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different types, and new conditions actually develop 

 new strains. 



Possibly it is true that there are more American 

 votes to-day for the Poland China breed than for any 

 other, with Berkshires and Chester Whites and Duroc 

 Jerseys in next highest esteem; but it is much a ques- 

 tion of fancy. New England, for instance, seems to 

 think well of Small Yorkshires. 



POLAND CHINAS. This admirable and widely 

 popular breed of hogs ''largely originated," as one 



POLAND CHINA SOW, TEN MONTHS OLD. 



account puts it, "in southwestern Ohio." It had its 

 foundation in various crossings made by stockmen in 

 Warren and Butler counties, between the years 1816 

 and 1842, though the present breed name was not 

 finally adopted until 1872. They were formerly called 

 Magie or Butler County hogs. Among the ancestors 

 of the present stock were undoubtedly the white 

 Chinese and the black Berkshire. The present fancy 

 calls for pure black, or nearly so, with white points ; 



