HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



Valley King won as a pig, a yearling and 

 aged boar at Illinois, and was owned in 

 turn by L. E. Thomas, J. Young Caldwell 

 and Henry Matern. 



For three or four years prior to the St. 

 Louis World's Fair, the Browning herd, 

 so prominent in early Duroc lore, was not 

 on the show circuit, as increasing age 

 forced the elder Browning to slack up his 

 work with the breed and for a time Harry 

 was connected with the Seckman herd. 

 He helped develop and show Tip Top 

 Notcher at the World's Fair, but soon after 

 that time was again managing a herd of 

 his own and the names Browning and 

 Idlewild Farm became familiar to every 

 Duroc man in America. Harry developed 

 that great family of sows the Helen 

 Blazes, and sold Helen Blazes III. for 

 $1,000, a record price, and during the next 

 ten years owned some of the most noted 

 hogs the breed has ever known. He was 

 a feeder, showman and builder of good 

 Durocs and was a leader in shows and 

 sales until 1915 when he closed out and 

 has applied himself to newspaper work 

 entirely. He was the first fieldman on the 

 breed paper in the early days of that pub- 

 lication and did untold good in spreading 



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