HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



high-backed hog which all breeders are 

 striving to produce. They had in their herd 

 as foundation material, sows of Ohio Chief, 

 Golden Rule, Proud Advance, Orion Chief 

 and Colonel lines, and produced many 

 noted boars by these matings, but are now 

 mating Defender boars to their Defender 

 bred sows and have continually increased 

 the size of their breeding animals, retained 

 their prolificacy and produced one of the 

 most prepotent lines of breeding which 

 .the breed has ever known. The Defenders 

 are more intensely bred than any other 

 family of the breed. Possibly the best 

 boars and sows produced in this herd have 

 been from the cross of Defender blood, 

 with granddaughters of Cherry King, al- 

 though the writer has contended that one 

 of the best breeding sons of old Defender 

 was Pilot Defender, his dam by Kelly's 

 Pilot Wonder, a grand champion of Ohio 

 several years ago. 



Another of the boar progeny of the 

 Crimson Wonders that came into promi- 

 nence is old Model Wonder 53981 by Crim- 

 son Wodner I Am, out of a dam tracing 

 to Pericles of the Roberts' herd. Pericles 

 by old Orion. Hanks & Bishop bought this 

 Wonder boar from U. G. Davidson and used 



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