Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1919 — Ohio Shakers Producers of First Poland-China Hogs. [ARTICLE]

Ohio Shakers Producers of First Poland-China Hogs.

The Poland-China hog originated in Butler and Warren counties, Ohio. In 1816 the Society of Shakers, in Warren county, brought some breeding hogs from Philadelphia. Some of them were pure white and others white, with black spots. They were represented to the Shakers as of pure Chinese blood and were called Big Chinas. In 1872 a committee of the National Swine Breeders’ congress reported against the theory that Chinas had been crossed witty Polands, but as the name Poland-China was in general, use advised that it be retained.