leader in Nebraska 

 in producing improvement in Durocs. Dur- 

 ing the past few years, Illustrator II by 

 L. E.'s Valley King, and Joe Orion 5th by 

 Joe Orion 2nd, and a Great Wonder boar 

 have been in use. 



With but few exceptions the main herd 

 material we find recorded in the National 

 record at that time in the West came from 

 the herd boars whose blood lines run back 

 to the Roberts, Clark and Hubbard herds of 

 Iowa, tracing to boars founded on the best 

 blood they could buy and produce any- 

 where in the hog belt. Old Crimson Won- 

 der had been produced on the Cantine 

 Farm in Iowa and sold to A. T. Cole, of 

 Nebraska, and in the latter's closing out 

 sale had gone to W. A. Kirkpatrick, of 



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