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
Where the farm is famous for cattle, the chief occasion is the yearly sale of young shorthorns.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
Fifty years ago, and for many a long year thereafter, there were no shorthorns in the north.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
Here the sheep are inspected; and then they pass on to the shorthorns and Herefords; and then, very evident in more ways than one were the pigs of Berks and Hants, and other choice breeds.
From Crying for the Light, Vol. 3 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
The boys had come in with the shorthorns, the corral boss reported, not one missing.
From The Trail of Conflict by Emilie Baker Loring
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