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
I believe no one is a better judge of shorthorns, and no other has been more successful as a breeder.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
Amongst the eminent breeders of shorthorns, Mr Campbell, Kinellar, occupies a distinguished place.
From Cattle and Cattle-breeders by William M'Combie
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
He established a wide reputation as a breeder of shorthorns, Southdown, and Oxford Down sheep, hackneys and cart horses.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Charles Mackie
