COWS and DRAMA: Time For Cows
The Santa Gertrudis
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Cast In Order Of Appearance:
Announcer
Reporter
Monkey Business
SFX: opening Time For Cows theme music
ANNOUNCER
A cow breed started in Texas? Today we are talking to the Santa Gertrudis.
SFX: moo
REPORTER
Tell me again what year it was.
MONKEY BUSINESS
Oh, somewhere around 1910.
REPORTER
And it was at the King Ranch in Kingsville, Texas?
MONKEY BUSINESS
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 BUSINESS
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 BUSINESS
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 BUSINESS
Ha-ha.
REPORTER
Seriously, how do they determine a number like that?
MONKEY BUSINESS
I have no idea. As far as I’m concerned, it’s like tryin’ to count cactus needles.
REPORTER
And your name -
MONKEY BUSINESS
What about my name?
REPORTER
Monkey Business. What kind of a name is that for a cow?
MONKEY BUSINESS
All present day Santa Gertrudis cattle can be traced back to a foundation sire named Monkey.
REPORTER
Monkey?
MONKEY BUSINESS
Monkey.
REPORTER
Monkey.
MONKEY BUSINESS
It gets hot in Texas.
REPORTER
It must.
SFX: moo
SFX: closing Time For Cows theme music
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