HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



that time Agricultural Editor of the New 

 York Tribune and the words "Duroc" and 

 Jersey-Reds were used separately for a 

 number of years. The union of these 

 names under the Duroc-Jerseys and the 

 merging into the one breed was made 

 about the time the first steps were taken 

 to organize a recording association which 

 was about 1880. 



In Saratoga county, New York, and in 

 Connecticut, and in Vermont, the same 

 type of red hogs was bred and not until 

 1877 were there any united efforts to agree 

 upon a standard of characteristics and 

 qualifications. This was brought about by 

 the breeders of Saratoga county. A table 

 of characteristics was completed by this 

 county association, and was the work 

 largely of W. M. Holmes, who later moved 

 to Iowa and continued the improvement 

 of the Duroc-Jerseys in his adopted state. 

 This firm was later known as C. H. Holmes 

 & Co., Chas. Holmes of the firm being the 

 first secretary of the American Associa- 

 tion, selected in 1883. However, a Wis- 

 consin organization had been formed pri- 

 marily with the purpose of a record, but 

 had never taken any definite steps towards 

 that end and was not doing any recording. 



