HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



of the Crimson Wonders of today trace di- 

 rectly to this great sire. 



In November, 1906, a deal was consum- 

 mated that gave a decided impetus to Du- 

 roc enthusiasm, both East and West. R. 

 J. Harding and O. E. Osborn, of Iowa, 

 purchased of S. E. Morton & Co., Ohio 

 Chief, a boar sired by Protection, and out 

 of the noted sow, Duchess 40th, mentioned 

 in earlier pages of this history. Ohio 

 Chief won as a pig and as a yearling at 

 the Chicago Exposition in 1900 and 1901 

 and as aged boar stood at the head of his 

 class at St. Louis. He undoubtedly was 

 the best boar the breed had produced, as 

 well as the biggest, up to this time, and 

 although Tip Top Notcher was given the 

 purple at St. Louis on account of his show- 

 ing more excellent flesh, many at the ring- 

 side had picked the aged boar for the pur- 

 ple. In Hoarding's first sale after he pur- 

 chased the boar, sows averaged $98.30 with 

 a $730 top. Later the owners sold a third 

 interest to J. M. Morrison, of Nebraska, 

 for $2,000, the same amount they had paid 

 Morton & Co. for the hog. Morrison 

 broke a partnership agreement by selling 

 18 sows bred to him in one sale and Messrs. 



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