HISTORY OF THETriTRO'C 



Chief and his sons, much Protection blood 

 was injected into the Crimson Wonders 

 and Golden Models. .Among- tke other proi- 

 ducing, boars used in the^Wm. Reed herd 

 was ReedVBankec, a half brother.to Proud 

 Advance, out of >a dam by Malcolm :Chiefj, 

 !by Jumbo- Red by Protection. ^Following 

 the work of .Model Chief 2nd, Wm.. Reed 

 purchased Chief Select, from the Mahan 

 herd, foe by Cherry .Chief and > later added 

 Reed's Top Coll, a; son of -Top- Col. -A soft 

 'of Orion Cherry -King was uSed;by him the 

 past year arid a'iialf, a boaniiow owned by 

 Kerns-r of Nebraska named Great Orion. 

 -Mr. Reed's 4ierd 'is not a large herd, but it 

 is doubtless the most uniform type herd in 

 .the United Slates, and as a real builder of 

 good hogs a constructive breeder he 

 [stands with few: Equals and no ^supierior. 

 ^i One 1 of the herds -whrch has cohi intb 

 the greatest prominence nf the pdst fiv^ 

 [years is the /herd ofrProf. H. W. Mumford 

 .of Ann Arbor, Mich. 1 Hennas been breeding- 

 'Dufocs klmdst as long as^ bur 1 oldest pio- 

 neer breeders, but was content t'6 breed 

 and build in his quiet unostentious way 

 runtil lie^had the foundation deep enough 

 and brG r ad enough to conie before the pu!> 

 .lie with a .herd worthy of his pdsitibn 



