The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-13
BETTER THAN EVER
Hubbard's Superlative Gets a
Long Lead.
The NH is Refitted With the Most Med
er1 Machinery, That Makes
II Secord TO None.

that has been made In the process OF
manufacturing -four. The mill has
long been familiarly known as "the
big mill, " and.big it truly is in more
respects than one. And besides bein G
large, it is thoroughly modern. The
company realizes what many find it so
hard to do-that mill has got to keep
in the very front rank in these hustl-
ing and progressive days, regardless
of expense. Those that do not are not
in it. 1t was the practical application
of this principle that caused the COM
pany to replace and supplement much
of its OLD machinery with the newest
and best that inventive genius has
been able to produce.
For more than twenty years this
mill has stood in the lead among the
mills of Southern Minnesota and has
turned out brand of -four that has
maintained reputation second to
none. That it will continue to hold
this position of vantage is certain,
lOI uO hill III tuS NOIlu Is UebISI
equipped than the Hubbard mill was
when it started up last week after a
two weeks shutdown. 1t is the pur-
pose of this article to give brief
description of the changes in the mill
that were made during this short
period of rest.
In the first place, every foot of the
old spoutipg on the four floors has been
replaced with new.
A system of suction to draw the hot
air from the rollers has been installed,
whereby more and better work is
obtained from the machinery, and all
-four dust throughout the mill is COL
lected and held. The mill is now re-
markably free from dust.
On the first floor is an entirely new
line of shafting, and fifteen do..ble sets
of rollers, all new. On the second
floor is line of nine new double
stands of rollers. A new floor has also
been laid. The drive of rollers is
the first of its kind ever put in any
where, and was manufactured especi-
ally for this mill and its line of rollers
on this floor. The rollers and drive
were supplied by the Nordyke & Nor
mon Co. of Indianapolis
On the third floor has been added
another reel manufactured 10y the Ed
ward P. Allis Co. of Milwaukee, and
a new plansifter manufactured ty the
Barnard & Lease Co. of Moline, Ill. The
plansifter is the latest and best
machine for boiling on the market.
This particular one has taken the place
of six reels and does more and better
work. The finished -four comes out
of it, together with some that is too
coarse and goes back to be ground
over. Ten sleeves separate the finished
from the unfinished, and the constant
stream of patent -four has a most
beautiful color and consistency. Four
double sets of rolls are to he found on
this floor, making twenty Eight stands
in all A line of eleven new purifiers
has been put in, manufactured by the
Geo. T. Smith Co. of Buffalo, N. Y
These separate the patent middlings
before they are ground on smooth
rollers prior to being turned into pa
tent -four. The impurities are caught
up by the suction and carried into the
dust collector.
On the fourth -four are several
plansifters that were put in last year
and are giving splendid satisfaction.
A securing machine takes the wheat
from the elevator and cleans it prior
to the processes which it has to go
through before being put upon the
rollers that turn it into the famous
Speculative -four.
The various improvements that have
been in progress during the past year
and half have brought the capacity
of the mill up to 1900 or 1000 barrels
a day. The great popularity of the
-four is illustrated by the fact that
40, 900 barrels of -four are now sold
ahead and orders are constantly pour
ing in that keep the machinery going
at full capacity. In order to make the
changes in the mill, several shutdowns
have been necessary, and extra men
have been employed.
The mill has a line of elevators,
which gives it the choice of the wheat
raised in the famous grain belt of
Southwestern Minnesota, and an ad-
vantage over mills not so happily stu
ated.
The superior quality of Speculative
-four is so marked that it has attracted
attention not only in this country but
in Europe, where many carloads have
gone to help satisfy the demand The fol-
lowing is clipped from little pamph-
let gotten up without the knowledge
of the company by L. A. Roberts of
Carbonate, Pa, its eastern agent, and
which is so true and applicable that
we cannot refrain from reproducing it.
After referring to the company, the
pamphlet says:
Its president, Mr.. R. D. Hubbard,
was born and raised among the wheat
fields and the milling of -four. He
has made it life study, and has in
vented and placed in his mill new
methods of manufacture that turn the
wheat into flour without the loss of
one iota of its strength or color. Mr..