HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



chased Cherry King, a Protection bred 

 boar, of Morton & Stewart Bros, in 1909, 

 and founded the famous Orion Cherry 

 Kings by crossing him on Orion Chief 

 sows, and sows by sons and grandsons of 

 Orion Chief. However, before this blood 

 line became known by that name he sold 

 his entire herd to Chas. Sprague, includ- 

 ing Cherry King, Jack's Friend, by Joe 

 Orion, by Orion Chief, and Joe Orion 2nd 

 by Joe Orion, and retired from the public 

 and private sale of Durocs by agreement 

 for two years. Getting back into the active 

 work after the elapse of the 24 months, he 

 showed Orien Cherry King and won Grand 

 Champion at Ohio in 1913, and from that 

 date until the present the Orion Cherry 

 King blood has been in the ascendency, 

 taking more Grand Champion prizes than 

 the Durocs of any other family of the 

 breed ever did. Orion Cherry King's dam 

 was Orion Lady A. by Orion Chief out of 

 King Lady, she by Chief Surprise by Chief 

 of Ohio a litter mate to Ohio Chief. 



One of the most noted sons of Ohio 

 Chief, produced after Mr. Harding took 

 that noted hog West, was The Professor, 

 a boar purchased as a pig by Henry Ma- 

 tern, of Illinois. He proved an unusually 



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