Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-16
Great Feature in Iowa State
College Stock and Grain
Judging School
VI. F. MULLINS DEMONSTRATION
Foreman in Cattle slaushterins De-
partnent of Agar Packing Company
Des Moines, Exhibits His Wonder
full skiIl-Purpose of the Test and
Method of Carrying 1t On.

test was the great feature OF the specla
school in stock and grain judging now
in progress at the Iowa State College
The slaughter test is a new feature OF
the course and in addition to the reg
ularly registered students who are at
tending the stock and grain judging
there were large numbers of visitors
present. The demonstrates and cen-
trail figure in the test was NJ. f., Mullins
foreman in the cattle slaughtering de-
partment of the Agar Packing Com
pany of Des Moines, and the champion
cattle dresser Of the world, and his eN-
hibitions of Skill were not only highly
Instructive to the spectators. but abb
sorbingly interesting and entertaining.
For seventeen years Mr.. Mullins has
neld his own and defeated all who nave
yentured to compete with him IN the
dressing Of cattle. His best record Is
four minutes and five seconds in test
altho there is no doubt he has lowered
even that low mark when not working
for record purposes. He is foremost in
his calling not only for his celebrity, but
for the neatness and truly artistic skill
that characterize his work. So clumsy
a weapon as the ordinary butcher knife
becomes a delicate instrument In has
hands. and he operates on the carcass
of beef with the skill of an anatom-
list. He was for years foreman OF the
killing department of Swift d Co., In
Chicago, but for six months past has
been with the Agars. He has given
numberless exhibitions and he is at his
best when he appears before vast au-
'dience arrayed in fine linen, faultless
dress coat, hat and cravat. and pro-
ceeds to dress beef from start to fin
osh, and emerging from the test looking
as spick and span as If he had just
stepped from a band box, without a
blood stain marring his collar or his tie
even disarranged. Yesterday Mr.. Null
Inns did not endeavori to make any
marked speed In dressing, tho he and
his assistant dressed four beeves be-
tween 10 o'clock and lunch time. Prob
ably the most attractive part of his
demonstration was his showing of as
tonishing rapidity and dexterity in re-
moving the hides.
The purpose OF the slaughter test is
to afford information as to the waste
in the animal dressing, as to the differ-
ence in quality of the flesh of different
ly fed animals, and the difference in the
flesh of animals at different stages of
development. The different classes of
market cattle are included In the test.
The first animal killed was the high
class, fat steer, Thistle. one of the COLI
lege herd that won the grand cham
pionship over all breeds at the recent
international live stock exposition.
There was also spayed heifer Killed. a
medium market type steer. and COW
of the Gamer class. 1t was the inten-
ton to have represented in the test the
high, medium and low of the market
type.
The slaughter test will not be COM
pleted until Saturday, when John Cos
ling, widely known as butcher and
highly experienced stock man of Kan
sas City. will give a block test. The
carcasses of the animals killed yester-
day will be cut up. a lecture given on
the subject by Mr.. Costing, and it will
be ascertained just what the waste was
in each instance. Later there will be a
barbecue, which the judging school
will attend.
In connection with the slaughter test
the following figures have been pre-
pared showing what "Fullback," one OF
the college prize steers at the interna-
tional. developed on the block Full
back" won first prize in the 2-year-old
steer class at the international live
stock exposition. The figures are:
"FULLBACK" ON THE BLOCK.