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
It is not my purpose to treat of shorthorns: I may, however, glance at some of the principal breeders of that kind of stock in the north.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
Now the shorthorns have come, and the cattle are housed carefully.
From Wild Life in a Southern County by Richard Jefferies
I turned out nearly all my shorthorns to graze on the low pastures.
From The Revellers by Louis Tracy
He astonished the country by his crosses between the shorthorns and West-Highlanders.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
