shorthorns

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It is a cross of Indian Brahma cattle, which are resistant to the tropical heat and diseases of southern Texas, and pure-bred shorthorns, one of the great English beef breeds.

From Time Magazine Archive

I'd like to see you married to a good, solid man, who would learn you to talk of shorthorns and Berkshires.

From Nobody by Warner, Susan

They are mostly of the shorthorn breed, large numbers of Irish shorthorns being wintered in the fens.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various

Paul of Embersbury, who occupied some of the best meadow and upland country, a man of some character and standing, had taken to the shorthorns before Thardover succeeded to the property.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard

Fifty years ago, and for many a long year thereafter, there were no shorthorns in the north.

From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by M'Combie, William