The Oregon-bound settlers’ cattle were English-American breeds, and included many shorthorns — a type that had been developed by scientific breeding in England in the late 18th and early 19th ...

Durham cattle—which cowboys called Shorthorns—were introduced into the U.S. from ... we went from almost 4 million Longhorn cows to down to just a handful—1,800 or maybe 2,000—true ...

A major milestone of the agricultural revolution is in danger of being overlooked in this year of anniversaries. In 1822, George Coates of Carlton, near Pontefract, Yorkshire, published the world’s ...

The Texas Longhorn, known to most city folks from movies about cattle drives, was brought to the United States by the Spanish in the 1700s and thrived until the beginning of the 20th century.

It was implanted into a Shorthorn cow, and finally, a calf that could breathe new life into an old breed was born. English Longhorns have a long history in the United States, according to Conner ...

Until the early 20th century, the Shorthorn was used as a dual-purpose animal but further specialist breeding has developed it into to distinctive sections of dairy and beef animals. Recognised as the ...

David and Angela have known each other all their lives. They have never lived more than 200 yards apart as Ernest’s small 20-acre farm was so close to Angela’s parents, Thomas and Mary Manby ...