shorthorns
Example Sentences
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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
The late Mr Grant Duff of Eden was one of the greatest and most systematic breeders of shorthorns in the north.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
"But where are the shorthorns that came after I left home?"
From Law and Laughter by George A. (George Alexander) Morton
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 Susan Warner
But though the Squire had supported the shorthorns, even the shorthorns had not prevented the downward course things agricultural were following.
From The Hills and the Vale by Richard Jefferies
