HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Senior Sow Pigs 30 shown; 1st, Kant's 

 Best, Watt & Foust ; 2nd, Cedarville Queen 

 VIII, same. Orion's Choice, S. E. Model 

 IV., Lady Banker and others in this class 

 came into prominence later. 



Junior Sow Pigs 37 shown; 1st, Crim- 

 son Lady, by J. E. Mendenhall & Sons; 

 2nd, Top Notcher's Best, J. A. Teter. Our 

 Pride II, Queen Genevieve, Fashion Queen 

 XII, Cols. Belle II., S. E. Model VII., and 

 others in this class are well known to mod- 

 ern Duroc men. Our Pride II., in the 

 Watt & Foust herd, and later in the Mc- 

 Kee herd, produced excellent get. 



Grand Champion Boar Tip Top 

 Notcher, Reserve Champion, Top Notcher 

 Chief. 



Grand Champion Sow Dotie, Reserve 

 Champion, Kant's Best. 



A perusal of these winnings will show 

 that the Top Notchers had the best of the 

 winnings. Old Top Notcher's descend- 

 ants were represented in seven of the first 

 and second prize winners: Tip Top 

 Notcher, Goldie's Top Notcher, Top 

 Notcher Chief, Checkmate (by Tip Top 

 Notcher), Kant's Best (dam by Top 

 Notcher), Cedarville Queen VIII (sired 

 by Top Notcher), and Top Notcher's Best, 



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