HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



hog which is in such demand today, and 

 for which every one is striving. Our 

 breeders at that show exhibited strong, 

 vigorous, somewhat coarse, boars, that 

 showed that they were real producers and 

 they attracted the attention of the visiting 

 farmers and feeders. The names of the 

 winners in that show and the names of 

 their progeny have become household 

 words wherever Durocs are known. Such 

 hogs as Ohio Chief, Kruger, Top Notcher 

 King, Kant Be Beat, Tip Top Notcher, 

 Commodore, Jumbo Perfection, Orion 

 Chief, High Chief, Crimson Wonder, Ad- 

 vancer, Top Notcher Chief, Medoc, Model 

 Chief, Tom Watson, Dotie (Grand Cham- 

 pion sow), Xenia Belle, Roberta, Lady 

 Advance, Lady Orion, Daisy Improver, 

 Cedarvale Queen 8th, Vic's Bell, Crimson 

 Lady, The Genevieves, Cols. Belle 2nd, 

 and S. E.'s Model 2nd. These are only a 

 few of the more than 300 winners in this 

 show whose places were picked by J. A. 

 Shade, of Kingsley, Iowa. There was 

 $5,110 hung up in the regular classes by 

 the World's Fair. The National Associa- 

 tion gave $1,000 more, the American a silver 

 trophy, and there were any number of 

 prizes furnished by the State Legislature. 



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