D2—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 28,1983
Hubbard Farms observes 50 years
BY DICK ANGLESTEIN
EPHRATA - Hubbard Farms
paused last week to commemorate
50 years in Lancaster County with
a nostalgic look backward over the
past half-century and an optimistic
glance forward.
Some 80 Hubbard officials,
current and retired employees,
flock growers and guests gathered
at the Family Time Restaurant
Friday, May 20, for the 50th an
niversary observance.
The nostalgic look backward was
taken by Les Hubbard, of the
firm’s founding family, who
established the Lancaster County
hatchery operation back in the
early-1930’5.
Hubbard traced his original
drive in September of 1932 from
New York State to Renovo,
through Harrisburg to Brickerville
and finally to Ephrata, where the
first Lancaster County Hubbard
facility was established.
“I remember it was 103 that day
in Lancaster County,” Hubbard
said.
“The heat was unbearable,
particularly for someone from
New England. I decided to get a
haircut and it cost 10 cents.
“He cut it off right close and I got
full value.”
A building was rented from Abe
Cohen and a truck brought two
incubators to get the operation
started.
“We decided to shoot the whole
wad of money and bought two
chairs for 50 cents each and $5.00
for a desk.”
Hubbard recalls calling on a
great many farmers to attempt to
sell the Hubbard chicks.
He remembers their typical
answer;
“I’ll see once - they’d tell me,”
Hubbard said.
“1 still don’t know what it
means.”
In a couple of years, the mail
order business grew and then the
New York hatchery burned.
So, Hubbard went looking for
new and larger facilities.
“There was a cornfield on State
Street in Ephrata but the farmer
wouldn’t permit any surveying
until the com was harvested.
“So, we bought the school house
building along the Manheim Pike
in Lancaster.”
And what are among Les Hub
bard’s other recollections?
He remembers the Denver area
customer who paid off a $l2OO bill
in gold coin.
And that first day driving into
Lancaster County, he recalls a
stalled car he came upon at
Hammer Creek. He helped push
the young man to Bnckerville and
never saw him smce.
Went Hubbard then took the
group on a brief trip into the
company’s future.
He explained that the company
is moving back up in its share of
the broiler breeding stock market.
“1 have an optimistic feeling
about the future because of the
newer developments that will be
coming out of research in the next
two or three years,” he said.
“We have our greatest in
vestment now in foundation stock
coming out of R and D. This great
grandparent and grandparent
stock will provide the parent stock
to make us very competitive in the
1984-86 period.”
He also pointed to the trurkey
breeding stock operation now in
the U.S., the Hubbard Leghorn and
the brown egg market segments -
all of which are moving ahead.
Master of ceremonies for the
evening was Robert Garland.
Farm Business
News
Flanked by Les Hubbard on left and Went Hubbard on right
are three veteran employees of Lancaster hatchery
operation, which paused last week to mark 50th anniversary.
Other Hubbard personnel in- a nd Mary Lynn DiPaolo, Ron and
eluded Bill Carlin, David Me- Grace Leeman and Willis and
Cullough, Paul Sauder and Lazie Mae Groff.
Richard Stark. past and retired employees
Flock growers included Mike included Wilson Chambers, Anna
Agway streamlines
distribution
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Agway is
streamlining its distribution
system to better serve the Nor
theast farm market in the 1980’s
and beyond.
John H. Wylie, a Harrisburg
based official of the 110,000
member farm cooperative, reports
that Agway will establish several
regional offices in Pennsylvania
which will place management
teams closer to farm customers.
Simultaneously certain ad
ministrative functions, inducing
accounting, will be consolidated at
corporate headquarters in
Syracuse, N.Y.
This effort will result in
decentralized offices in Penn
sylvania by July 1 and the closing
of the division office at 3609 Derry
St. in Harrisburg by early 1984.
The Derry Street offices were
once headquarters for the Penn
sylvania Farm Bureau
Cooperative Association which
merged with GLF and Eastern
States Farmers Exchange in 1965
to form Agway.
According to Wylie, division
director who will become director
of franchised representative
development in June, the new
system will include a “farm center
concept”' to be implemented
gradually in conjunction with an
expanded franchised dealer net
work.
The changes are designed to
improve the efficiency and ef-
John Wylie
lecliveness in moving the products
and services to the farms of Agway
members and other customers.
At the same time, the Agway
Petroleum Corporation, a wholly
owned subsidiary, is realigning its
field management in a similar
manner and continues to expand
its service to both farm and rural
areas through acquisitions and
aggressive sales programs to build
a customer base. Agway
Petroleum serves nearly one-half
million home heating oil and farm
power fuel customers in the
Northeast.
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The Agway Insurance Com
panies report strong earnings
growth and expansion of the Agri-
Care Health Program and other
insurance programs targeted for
the farm and rural market.
Gochnauer, Miriam and Jay Stoner, Esther Sangrey and
Melvin Groff, Dan and Ethel Charles and Mane Texter.
Leaman, Jean Marshall, Dorothy Speaker for the evening was
and Charles Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Gouker, Dale Carnegie
Robert Rohrer, Irwin and Mattie representative in Lancaster.
FOGLESVILLE - The Berks-
Lehigh Valley PCA/FLBA Annual
Meeting was attended by 756
members, guests and employees.
Stockholders were given copies of
the 1982 Association financial
reports and heard a report from
the general manager, Bernard C.
Flory.
William G. Howerter, president
of the Berks-Lehigh Valley
Federal Land Bank Association
served as master of ceremonies
and Attorney Richard H. Rauch
acted as the election chairman.
The election of one PCA
Director, two FLBA Directors, and
the 1984 nominating committees
highlighted the meeting.
The membership re-elected Ellis
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advantage of some of the lowest Wltfl monthly payments, quarterly
financing charges ever offered on ? r semi-annual payments and 9%
installment purchases; some as * or ear installment purchase
low as 3% per annum. Lowest rate contracts with monthly, quarterly,
financing is for shorter periods or semi-annual payments.
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H ° llan , d 15 nOW of ' available. At the end of the waiver
f lnan^ mg for one-year period, the contract will be subject
contracts for hay and forage to higher financing rates.
Bqul ? ment ’ Full details on the new financing
sp eaders, grinder-mixers, tub rates are ava ii3bie from Sperry
grinders, and skid-steer loaders New Holland retailers.
The new, low rate schedule is 3%
in Lancaster
Employees include, from the left, Kathryn Snyder, Dan
Leaman and Jean Marshall.
Berks-Lehigh Farm
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R. Kunkle, Kempton, Berks
County, as PCA Director. Charles
L. Diehl, Bangor, Northampton
County, is the new FLBA Director.
Also re-elected as FLBA Director
is Gerald I. Hunsicker, Mertztown,
Lehigh County. All three directors
will serve three-year terms.
Members elected to the 1984
FLBA Nominating Committee
include Raymond Kulp, Berks
County; Donald E. Ruch,
Schuylkill County; and Sterling M.
Ritter, Lehigh County.
Charles D. Moyer, Berks
County; Donald E. Lichtenwalner,
Lehigh County; and Robert L.
Miller, Carbon County were
elected to the 1984 PCA
Nominating Committee.
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