 About Poland China Pigs
 | | Big Bill. The worlds Largest pig at 2552 pounds in 1933 was a Poland China. |
Poland China pigs
are meet pig from the Miami Valley, Butler and Warren counties, Ohio,United
States, in 1816. They are big-framed,
long-bodied, lean, muscular pigs and they lead in U.S. pork production in
pounds of hog per sow per year. Also they are
the oldest American breed of swine.
Poland China pigs
are deriving from many breeds including the Berkshire and Hampshire. They are
typically black, sometimes with six white patches. They are known for their
large size, Big Bill, the largest hog ever recorded at 2,552 lb
(1,157 kg), was a Poland China.
The Poland China
hog was first bred on the Hankinson Farm in Blue Ball, Warren County, Ohio. A
monument to this accomplishment still stands near the place where the hog was
originally bred. The monument was moved slightly when the farm was sold for
development of the Towne Mall, Middletown, Ohio in the early 1970s, and now
stands across the street from the mall property on Cincinnati Dayton Road.
Competing claims
are made that the first Poland China breeder was David M. Magie, who lived at
the Austin-Magie Farm near Oxford, Ohio.
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