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Santa Gertrudis cattle

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Santa Gertrudis cattle, breed of beef cattle derived from crosses between Shorthorn cows (see Shorthorn cattle Shorthorn cattle, breed of beef cattle developed from the native cattle of the Tees valley in NE England; formerly called Durham cattle. Systematic breeding of Shorthorns began in the latter part of the 18th cent.
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) and Brahman bulls (see Brahman cattle Brahman cattle, breed of beef cattle developed in the S United States in the early 1900s by combining several breeds or strains of zebu cattle of India. Brahman cattle have a very distinctive appearance with a hump over the shoulders, loose skin under the throat, and
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); the breed was developed by Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., of the King Ranch King Ranch, c.1,000,000 acres (404,700 hectares), S Tex., SW of Corpus Christi with headquarters at Kingsville, Tex.; one of the largest ranches in the world. It has several divisions, of which the best known is Santa Gertrudis, the "home" ranch.
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 in S Texas, in the early 1900s. The breed has been widely distributed in the United States, particularly in the South, and has been extensively exported.


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Fogelson raised Santa Gertrudis cattle on the ranch.
5 million investment by selling 2,265 acres, farm equipment and more than 400 head of registered Santa Gertrudis cattle.
He's an avid rancher - Hunt was out of town purchasing more cattle and could not be reached for this story who raises prize-winning Santa Gertrudis cattle on his 400-acre spread in Goshen.
 
 
 
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