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 turned out nearly all my shorthorns to graze on the low pastures.

From The Revellers by Tracy, Louis

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

They are the slowest of all; and the odds are long against any one keeping awake after the conversation has taken its steady turn into shorthorns, Swedish turnips, subsoiling, and southdowns.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

The Galloways, which were the breed in vogue at first, have been to a large extent replaced by shorthorns and Ayrshire dairy cattle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various