16—Lancaster Farming, Friday, November 7, 1958
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Livestock Breed Names Reveal
History of Industry in World
HARRISBURG— International
flavor at the forthcoming Penn
sylvania National Livestock Ex
position ill be provided not only
by breeders from all sections of
the United States, but also by
t.ie animals themselves
William L. Medford, show
chan man, pointed out today that
of the 23 breeds of animals to be
exhibited at the Keystone Inter
rational, November 10 through
14, in the State Farm Show Build
ing in Harrisburg, American de
veloped breeds form a distinct
r.monty group.
For example only the hornless
or polled strains of the Hereford
and Shorthorn cattle breeds were
developed m America, the Po
land China, Spotted Poland Chi
o.ia and Chester White breeds of
•fcogs aie American selections and
■toe Columbia sheep breed are na
tive.
White-faced Hereford. Black
Angus and reddish Shorthorn cat
t.e all originated xn the British
Wes, the Herefords m Hereford
shire, the Shorthorns in the Tees
.Ener Valley between Durham
end York Counties and the Aber
ceen-Angus in Northern Scot
land in the counties of Aberdeen,
Eanfl, Kincardine and Angus.
England as the original home
of many of the pooular swine
•breeds The Berkshire was a cross
"between native swine and Chi
nese or Siamese swine developed
n Berkshire. Hampshire hogs
were developed in England also,
and it is suspected they may share
a common ancestn with the
'Berkshire The white Yorkshire
h«g also was developed m Eng-
land
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The ancestry of the Duroc
breed is vague, but most authori
ties agree that Span probabH
wa* the original home of the
Ineed However, theie are some
vho say Durocs originated in
ill Allied
United Slates swine breeders
Ivne been responsible for the
development of the Poland China
■lae Spotted Poland China and the
Cnester White.
Farmers in Southwestern Ohio,
Curing the period when Cmcrn
? rti was known as "Porkopolrs,”
-v anted a hog that would provide
d good carcass with plenty of
n eat They crossed native ‘’woods
hogs' with some imported Rus-
sian stock The result was the
Poland China Later Indiana
b.eeaers refined the hog further
to suit their needs and it became
I :e Spotted Poland China
Chester County, Pennsylvania,
is the home of the Chestei White
Lug ’Aoout the yeai 1818 Cap
tnn James Jeffries imported
frc m England a pan of white
1 igs, which are spoken of as Bed
fordshire pigs, and as Cumber
lard pigs Captain Jeffries used
the boar on the native white pigs
of the district with good results
Ldter, it is staled, white Chinese
1 “s were imported to Chester
County and crossed on the native
p g-> Eventually the different
chains weie combined and from
tns combination came the on
mal Chestei White breed,” ac
ceding to G E Day in the Cyclo
pedia of American Agriculture
Great Br'tain also i-, the birth
j-iace of many of the popular,
s-eep b'eeds to be shown at the,
P.nnsvhama iVational Livestock]
Exposition These include. South- j
o jwn Sussex County, Hampshire,
Hampshire County, Shropshue,
aropshire and Staffford Coun
ti.s, Oxford, Oxfoid Count}, Dor
se Doresot and Someiset £oun
i/es Cheviot, Xoi thumberland
County, England, and Roxbuig
County, Scotland, and Suffolk
S ’ffoik County
Cornedales came to the Umt-
' States from h.ew Zealand, the
/' r .no from Spain and Ramboml
-1 wu<_ onginated m France
The onh native American
sr.eep ]■> the Columbia The breed
wj, originated in Wyoming and
laaho b\ the Lmuhitj of W>om
jr-g and the United Stales Depart,
n ent of Agriculture to g.ve West
e~n sheepmen a strain or breed
that ould be hardy foragers and
jroduce strong lambs and good
fleeces.
Breeds contributing to the Co
lumbia crosses were Lincoln and
Rambouillet. First breeding stock
as made available to the public
about 1920.
This will be the first showing
of Columbia sheep in a major
show in Pennsylvania. Ramboull
lets have been shown in the State
Farm Show, although this will be
their first appearance in the Key
stone International.
Included with the Pennsylvania
Livestock Exposition are the first
Mid-Atlantic National Truck
Show, an Armed Forces Show and
a World Championship Rodeo, all
at the State Farm Show Building,
Harrisburg.
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Farm
And Square Dance
Entries Close 17th
HARRISBURG Square dance
teams seeking state championship
titles in the’second annual Folk
Dance Festival and Contest at
the 1959 Pennsylvania Farm
Show have only one week in
v/hioh to file entries, according
to John B. McCool, Farm Show
director.
Entries close November 17,
McCool said. The festival and con
test will be held in the large
arnea Tuesday night of Farm
Show Week, January 12 to 16,
1959. Entry blanks can be obtain
ed from any County Agricultural
Agent or from McCool at the
Farm Show Building, Harrisburg
Twenty sets will be accepted
in each of three classifications, in
the order of applications receiv
ed. A maximum of 60 sets will
perform.
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"sion" A is'composed of dancers
under 21 years of age, Division B
is for mixed age groups, and Divi
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all members are over 21.
Folk dancing was made a part
of the Farm Show for the first
time last year replacing the Rural
Talent Festival. This year the
number of participants and prize
money has been increased.
Contestants will be judged on
their performance in two requir
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the outstanding sets will be se
lected to compete in a final
dance. The sets will be judged on
the techniques of the dancers,
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Slates Meeting
BLUE BALL Donald S.
Eby, president of the Lancaster
County Holstem-Friesian Associa
tion, has announced plans for the
group’s Eighth Annual Meeting
and Banquet, Wednesday, Nov.
19 in the Blue Ball Fire Hall.
Speaker for the evening will
be the Rev. C. J). Spotts, profes
sor of religion, Franklin and
Marshall college. Musical enter
tainment will be provided by the
Herald Aires Quartet.
The program also will include
a regular business session,- in
cluding reports of various com
mittees, state association field
men and extension personnel.
J. Robert Hess, Strasburg RD
1, is vice president of the dairy
men’s group; Paul B Hess, Lititz
RD 1, treasurer, and J. Lester
Charles. Lahdisville, secretary.
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East EarL R. D. 1, Pa.
Salunga, Pa.
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