HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



by Proud Advance, sold in the Browning 

 sale, breaking all sale records, at $2,600. 

 A half interest in the Champion Lincoln 

 Top went for $2,650 in the Putman sale. 

 Sexsmith & Strong sold a granddaughter 

 of Nebraska Belle for $2,100. A sow was 

 sold in S. E. Morton's sale for $2,800. An 

 Eds Col. sow in the Jackson sale brought 

 $1,000. Johnson Bros/ sale in Iowa had 

 a $750 top. Some of these animals made 

 good and their progeny is still going on 

 record, but many were sold under enthu- 

 siasm and excitement and had little to 

 recommend them as valuable additions to 

 herds. 



King of Cols. 16075 was ascending the 

 scale of popularity about this time, and a 

 complete history of his progeny for a 

 period of several years would cover a 

 goodly portion of the breed's history for 

 that time. He was bred by Carl Scott, 

 an Indiana breeder who did much to pro- 

 pagate good Durocs and incidentally pro- 

 mote that leading family, the Colonels. 

 Mr. Scott owned Eds Col, and from him 

 produced Carls Col. and in turn Prince of 

 Cols. In the Fall of 1905 he showed at 

 several fairs in Indiana a litter of Prince 

 of Col. pigs out of Love 35060, among 



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