I have tried to make the story readable, 

 and in as few words as possible give as 

 much information as could be boiled down 

 in so small a volume. It is by no means 

 a complete history of the breed. The 

 writer hopes to be able to take this larger 

 work up shortly and with the assistance 

 of the leading men who have been active 

 in the business in times past and with 

 those who are leaders now, bring out a 

 book that will give all of the history of the 

 breed, that can be learned by a search of 

 the records, and in conference with those 

 who have through the trying years of the 

 breeds' existence, been working for breed 

 improvement. 



This book is dedicated to the interests 

 of the Duroc, a breed of hogs that has 

 come to the front as no other breed has 

 done in the history of livestock production. 

 The Duroc has brought fecundity, stamina 

 and size into the pork herds of the day and 

 a visit to the market centers will prove to 

 the most skeptical that he is the "Farmers 

 and Feeders Favorite." The prices of 



