THE POLAND-CHINA 727 



in 1914, Long Jumbo 62719 weighed 1106 pounds, Columbus 

 64898 and Tlie Big Orphan 63348 (full brother) each weighed 

 1050 pounds. Queen of Wonders 169001, a senior yearling sow, 

 weighed 780 pounds in 1914, and Big Nellie 161 511 weighed 

 850 pounds, the girth of her shin bone being 10 inches. Shelton 

 & Son, in their August 13, 1919, catalogue, give the weight of 

 Long Big Bone 2d 256457 as 1200 pounds, height 44 inches, 

 length (from a point between the eyes to tail head) 83 inches, 

 heart girth j6 inches, Iiind-flank girth 86 inches, and circum- 

 ference of shank bone, ill inches. Long Big Bone, sire of Long 

 Big Bone 2d, is said to have weighed 1150 pounds at thirty-one 

 months of age. Finally, in reference to size, Lyman Peck writes : 1 



Quite a number of boars are in service to-day that weigh over 1000 pounds, 

 and sovjrs have attained record weight up to 960 pounds. At the last Nebraska 

 State Fair the grand championship was won by a boar that in his three-year 

 form carried his 900 pounds with ease on almost perfect feet and pasterns. 

 He showed a clean lo^-inch bone and the phenomenal heart girth of 80 inches. 

 Now it did not take three years to make this hog. He was possessed of early 

 maturity enough to win first as a six-months pig at the same fair, weighing 

 255 pounds at that time. 



The Poland-China as a grazer is well suited to blue-grass and 

 clover pastures, where it has long been a common figure in the 

 Middle West. The general custom of the Western farmer is to 

 pasture his pigs in the summer season, and this breed long ago 

 showed its suitability for this purpose, keeping easily with little grain. 



The Poland-China as a feeder is one of the most popular of 

 American breeds, although its popularity in recent years has not 

 been so great as formerly. Any loss of popularity in this respect 

 has been largely due to the inability of the more refined pig of 

 the breed to finish off within ordinary limits, such as eight months, 

 with sufficient size to satisfy the feeder. In the opinion of the 

 author the big-type Poland-China, with sufficient quality, will 

 remedy this breed criticism. Early maturity is a most valuable 

 factor, but it must be associated with profitable weight, else it is 

 a detriment rather than an advantage. In extensive feeding ex- 

 periments the Poland-China makes a satisfactory showing. The 

 following records of Poland-Chinas in feeding trials indicate the 



1 Breeders' Gazette, January 11, 191 1. 

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