THE POLAND-CHINA ;2i 



the predominating breeds in the Miami valley were, in the order 

 named: Bedfordshire, China, Berkshire, Byfield, Big Spotted 

 China, Irish Grazier, and Russian. However, it is well established 

 that the Berkshire was not introduced into that section until 1835. 

 The Bedford, or Bedfordshire, pig was also known under other 

 names, especially Parkinson and Woburn. One man is credited 

 with the statement! that he ""has seen and owned no less than 

 five distinct varieties called Bedfords." These pigs were of various 



Fig. 339. Long Chief 90243, a big-type Poland-China boar said to have weighed 



1000 pounds at three years of age. Owned by the Rockfield Breeding Association, 



Roclcfield, Indiana. From photograph by J. C. Allen 



colors, perhaps more especially sandy or spotted, had large droop- 

 ing ears, narrow backs, were of large size, and matured at three 

 to four years of age. The evidence is strong that this so-called 

 breed was extensively used in the settled portion of the United 

 States prior to -1830. Bedfords were noted as good travelers. 



The Russian pig is described as generally white, with long, 

 coarse hair, a long and coarse head, with a narrower ear than 

 possessed by the common pigs of the region. The breed was of 

 superior length and height, the bone strong and fine, the pigs 



1 S. M. Shepard, The Hog in America (1896), p. 224. 

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