THE POLAND-CHINA BREED 57 
It was claimed by some that a Poland breed was used 
for crossing upon Warren County hogs, while others claimed 
that no such breed was ever introduced, and an extended 
controversy ensued, which ended in the appointment of an 
investigating committee, which reported its findings to the 
National Swine Breeders’ Convention held in Indianapolis in 
1872. The Committee reported against the theory that a 
Poland breed had been used, but recommended that the name 
Poland-China be recognized as the accepted name of the breed. 
The recommendation was adopted, and since that time the 
breed, which previously had been known by a great variety 
of names, has been known as the Poland-China. It is claimed 
that no outside blood has been infused into this breed since 
1845. 
Distribution.—The Poland-China is widely distributed over 
the United States. The principal states for the breed, accord- 
ing to the secretary of the American Poland-China Record 
Association, are Iowa, Illinois, Texas, Missouri, Kansas, 
Nebraska, Indiana, Ohio, Minnesota, South Dakota, Wiscon- 
sin, Oklahoma, and Michigan, but there are few states where 
Poland-Chinas are not to be found. 
Though represented in Canada, the breed has not yet ob- 
tained a strong foothold in that country, and outside of the 
United States and Canada the breed is but little known. 
Types.—The older type of Poland-China was a larger, 
more rangy, and heavier-boned hog than the Poland-Chinas 
seen in the show-rings of to-day. Breeders of Poland-Chinas 
have rather gone to the extreme, on the whole, in the matter 
of selecting for fineness of bone, and the result, in many cases, 
is a hog that lacks somewhat in size and fecundity. At the 
present time the advisability of developing more size and bone 
in the breed is being widely discussed in the public press, and 
