Hubbard Mills

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Hubbard Mills

• Presented By
• Ryan Kirchner
• Aaron Pilger

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Hubbard Mills

• In 1878, a business that was to become Mankatos
  largest industry was founded on a suggestion by
  G.M. Palmer to R.D. Hubbard that a flour mill
  could serve the community instead of shipping the
  wheat out on the railroad.

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Hubbard Mills

• Hubbard originally started as a firm between
  three individuals whos names were Hubbard,
  Palmer, and William Pearson.
• Hubbard had the financial resources, Palmer had
  the business knowledge, and Pearson contributed
  his milling and engineering skills.
• The originators first ideas were put together
  through dreams and hopes that Mankato could soon
  serve a purpose to its community.
• The original name of the company was Mankato Mill
  Company which gradually changed to R.D. Hubbard
  Milling Company in 1894 when the Mankato Mill
  Company sold its assets to Hubbard.
• Hubbards days came to a halt fast when he died
  on a business trip in 1905.
• Hubbard Milling was bought soon after by Palmer
  who was president of the First National Bank.
• Not long after buying the company, Palmer was
  appointed president of the company.
• The early years for Hubbard Milling were looking
  bright as new markets opened up and the economy
  was booming.
• Hubbard Milling soon became a cornerstone
  throughout the nation and overseas.
• Hubbard Milling is not only known for milling
  flour, but also for making other agricultural
  products.

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The Thriving Industry

• Through the help of George M. Palmer, Hubbard
  Milling became one of the most productive
  industries in the Midwest.
• Hubbard Milling was in operation through the
  tough times of both World Wars and even through
  the depression.
• In December 24, 1919, the history was changed for
  the thriving industry of Hubbard Mills.
• The purchase of all but 4 of 5000 shares of the
  company were bought by Palmer.
• Now that Palmer was in complete control, the
  company made a turn for the better by placing a
  wide variety of Hubbard products on the price
  lists, and extensive advertising and sales
  campaigns were carried out.
• The variety of products that were introduced was
  wheat cereals, pancake flour, dog food, and
  livestock feeds.

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Milling of Flour

• There are two basic techniques used in the
  grinding of wheat into flour.
• The two techniques are either done by stone or
  metal roller grinding.
• Some may think that Hubbard Milling made there
  debut by coming out with only the metal roller.
• That statement is false, Hubbard uses both of the
  rollers even to this day for the reasons of
  different kinds of the bread.
• For instance, if you want whole wheat, Hubbard
  will use the stone rollers.
• If you want white bread, the metal roller will be
  used.
• Hubbard uses quality wheat from the states of
  Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana,
  and parts of Canada.
• Much of the flour is shipped to the east coast
  for reasons of a better quality flour.
• The absolute best flour comes straight out of the
  Midwest and South Central Canada making Mankato
  the central location for the Milling of flour.

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Milling of Flour

• Mankatos mills today produce 7500 to 8000 sacks
  of white flour per day.
• They also produce 900 to 1200 sacks of whole
  wheat flour per day.
• This sum of sacks is up from 5500 per day that
  were produced in the middle 1980s.
• The total production of flour is almost triple of
  what was produced in the early 1900s.

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Poultry and Livestock Feeds

• In 1928, Palmer came out with a great idea to
  create what he calls the Sunrise Concentrate.
• This act supported the super-structure of Hubbard
  Milling Co. in its Centennial Year.
• Sunrise Concentrate was originally formulated
  by Dr. John M. Evvard of Iowa State.
• Sunrise Concentrate is a type of feed that
  contains all the main ingredients of any other
  type of feed but with added vitamins and minerals
  to better your quality of Poultry and Livestock.

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Poultry and Livestock Feeds

• The Sunrise concentrate was the first of its kind
  made in 1928 and became one of the most vital
  components to Hubbard Mills.
• The demand for more of Palmers feeds came about
  again with the controversy of turkeys needing a
  high protein feed.
• Palmer then came through with a high protein feed
  that satisfied the turkey farmers needs.
• By having sunrise concentrate, costs were cut
  also.
• This was done by distributing the grain according
  to its formula to local elevators cutting costs
  of handling, freight charges, manufacture costs,
  and selling costs.
• In the end, you have a product that is profitable
  to both the farmer and the company.

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History of the Hubbard Mill

• This is the original building was constructed in
  1878.
• The building was originally 5 stories high and
  the 6th level was added in 1906.
• In 1919, the white building behind it was added.
• In 1995, the silos behind the white building were
  built.

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Sale to Cargill

• In 1984, Hubbard Mills was sold to Cargill
  Incorporated.
• The sale was favorable to both parties.
• Cargill will continue to grind the same product
  and serve the same customers but with a better
  form of management skills.
• Cargill employs approximately 200 employees in
  its mills and offices in Mankato today.

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Outlook on the Future

• Indeed I left out some information about the
  middle 1990s. The reason for this is because
  there was not a lot of change. Flour milling has
  not changed that much throughout the years as one
  of the individuals from Cargill told me. Cargill
  is now the new name of what was called Hubbard
  Mills. Cargill, as I have researched, seems to
  be a company that is always on the rise as well
  as its profit margins. From what I believe,
  Hubbard mills is in good hands with Cargill.