THE POLAND-CHINA BREED 57 



It was claimed by some that a Poland breed was used 

 for crossing upon Warren County bogs, 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 

 18Y2. 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 



