HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



his ambitions. Owing to his position in the 

 Illinois University keeping him at a dis- 

 tance from his herd, the building has neces- 

 sarily been slower than if he had devoted 

 his entire time to the work. Away back in 

 the time of the early records he used a boar 

 by Red Jacket from the Talmadge herd 

 and the first recorded sow he owned was 

 Plissy J., from the Stonebraker herd of 

 Illinois. Ed's Eclipse, a boar from the 

 Walter's herd in Ohio and a Col. M. boar 

 and Liberty from the Morton herd were 

 later used. Then two boars by Kant Be 

 Beat from the Watt and Foust herd, one 

 of them out of a Variety bred sow and one 

 out of Rubertha, a winner in many fairs. 

 This latter boar was called Fearnaught. 

 Later a boar by Golden Rule was added, 

 and Ohio Chief Again, the latter by Good 

 Enuff by Golden Rule; King of Illinois 

 from the McFarland herd was used a year 

 or two. Then another Protection bred 

 boar, Cherry King, Jr., by Cherry King, 

 from the Jackson herd. This blood he 

 intensified by later buying Brookwater 

 Cherry King by the same sire. A few years 

 ago he added more Protection blood from 

 another source by purchasing The Prin- 

 cipal 4th by The Professor by Ohio Chief, 



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