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

The cattle, save on the frontier of Herefordshire, are mostly shorthorns, of which many are fed for distant markets, and many reared and kept for dairy purposes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

I’m perfectly sick of science and superphosphates, shorthorns, and steam tackle.

From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard

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 M'Combie, William

But neither hay-time, nor hot jam-time, nor holiday-time bring back Freddy to the Manor, whither his country-loving aunt has hastened back joyfully to spud and billycock and shorthorns, a round month ago.

From Doctor Cupid by Broughton, Rhoda