90 SWINE 



common standard of excellence with Duroc-Jersey as the 

 name for the breed. 



THE POLAND-CHINA. 



The Poland-China is an American breed and was de- 

 veloped in Butler and Warren counties in southeastern 

 Ohio between the Big Miami and the Little Miami 

 Rivers. The breed was developed under ideal conditions 

 between the years 1835 and 1840. 



Origin of Poland-China Foundation Stock. The 

 United States did not have a wild hog similar to the wild 

 boar of Europe. The so-called wild hog, or razor-back, 

 of the United States is simply a degeneration of the hog 

 originally domesticated. De Soto brought swine to the 

 United States from Spain in 1538. Nova Scotia and New 

 Foundland received hogs from England in 1553. Canada 

 got hogs from France in 1608, and English pigs were 

 taken to Virginia in 1609. The climate, especially in the 

 southern states, was very favorable to the production and 

 development of swine, and the pigs that were bred in this 

 country were allowed to roam in the forests to a greater 

 or less extent. They increased so rapidly that eighteen 

 years after Jamestown was founded it was said that the 

 city had to be palisaded to keep the hogs out. Many of 

 these were allowed to breed in the forests and naturally 

 reverted in form and other characteristics toward their 

 ancestor, the wild boar. This was especially true when 

 they were kept under native conditions. Others that 

 were kept domesticated developed from time to time in 

 different places in the eastern states and were the be- 

 ginnings of the so-called local breeds that were later used 

 in establishing the Poland-China breed. 



Prior to the time the Poland-China was established, 



