HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



bought him and had him on their farm 

 until he was six or seven years of age, 

 when they sold him to J. C. Droz of Iowa, 

 who in turn sold him to Hanks & Bishop. 

 Among noted hogs sired by him were 

 Chery King, one of the foundations of the 

 Orion Cherry Kings; Cherry Chief II, 

 owned a number of years by Trios. Johnson 

 of Ohio; The Chief Col., at head of Mahan 

 herd and later sold to Bartley and to Ger- 

 laugh; Chief Select, a boar sold by Mahan 

 into Iowa, and used in the Reed herd and 

 other prominent herds in that state. 



One of the Duroc blood lines that was 

 on the top round of popularity for a time, 

 and a strain that showed as much easy 

 feeding qualities as any the breed ever de- 

 veloped, was the Golden Rules, perfected 

 and produced in the Watt & Foust herd 

 and carried by them to many high honors 

 in the Ohio State and other shows. Golden 

 Rule was sired by Choice Goods, a Protec- 

 tion bred boar in the Jackson herd, the dam 

 being Mayflower, a sow tracing to Col. M., 

 the foundation of the Colonel family. 

 Golden Rule produced Choice Rule and 

 Good Enuff, both Grand Champions at 

 Ohio, and Good Enuff produced Good 

 Enuff Again, also Champion at the same 



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