HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



King of Cols., out of an Orion Chief dam. 

 This boar died at the height of his breed- 

 ing age, leaving several get that proved 

 him to be a sire of rare merit, among these 

 being American Top Col., still owned in 

 the Barker herd of Indiana; Perfect Top 

 Col., used as herd header by Morton, and 

 later sold to Truax; Walt's Top Col., the 

 latter used a good many years in the Jack- 

 son herd, and on the producing value of 

 Walt's Top Col. daughters, much of the 

 fame of old Orion Cherry King is founded. 

 Walt's Top Col. was out of a dam by 

 Royal Col., he by King of Cols., making 

 him an intensely Colonel bred boar. He 

 is still in use, being in the Wenger & 

 Studebaker herds in Ohio; Taxpayer was 

 another Morton's Top Col. boar and was 

 used by Watt & Foust, sire of Taxpayer 

 Thirteenth, Taxpayer's Model and others. 



Orion Chief headed the Jackson herd for 

 several years after the St. Loui's Show. 

 Kruger was also used in the herd. Orion 

 Chief was sold to Thos. Johnson at $3,500, 

 the record price at that time for a boar at 

 private sale. He was later sold in John- 

 son's dispersion sale at 9 years of age, to 

 Messrs. Matern & Mumford for $500, and 

 died on the Matern farm. Jackson pur- 



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