Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . eeding between the two herdsdeveloped a very popular type of swine. In Vermont there hadalso grown up a type of red swine, probably descendants of theDaniel Webster importation. These Green Mountain State hogswere known as Red Rocks. Origin of Duroc-Jerseys.—Following the war swine breeders in 46 DISEASES OF SWINE Saratoga and also in Washington County, New York, began theinterbreeding of these various types of red hogs. Some of the NewJersey stock was also brought in, and the result was an amalgama-tion of the Duroc of New York, th
Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . eeding between the two herdsdeveloped a very popular type of swine. In Vermont there hadalso grown up a type of red swine, probably descendants of theDaniel Webster importation. These Green Mountain State hogswere known as Red Rocks. Origin of Duroc-Jerseys.—Following the war swine breeders in 46 DISEASES OF SWINE Saratoga and also in Washington County, New York, began theinterbreeding of these various types of red hogs. Some of the NewJersey stock was also brought in, and the result was an amalgama-tion of the Duroc of New York, the Red Berkshires of Connecticut,the Large Jersey Red of New Jersey, and perhaps also the RedRocks of Vermont, to form a more or less uniform breed, knownunder the compound name of Duroc-Jersey, in honor of the sourcesof the two principal breeds entering into the combination. Under the able direction of Colonel F. D. Curtis the breedersof Saratoga and Washington counties formed an organization in1877 for the purpose of promoting uniformity in standards and. Fig. 11.—Grand Champion Duroc Barrow, l\)V4, International. Owned by-Thomas Johnson, Columbus, Ohio. (Photo loaned by Robert J. Evans.) excellence in type. This organization received able co-operationfrom the breeders of the Red Berkshire and Red Rock types, andthe result was the evolving of a standard breed of red hogs underthe name of Duroc-Jerseys. At this time the red hog was a verylarge type, coarse, heavy boned, and far less symmetric andrefined in appearance than the Duroc-Jersey of to-day. Theefforts of these early developers of the breed was to encouragerefinement, with decrease, if necessary, in weight. Colonel F. D. Curtis, of New York, was the master spirit in thedevelopment of the Duroc-Jersey breed. He was a very capablebreeder and a mover among men. Under his able leadership the THE DUROC-JERSEY 47 breed was wonderfully developed and its popularity became wide-spread. Other prominent promoters of the red ho
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