HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



This organization was formed in 1882 with 

 Geo. A. Lytle of Elkhorn, as president, 

 and W. H. Morris from the same place as 

 secretary. 



It was not until 1881-2 and -3 that there 

 was any particular -attention paid by the 

 breeders of Duroc-Jerseys to attend the big- 

 shows of the country as evidenced by the 

 record in the first volume in the extended 

 pedigrees given in the last part of the vol- 

 ume. These give the show record of these 

 various animals and do not date back 

 earlier than 1881, most of them being in 

 1882 and 1883. The first animal recorded 

 was Red Jacket No. 1, owned by Thos. 

 Bennett of Illinois. 



This animal was a combination of the 

 breeding of Clark Pettit, New York, Sam- 

 uel Stark of South Bend, C. Burgen, Rich- 

 mond, Ky., and D. W. Zink of Illinois. It 

 was evident that the breeders were look- 

 ing everywhere and were buying from 

 different localities to secure the right cross 

 and improve these hogs. We need but cite 

 the pedigree of one of the show hogs of 

 1884 and 5, Climax 21. He was shown by 

 Railsback & Pittsford of Illinois through- 

 out the West and South. Climax was first 

 at Des Moines in 1884, Omaha 1884, Ot- 



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