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Across
  1. 3. Simme Valley of Switzerland,Namibia was the first country outside of Europe where the breed was successfully established
  2. 4. can be 5/8 Brahman and 3/8 Angus, 1/2 Brahman and 1/2 Angus or 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Angus; Black Angus cows with gray Brahman bulls
  3. 7. King Ranch in Texas began crossing Shorthorns with Brahman in 1910; they are 3/8 Brahman and 5/8 Shorthorn
  4. 9. Originated in Iowa, started with only 11 Herefords
Down
  1. 1. Originated in Africa; because of strict import laws in the United States cattle cannot be sent directly from Africa; only offspring from Europe are legally imported
  2. 2. Christopher Columbus brought cattle of Spanish origin to Mexico in 1493; 200 years later, descendants of these cattle were brought to Texas
  3. 5. England in the counties of Durham, York, Lincoln and Northumberland, about 1600 imported to Scotland and Virginia in 1783
  4. 6. 5/8 Simmental and 3/8 Brahman
  5. 8. result of pairing the recessive gene for red color in the Angus breed