HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Lincoln Top, shown by Putman, won the 

 lead, and Clay Center Belle, owned by 

 Briggs, was at head of the sow classes. 

 Lincoln Top traced to Red Chief I Am, a 

 Protection bred boar. Kelly's Pilot Won- 

 der won the purple at Ohio, and went to 

 Whitehall Farm where he proved to be a 

 great producer. He was a grandson of 

 Old Pilot Wonder, a Jackson show boar. 

 Pilot Wonder was by U. S. Duroc by 

 Walt's Col. out of a Lucy Wonder sow. 

 Inventor, by Climax II, won at Illinois, 

 1907. He was a McFarland bred hog, 

 coming from their herd to Illinois as a 

 pig. He was sired by II Climax, sire of 

 many of the McFarland winners. Gat- 

 ton's Perfection was Grand Champion sow 

 at Illinois, 1907, and afterwards sold at 

 auction for $1,200, a Kant Be Beat boar 

 selling in the same sale for $1,295. 



During the winter of 1907-'08 the prices 

 tended to rise and among the notable sales 

 were Savannah Belle and her litter of Ohio 

 Chief pigs at the Sam Murphy sale for 

 $3,300, he having paid $780 for her at the 

 Harding sale. She was a daughter of the 

 noted Nebraska Belle. Ruberta, dam of 

 the Kant Be Beat boar, Dreadnaught, sold 

 to Manley & Co., for $2,500. Proud Zeda 



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