HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



him in their herd following Top Notcher 

 Again by old Top Notcher and other boars. 

 From Browning they purchased Proud 

 Col., a boar sired by Chief's Col., and out 

 of old Proud Fancy by Proud Advance, 

 and produced a wonderful lot of big, 

 smooth brood sows. Later they purchased 

 the old sire, Cherry Chief by High Chief, by 

 Ohio Chief, and a few years ago followed 

 with Pathfinder, one of the largest boars of 

 the breed, a boar carrying the blood of Pro- 

 tection and the Colonels, his sire being Pro- 

 phetstown Chief by Cherry Chief by High 

 Chief by Ohio Chief by Protection. His 

 dam is by S. E/s Premier Col., by Premier 

 Col. by King of Cols., his second dam by 

 Orion Chief. 



We have, several times in the history, 

 referred to Cherry Chief 21335 and his 

 progeny play an important figure in mod- 

 ern Duroc history. He was sired by High 

 Chief, he by Ohio Chief and was out of 

 Cherry Queen, she by Baker's Bred Right, 

 the latter boar carrying the same blood 

 lines as old Orion. Johnson & Son of In- 

 diana bought Cherry Queen and after- 

 wards had her bred to High Chief. In No- 

 ember, 1907, Morton & Co., a firm com- 

 posed of S. E. Morton & Stewart Bros., 



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