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Santa Gertrudis |
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| The audio is from an after school session with students from Santa Rita Elementary in Los Altos, CA. The Santa Gertrudis on-line script matches what the students actually performed. So what you hear and what you read will match. (This is a great way to learn English and to learn how to read.) |
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Cast In Order Of Appearance: Announcer
ANNOUNCER A cow breed started in Texas? Today we are talking to the Santa Gertrudis.
REPORTER Tell me again what year it was. MONKEY Oh, somewhere around 1910. REPORTER And it was at the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas? MONKEY Yep. One of the gentlemen there became interested in Brahman cattle. Figured a jolt of Brahman could maybe make their range cattle a might better. REPORTER So, they mated a half blood Shorthorn-Brahman with some purebred Shorthorn females. MONKEY Yep. That they did. After about eight years, their descendants were such good-lookin’ cattle that the King Ranch took a go at cross-breeding Shorthorns and Brahmans. REPORTER Were the Brahmans purebred? MONKEY Nope. The young bulls they used were three-fourths and seven-eighths Brahman. REPORTER So, what’s that? Everything but one hind leg and a hip? MONKEY Ha-ha. REPORTER Seriously, how do they determine a number like that? MONKEY I have no idea. As far as I’m concerned, it’s like tryin’ to count cactus needles. REPORTER And your name - MONKEY What about my name? REPORTER Monkey Business. What kind of a name is that for a cow? MONKEY All present day Santa Gertrudis cattle can be traced back to a foundation sire named Monkey. REPORTER Monkey? MONKEY Monkey. REPORTER Monkey. MONKEY It gets hot in Texas. REPORTER It must.
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