Word: intermixed
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Dates: during 1956-1956
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Today, smart cowmen are working with scientists' precision to put together the best beef animal. In the search for a hardy animal that can convert the least feed into the most beef in the least time, cattlemen intermix genetic strains, carefully card-indexing the good and bad points of the progeny, unceasingly experiment with new vaccines and antibiotics. The competition for prize bulls has become fantastic; one Texas breeder paid $100,000 for a one-third interest in an Aberdeen-Angus bull, figured the money well spent since the bull's first two offspring sold...