Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-12-04
The Poland China Roc.

Breeders ~ASSOSNUJn' III Nn'th al- !
pears the following
All the breeds / have named tile
Woburn, the Russian. so-called, the
Irish Grazier. the Leicester and Is field. ]
were very generally disseminated with
IN the range Of the Cincinnati market
All were large, coarse, Top cared hogs.
and at this day would be called .r0lt!ne
hogs. About this time (lSl2) the
White Chinese and Black Siamese hogs
were introduced, and the hog Of til,
East India, crossed on al these various
breeds, has rcyoluiiou.zed The pork
trade OF the world. At about this be-
gan the era of railroals,an thc hog mas
no longer driven to market. y lat boz
was of more value than lean on;
lard was then wanted for light, as
kerosene was at Thai time au mai--
covered product.
The original name given TO thc h,or.te
type Of hog resulting from these crosse,
in the region Of country TO which Lave
alluded, was the " arrcn County hog.
This hog was crossed and rccrossed, and
q considerable degree Of Chinese and
Slamese blood was infused Into lis veins.
Just hov they were bred no man has
been able to tell. Ii is sufficient tos4l
that ;heir iatton.us quality Is dHe solely
and alone 10 the infusion Of tac blood
Of China and Siam, and l have not been
able to learn that at any time since Las
there been a fresh infusion OF til. blood
The English breeds only gave s.zc.
constitution, and ierundity. while TO thy
hog of India alone can be given credit
for fattening qualities. l Go not pro
pose to revive the controversy as &C..
where, when, and by whom the War
rcn County Hog was originated, uor 1.
explain how the present name q
Poland-Ch;na came TO he adopted. J.
IS sufficient to say, however, that it Wa
owing 10 the cup.dity Ola very few m,u
who wished this hog called after their
own pet names, aud as a rcsUlt tbs
breed has bean forever saddlcd with q
name as ou,landish as Tat Of Asher.
Let the dead past lury lis dead ADJ
who haye been acquainted Ni,h iii,
breed for tie past twenty years mus.
remember tie gr,a, change FL las Ill
dergone for the better, and tAe past
decade las Witnessed an Improvement
that no one could have ior-,oll. Bu
there is no good reason why iac aoXi
ten years should not work a sill nor.
marked inprO ement. IS this breed b
made up OF 20 many and scemiu.l dis
cordant elements, It's in tie power O.
the jGd.cious brecoer 10 shape and COB r
the animal SO that j; uoaldsc,m IL o.,
an entirely new breed. no one ol ow
domestic animals Is SO easily moulded
as the hog, andm breeding for a pur
pose The swine grower has at lis com
mand the qualities hc deems .Ae most
desirable TO pcWeluGtc. a, lll> breed
has been 10 tie process o. formation for
the past forty years, and las had thc
united wisdom Of a Vas, mullu3c @.
discrm Mating breeders 10 bring ii e.. IT,
present state Of perfect. IL aul use.u.-
ness, it IS folly, and worse Tan iolly.lr
any one man to CLAIM lhas lie bias
brought this breed to It's present stand
ard-in fact il has 10 standard. except
in the taste and judgment Of the iIe.-
de- The great number or AY-cd. O.
which it is composed may De- resolved
into their original C.,m.n.. alj oat
man or set o! monma breed back e.
the coarse. rough hogs a. tie o.i.a4.
type, while otter mag breed go .Ao
Asiatic standard. Iv.A,ury lie a,.,r
ton, that th.s breed may ia tea
years, be bred entirely white. sands.
spotted, ornagkod like Tie ei-~l.o-
black, with q white s.uge "a ihe face.
and white feet. jus, loV dis LAST j..
the most iasAl0na5ieeo.Jr, aai pcia.g-
the best especially i.aecomp.n.ed vi.
the Asiatc head and cars (moa