crossbred

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There were among these cattle 335 Shorthorns, of which 119, or 35 per cent, reacted; 67 crossbreds, of which 28, or 42 per cent, reacted; 47 Ayrshires, of which 37, or 80 per cent, reacted.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

In the first generation, raised from his crossbreds, or, as he calls them, hybrids, there were seventy-five per cent dominants and twenty-five per cent recessives.

From Catholic Churchmen in Science by Walsh, James J.

Breeding lambs for export is found to be a profitable branch of the pastoral business on the Downs, and the breeding of crossbreds is consequently increasing, the Lincoln or Leicester being mated with the merino.

From Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information by Queensland

For the relative cost of maintaining merinos and crossbreds will not be the same for every farmer.

From Supply and Demand by Henderson, Hubert D.

These fifty crossbreds have mixed offspring; these offspring again in their numerical proportion follow the same law, namely, three dominants to one recessive.

From Catholic Churchmen in Science by Walsh, James J.