All of the following are examples of changes that helped ranching grow in Oklahoma except __________.

Texas longhorns did not replace Herefords as ranching grew. Instead, Herefords and other breeds with better-quality beef increasingly replaced longhorns. Railroads shortened cattle drives, single-site ranches helped ranchers turn a profit, and barbed wire made it easier to fence land, so those were changes that helped ranching grow.

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