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credit for bringing forth this breed. In their quiet, unassuming 

 way they steadily blended the uncouth, rough-appearing breeds of 

 these early days into a single smooth, elegant-appearing breed 

 that was destined to set the standard to which all other breeds 

 have aimed. The nearer they approach the Poland-China in 

 general characteristics, the more American other breeds become, 

 and the more popularity they gain with American farmers. This 

 statement is not made with the idea of conveying the meaning that 

 all other breeds are inferior to the Poland-China. Such is not the 

 opinion of the writer. There are other breeds that carry perhaps 

 nearly all of the good characteristics of the Poland and do not have 

 his faults. The fact remains, however, that the Poland-China 

 is the truly American type of hog, and the one from which other 

 breeds cannot materially vary and obtain popular favor with the 

 American farmer. 



Poland-China Organizations. — In the interests of the breed, 

 and for the purpose of adopting a uniform standard of type, a 

 number of Poland-China Record Associations have been formed. 

 The first of these was the Ohio Poland-China Record Association, 

 which was organized at Dayton, Ohio, in 1878. This organization 

 published the "Ohio Poland-China Record," the first issue of which 

 was really pubhshed as a private enterprise in 1877 by Carl Friegau 

 and M. J. Lawrence. The American Poland-China Record As- 

 sociation was organized about the same time at Cedar Rapids, 

 Iowa. This organization pubhshed their first herd book in 1879 

 and have issued about sixty-five volumes since that time. In 

 1880, at Indianapolis, Ind., the Central Poland-China Record 

 Association was started. Their first year-book was published the 

 same year. The Northwestern Poland-China Record Association 

 was organized at Washington, Kansas, in 1881. In 1887 the 

 Standard Poland-China Association was organized at Marysville, 

 Mo., publishing their first herd book that season. The spread 

 of the Poland-China breed into southern territory led to the or- 

 ganization of the Southwestern Poland-China Record Association 

 at Ripley, Tenn., in 1896. This organization was later taken over 

 by the American Association, In 1905 the Ohio and Central 

 Poland-China Associations were united to form the one organiza- 

 tion under the name of the National Poland-China Record Associa- 



