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Okie
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Okie
a system of grading of feeder calves purchased for feedlots and based on percentage of beef versus dairy blood in the breeding. The bulk of these cattle are yearling, baldy-faced, Hereford cross steers. The name is a contraction of Oklahoma.


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Racing punters are set to spank the bo okies for record first day wins if the Tony McCoy mount can romp home to victory.
Jack has found work in a saltmine, one rung up from the shoeless and starving Okies.
It carried truckers crossing the country, Okies fleeing the dust bowl and vacationers seeking the sun.
 
 
 
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