The National Spotted Swine Record, Inc. was formerly
the National Spotted Poland China Record. At the 1960 Annual Meeting,
the breed's Board of Directors and members voted to change the name of
the association from the National Spotted Poland China Record to the
National Spotted Swine Record, Inc. Further, it was voted to refer to
the breed as Spotted Swine or SPOTS, rather than the longer previously
used name for the breed.
The present day Spots descend from the Spotted hogs which trace a part
of their ancestry to the original Poland China, which consisted of six
separate breeds and was referred to as the "Warren County
Hog" of Ohio. One such breed imported into Ohio in the early
1880's was a breed called the "Big China", mostly white in
color, but having some black spots.
Three men from Putnam and Hendricks Counties, in Indiana, brought
boars and sows back from Ohio from time to time to cross with their
own good hogs; and thus developed a breed all their own from this
background which kept the characteristic color of large black and
white spots. At this time, two hogs imported from England, known as
"Gloucester Old Spots" added a wonderful stimulant to the
breed in the form of new bloodlines.
There were a number of well-known breeders in central Indiana who had
been breeding these spotted hogs to the exclusion of all others for
many years, and due to the general demand for them, the need had
arisen for an organization to record and promote the big-boned
prolific Spotted hog as a separate and distinct family. Thus resulted
the organization of Record Association of Bainbridge, Indiana, which
was incorporated under one of the top ranking purebred breed
associations in the United States. The National Spotted Swine Records,
Inc. moved in December, 1985 to Lafayette, Indiana. The Spotted
Association moved to Peoria, Illinois, on May 1, 1992, with the
current location being Box 9758, Peoria, Illinois and the phone number
is 309-693-1804.
Spots have continued to improve in feed efficiency, rate of gain, and
carcass quality, as can be proven in the testing stations throughout
the country. Spots are popular with farmers and commercial swine
producers for their ability to transmit their fast-gaining, feed
efficient, meat qualities to their offspring. |
