HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



at the International, 1911, selling him to 

 J. W. Storm of Ohio later for $1,500, who 

 in turn sold the boar and his entire herd 

 of sows to Thos. Johnson, March, 1913. 

 Browning developed the public sale busi- 

 ness in his breeding of Durocs to a science 

 and held more noted auctions than any 

 other Duroc breeder, the most noted being 

 his sale of show and breeding boars in No- 

 vember, 1911, when he made an average of 

 $303.65, something undreamed of in aver- 

 ages at that date. Eleven consecutive sales 

 held by him in which he sold about 550 

 head made a grand average of $125. 



One of the sons of Ohio Chief that went 

 West before Harding & Osborn bought the 

 old hog was Model Chief. This hog was 

 bought from Morton by Watt & Foust and 

 developed by them. As a yearling he sold 

 to J. Coy Roach, the man who afterwards 

 paid $1,000 for Helen Blazes III, the first 

 sow of the breed to sell at that price. 

 Through the efforts of the writer, Wm. 

 Reed of Rose Hill, Iowa, purchased this 

 boar of Roach and produced many hogs 

 that have made history for the breed, one 

 of which was Model Chief 2nd, Grand 

 Champion of Iowa, 1908. Through the ex- 

 cellent line of sows produced by Model 



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