CATTLE BREEDS

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Across
  1. 1. COMPRISED OF 50% BRAHMAN, 25% HEREFORD, AND 25% SHORTHORN
  2. 3. WHITE MUSCULAR CATTLE THAT CAN BE EASILY IDENTIFIED BY THEIR FUZZY EARS
  3. 6. PRODUCES A HIGHER YIELD OF SALEABLE MEAT THAN OTHER BREEDS
  4. 7. DRINKS 30 GALLONS OF WATER PER DAY. PRODUCES MORE MILK ON LESS FEED
  5. 9. LARGEST BREED. HEAT TOLERANT AND DISEASE RESISTANT DUE TO ITS COLOR
  6. 11. CONSIDERED THE "BEST OF THE BEST" IN THE WORLD OF MEAT
  7. 13. MOST ANIMALS OF THIS MILKING BREED USUALLY HAVE A WHITE DIAMOND ON THEIR FOREHEAD
  8. 14. THIS BREED WAS DEVELOPED IN VINITA, OK
  9. 15. DUAL BREED, HOWEVER HAS A SPECIFIC BREED OF "MILKERS"
  10. 16. USED TO MAKE BEEFMASTERS AND SANTA GERTRUDIS CATTLE DUE TO THEIR MILKING ABILITY
  11. 18. ANGUS IDENTICAL TO ITS BLACK COUNTERPART WITH THE EXCEPTION OF HEAT TOLERANCE DISEASE CONTROL.
Down
  1. 2. PRODUCES A LOW YIELD OF HIGH QUALITY MILK
  2. 4. BEST KNOWN BY THEIR COLOR AND MARKINGS. A HEALTHY COW WILL PRODUCE 72,000LBS. OF MILK A YEAR.
  3. 5. HAVE A BLACK COUNTERPART THAT IS NOT AS RESISTANT TO HEAT, PARASITES, AND DISEASE
  4. 8. KNOWN FOR ITS LEAN MEAT AND ITS NERVOUS AND UNPREDICTABLE DISPOSITION
  5. 10. ORIGINALLY BRED FOR CLIMATE ADAPTABILITY. THE ONLY BREED THAT POSSESS A SWEAT GENE.
  6. 12. THIS BREED HAS THE FASTEST MATURING FEMALES, SOMETIMES AS EARLY AS 15 MONTHS
  7. 17. "BLOCK HEADED" BREED. THE FEMALES EXHIBIT A HIGH FERTILITY RATE UNDER LOW FEED CONDITIONS