HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Morton's King, won the purple, and was 

 sold to Thos. Johnson at $1,000. He lived 

 only a few months, but left some unusually 

 good get, among them King Pal's Last, 

 a boar that headed the M. D. Harvey herd 

 in Indiana, and sired Pal's Prince and Col- 

 onade, Indiana Grand Champions; Colon- 

 ade being also Champion at the Chicago 

 International, 1912. At Illinois, Commo- 

 dore produced from the Bennett herd, but 

 purchased by Harris & Son, of Kentucky, 

 won the purple and was at once popular 

 with the breeders on account of his size, 

 vigor, bone and quality. He had come to 

 Illinois after winning at Kentucky and 

 Tennessee. In the winter following, his 

 owners made an average of $179.50 on 

 sows bred to him. Although he produced 

 some good sons and daughters, he was a 

 disappointment as a real herd header. 



January 12, 1906, Old Orion died in Ne- 

 braska at the age of eleven years an un- 

 defeated boar. He was shown as a pig 

 in 1895, as a yearling in '96, and was 

 Champion at Iowa in '97, and a winner at 

 Omaha, 1898. Roberts & Son sold him to 

 S. E. McCullough, of Iowa, who later sold 

 him to Manley & Son, on whose farm he 

 died. The Orion Cherry Kings and many 



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