THE DUROC-JERSEY 



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Walts Colonel 5795 a, Ohio Chief 8727 a, Top-Notcher 8803 a, 

 and King of Kings 109 19. Among the many more recent Duroc- 

 Jerseys celebrated as sires are Orion Chief 13333 a, Golden Rule 

 14101 a, Cherry Chief 21333 a, Tippy Colonel 22567 a, Good-K- 

 Nuff 22437 a, Proud Advance 23549 ", Defender 25893 a. Fancy 

 Colonel 27427 a, Pals Colonel 29167 a, The Professor 35475 a, 

 Joe Orion II 35527 a, Crimson Wonder Again 40785 n, and Orion 

 Cherry King 42475 a. A few of the famous dams are Cherry Vale 

 Queen 18468 a, Duchess 40th 18958 a, Lucy D 2d 18106 n, Love 

 35060a, Cherry Queen 

 T 100466, and H. A 's 

 Queen 143382 n. 



Prices paid for 

 Duroc-Jersey pigs have 

 risen to high figures in 

 recent years. Some 

 of the notable sales of 

 individual boars are as 

 follows: in 1906 S. E. 

 Morton & Company 

 of Ohio sold to R. J. 

 Hardingand O. E. Os- 

 born of Iowa the fa- 

 mous boar Ohio Chief 

 8727 a for ^2000. 

 Later they sold a third 

 interest in him to J. M. Morrison of Nebraska for the same sum. 

 At a sale held during the winter of 1907- 1908 the sow Savannah 

 Belle, with a litter sired by Ohio Chief, sold for ;^3300. On 

 F"ebruary 6, 1907, E. A. Baxter sold to McNeil Brothers, at public 

 auction, the hog Buddy K IV 20861 a for ^5025, the highest price 

 at public sale up to 19 19 for a Duroc-Jersey boar; in 1908 Ira 

 Jackson sold Orion Chief 13333 a to Thomas Johnson for ^3500; 

 in 191 1 Superba 31403 a was sold by H. E. Browning to East 

 Brothers and Ewing for ^1500; in 1915 Royal King 56047 a was 

 sold by Ira Jackson to Johnson Brothers for $2650 ; in 191 5 Hugh 

 Stewart sold Colonel S Jr. 43869 a to Thomas Johnson for $2500 ; 

 and in 19 18 Charles F. Sprague sold Joe Orion II 35527 a, 



Fig. 338. A Duroc-Jersey gilt of superior conforma- 

 tion and quality, bred by Sears & Nichols of Ohio. 

 From photograph by the author 



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