Professor Mitchell combined his practical and scientific knowledge well in gaining a national reputation in livestock production, marketing, and market analysis. He played a major role in establishing market grading pools for lambs, demonstrations on purchases of feeder cattle and carcass demonstrations. Large numbers of farm bus-inessmen relied on his bi-weekly market analysis in making their buying and selling decisions--he has a remarkably sound performance record. Paul joined the Purdue staff as an Assistant in Economics and Marketing in 1935 following a 13 year period as a vocational agriculture teacher and farmer. He was a leader in the Battle Ground community and his church, where he continued to reside following his retirement in 1965 B.S.A. Purdue, 1921; M.S. Purdue, 1934.
Professor Mitchell combined his practical and scientific knowledge well in gaining a national reputation in livestock production, marketing, and market analysis. He played a major role in establishing market grading pools for lambs, demonstrations on purchases of feeder cattle and carcass demonstrations. Large numbers of farm bus-inessmen relied on his bi-weekly market analysis in making their buying and selling decisions--he has a remarkably sound performance record. Paul joined the Purdue staff as an Assistant in Economics and Marketing in 1935 following a 13 year period as a vocational agriculture teacher and farmer. He was a leader in the Battle Ground community and his church, where he continued to reside following his retirement in 1965 B.S.A. Purdue, 1921; M.S. Purdue, 1934.