HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



der, a foundation boar used by Morton and 

 Stoner. The breed has never seen the 

 superior of Proud Advance as a sow sire, 

 and this wonderful stretch and smooth- 

 ness had much to do with advancing the 

 popularity of the breed. He was bred by 

 Johnson Bros, and Reed, of Iowa, was 

 later owned by H. C. Sheldon and the 

 Manleys. The highest priced sow of the 

 breed, and many others that sold well up to 

 the record top, carried his blood. 



Kruger, winner of the second prize in 

 the aged herd at St. Louis, was purchased 

 by Jackson in the Trone sale for $550 in 

 February, 1905, and his get were widely 

 scattered, Iowa breeders securing one or 

 two of his noted sons. Nebraska Belle 

 sold that winter in the Brown sale (Ne- 

 braska) to R. J. Harding for $600, and the 

 next day he refused a check for $1,000 for 

 her from Gilbert VanPatten, who had 

 started for the sale to buy the sow, but 

 was blocked by a blizzard. 



Old Orion made his owners, Manley & 

 Co., an average of $73 the same season. 

 In Ohio the breeders who had shown at 

 St. Louis staged a two-days public sale 

 and one sow of Cedarville Queen breeding 



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