the animal was the result of the misalliance of a scrub bull with a pedigreed heifer
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Once cowherds were confined, scrub bulls could be excluded, and purebred bulls—mainly Herefords—could be shipped in from the Corn Belt.
What John has survived is nothing short of miraculous—spinal injuries from a horse fall, a terrible goring by a wild scrub bull, and a plane crash.
They thought they could trust the men to sell them in-calf heifers impregnated by Aberdeen Angus Bulls, only to discover when the calves were born overseas they were the progeny of scrub bulls.
It eliminates the obvious scrub bull, but does nothing to further scientific breeding.
It's a cameraman's film and mostly about riding dangerously through mulga and rounding up scrub bulls.
If we go on as we do with scrub bulls, out stock is bound to deteriorate.