HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



lead in Western Durocs, and are admired 

 for their smoothness, symmetry, and won- 

 derful feeding qualities. Among the show 

 and breeding boars produced from Golden 

 Model II are Grand Model, Golden Model 

 llth, Golden Model 34th, Chief Model 2nd, 

 High Model, Blue Ribbon Model, Chief 

 Model, Golden Model 17th, Chiefs Model 

 III, Golden Model 31st, Foxey Model, 

 Golden Model 30th, W. B.'s Golden Model 

 and Golden Model 5th. I Am Golden 

 Model 2nd was one of the good breeding 

 sons of Golden Model 2nd. 



The St. Louis Duroc Show, 1904, seems 

 now like a small show in numbers with only 

 348 head on the grounds. A larger num- 

 ber of the breed had been counted in sev- 

 eral State Fairs in the West prior to that 

 time, but it brought the best from nearly 

 every section of the country, and it was a 

 really high class show, for the time which 

 the breeders had been constructively en- 

 gaged in perfecting this new breed of hogs. 

 It was the first time that the representa- 

 tive farmers from all corners of the globe 

 had the opportunity to see real Duroc hogs 

 in their good form, and I have heard lead- 

 ing men of other breeds say that our show 

 at St. Louis set the pace for the large type 



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