HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



sold for $350. Others sold well up above 

 $100. 



J. D. Nidlinger, of Indiana, had won 

 first at Ohio and Indiana with Hanley, an 

 under-year boar by None Such, from the 

 Stoner herd, his dam being from Echo King 

 breeding, and sold him at public auction 

 for $310 to McNeil Bros., of Illinois. Echo 

 King blood was later diffused in Nebraska 

 and became quite popular. 



Crimson Wonder I Am, a son of old 

 Crimson Wonder 263 5 5n, was Grand 

 Champion, 1905, at Iowa, thus continuing 

 the champion record of the family begun 

 by his sire two years before. 



Buddy K. IV., was Grand Champion of 

 Illinois, 1905, one of the largest, coarsest, 

 ruggedest sires the breed has ever known, 

 and while he was lacking in quality he had 

 many characteristics that the breed needs 

 length, height, big bone and an all-over 

 big frame. After being used more than a 

 year at the head of the Ed Baxter herd, 

 after winning his Championship, he was 

 sold on Feb. 6, 1907, for $5,025 to McNeil 

 Bros., and today still holds the record of 

 being the highest priced boar of the breed 

 sold at auction. 



In the winter of '05 and '06, in the 



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