. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. THE POLAND-CHINA BREED 55 have been put forth, and the following brief summary of matters pertaining to the origin of the breed may be regarded as reasonably accurate. Previous to tlie Kussia and Byiield breeds were used extensively for crossing upon the common hogs of the Miami Valley. These were both white breeds possessing more or less. Fig. 18.—Champion Puiand-China sow at the Internatirjnal Exposition. merit as feeders. In ISIG the Society of Shakers of Union Village, Warren County, brought a boar and three sows from Philadelphia. The pigs were r
. Productive swine husbandry. Swine. THE POLAND-CHINA BREED 55 have been put forth, and the following brief summary of matters pertaining to the origin of the breed may be regarded as reasonably accurate. Previous to tlie Kussia and Byiield breeds were used extensively for crossing upon the common hogs of the Miami Valley. These were both white breeds possessing more or less. Fig. 18.—Champion Puiand-China sow at the Internatirjnal Exposition. merit as feeders. In ISIG the Society of Shakers of Union Village, Warren County, brought a boar and three sows from Philadelphia. The pigs were reiiresented to the Shakers as being of pure Chinese blood, and they were called Big Chinas. The boar and two of the sows are said to have been pure white, and the other sow was white with some sandy and black spots. These Big Chinas and their descendants were crossed. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Day, George E. , 1863-. Philadelphia & London, J. B. Lippincott Company
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