Artist: Othmar J. Hoffler (1893–1954)
Edgar Clayton Stone
STONE, EDGAR CLAYTON (1874–1951), inducted 1939
Considered the man who put Hampshire swine “on the map,” Edgar C. Stone was a purebred Hampshire breeder and promoter born in DeWitt, Illinois. In 1903, he became the first fulltime secretary and treasurer of the American Hampshire Record Association in Peoria, and he lobbied to include the breed in shows at the International Live Stock Exposition, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, and the Illinois State Fair. In 1921, Stone became owner of the publication Hampshire Advocate and later published Breeder-Feeder, a beef cattle magazine. Later in life, E. C. Stone moved to Houston, where he was an officer in the Brahman cattle associations. In 1932, he helped launch the Houston Fat Cattle Show.
Source: Saddle & Sirloin Guidebook 2026, p. 183