HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Orion Col. M. by The Chief Col., out of a 

 daughter of Orion Chief and Florazel, the 

 noted show sow by Choice Goods. 



The sows in this herd have always won 

 high places in our best shows and from 

 this herd many producing sows as well as 

 show sows went into all parts of the hog 

 belt. Mahan's have believed that no boar 

 is good enough to produce the kind of 

 hogs they wanted to grow by being 

 crossed on ordinary sows, and while they 

 have produced, grown and exhibited many 

 famous boars of the breed, they made it 

 possible by paying unusual attention to 

 selecting only the very best sows to keep 

 in their herd to produce this kind of get. 

 The Duroc breed has suffered for the want 

 of more breeders to carry out this same 

 idea. 



After the death of King of Cols., Mor- 

 ton placed Premier Col., a son, at the head 

 of his herd, and he proved to be a good 

 producer, producing such hogs as Volun- 

 ter, Pal's Col. and others, and his daugh- 

 ters have produced many good Durocs. 

 Later he bought from Johnson & Son, of 

 Indiana, Morton's Top Col., a line-bred 

 boar, being by Top Col., out of an Orion 

 Chief dam, Top Col., his sire, being by 



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