Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . Fig. I.—Poland-China, packers model: Farrowed, May, 1866. Weight,806 pounds. Winner $700 Pork Packers Prize at St. Louis in sweep-stakes same time and place. Sweepstakes at Quincy, III.,State Fair, 1868. Note spotted appearance. is the only true American breed of hogs. Not only is the Polandthe pioneer of American breeds, but it also is undoubtedly themost widely distributed of any single breed in American feed lots 24 DISEASES OF SWINE to-day. Pure Poland-Chinas, and the various grade hogs derivedby crossing the Polan
Diseases of swine, with particluar reference to hog-cholera . Fig. I.—Poland-China, packers model: Farrowed, May, 1866. Weight,806 pounds. Winner $700 Pork Packers Prize at St. Louis in sweep-stakes same time and place. Sweepstakes at Quincy, III.,State Fair, 1868. Note spotted appearance. is the only true American breed of hogs. Not only is the Polandthe pioneer of American breeds, but it also is undoubtedly themost widely distributed of any single breed in American feed lots 24 DISEASES OF SWINE to-day. Pure Poland-Chinas, and the various grade hogs derivedby crossing the Poland with other types, forms by far the bulk ofreceipts at the great packing centers. This great popularity ofthe breed is, in large measure, due to the rapid maturity andexcellent fattening qualities, which give favor in the eyes of theAmerican farmer and stockman. Hog raising is a money-makingbusiness with the men who produce hogs in the Corn Belt, and ahog that has the rapid money-producing possibilities of thePoland-China is always bound to be Fig. 2.—Roods giant: Weighed 1020 pounds. An excellent example of the bigtype of Poland-China. Owned by J. F. Cox & Sons, Keithsburg, 111. History.—There is no more interesting fact connected with thePoland-China breed than their early history. They had theirorigin in the United States, being developed by the Shakers insouthwestern Ohio in the early part of the past century. Thefirst reliable history of the breed dates back around 1812 or this time the development of the breed that was to laterbecome famous began in Warren and Butler counties, Ohio, andin Union and Wayne counties, Indiana. About this time therewas a large colony of Shakers located in and around Union Village,Warren County, Ohio. These Shakers had at this time a largenumber of nondescript hogs, which were probably mostly of the THE POLAND-CHINA 25 Russian and Byfield breeds. These hogs were not classified inany definite manner, and simply consis
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