Vo-ag Educator Retires
(Continued from Page Al)
Givler helped to guide many
youths toward successful careers
in agriculture.
His own career began in 1952,
when he developed a vo-ag
program and an FFA chapter at
Red Lion High School. In 1955, he
took his expertise to Pequea Valley
High School, where he set up a
similar program.
The state hired him in 1967 to
work with vo-ag programs in
Lancaster and York Counties. In
1970, he began working with
vocational programs in nine
southeastern counties and with all
vocational programs in Lancaster
and Chester Counties.
Givler’s duties include working
to obtain federal funds for
vocational programs and making
sure schools abide by state
regulations.
But as of Dec. 24, Givler, 58, will
retire from his post, giving him
more time to spend with his wife,
Barbara, and to devote to travel
and church activities.
When he started working for the
state in 1967, Givler recalls, 36 vo
ag advisors were working in
Pennsylvania. When he leaves
later this month, four will remain.
“I doubt that we’ll ever get back to
where we were,” Givler says of the
decrease.
As state staff positions have been
vacated, they generally have not
been filled in an effort to reduce
Earl & Marrlll, ..
GAS ENGINE OR BATTERY POWER?
“Good morning, Merrill. I just stopped by to get some advice. By the end of the
year the hired man is leaving, and the boys and I are going to be milking
cows by ourselves."
Earl
“Well, good enough. I’ll help any way I can
Merrill
"We want to get a power silage cart. Should I get a gas engine or battery
powered cart?"
Earl
“Well, let me tell you of our experience. We bought our first Weaverline
battery powered cart back in 1973. We used that cart for 10 years. We replaced
the batteries one time, and when I traded the cart on a new one, the 2nd set
was still going strong.”
Merrill
"How long do you have your present Weaverline Cart?”
Earl
“We bought the Weaverline 430 Hydrostatic Cart in the fall of ’B3 and, I tell
you, that is one machine I wouldn't want to do without.”
Merrill
"How often do you have to charge the batteries?"
Earl
"The cart has a voltmeter that tells you when to charge. We feed 12 cartloads
a day and charge the batteries about twice a week."
Merrill
“It seems to me battery power is the way to go in a silage cart.”
Earl
“That would be my advice!"
Merrill
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the number of state employees,
Givler said. Clair Greene will
assume Givler’s responsibilities in
Lancaster County.
Another change since the 50s,
Givler said, is the entrance of
women into the vo-ag and FFA
programs. Since then, a number of
Lancaster County women have
gone on to become state officers
and several have received their
American Farmer degrees.
Discussing the strengths of the
FFA and vo-ag programs, Givler
says; “I think their strength is that
they teach them a life skill. I
personally think ag is something
that everyone should have an
understanding of.
“All FFA contests are making
them use things they leam in the
classroom.” The opportunity to
test themselves against their peers
allows vo-ag students to gain self
confidence, he said.
Along with self-confidence,
Givler said, comes a willingness to
work. Vo-ag students come out of
high school with a positive attitude
toward work and a desire to help
other people. They realize nobody
owes them anything and that they
must work for what they want, he
said.
Givler credits students, parents
and teachers for making the vo-ag
and FFA programs a success.
“The teachers that I’ve had to
work with have been good and
that’s where the success comes
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Dairy Management School Set
ITHACA, NY - Seven scientists
from Cornell University and the
University of Massachusetts will
visit major dairy regions in New
York State and Massachusetts in
prept
Christmas in their home in Ronks. Givler will retire from his
position as regional agriculture education advisor Dec. 24.
from,” he said. “I was just for
tunate to be able to work with
them.”
Even in retirement, Givler will
continue to be active in the FFA as
a current trustee of the Penn
sylvania FFA Foundation. In 1983,
he was honored with the honorary
Lancaster Farming, Saturday, Dacamhar 13,1M6-A2l
January to help dairy farmers
sharpen their production
techniques and management
skills.
They will travel to Watertown,
American Farmer degree.
Givler and his wife, Barbara,
reside at 93 Eastbrook Road in
Ronks and are the parents of five
children.
Lancaster County DHIA
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Weaver, 90,000 ; Harold Witmer,
97,000; and Nathan Stoltzfus,
97,000.
The top protein production herds
are: Lapp Valley Farm, 725; John
Howard, 724; John Brubaker, 720;
Paul Martin, 719; Robert
Gochenauer, 702; Aaron Zeisit,
693; Allen Lee Stoltzfus, 687; Dale
Hershey, 681; Robert and Linda
Sensenig, 679; and Weaver
Homestead, 675.
Herds averaging over 750 pounds
include: Weaver Homestead
Farm, 847; Paul Martin, 822; John
Howard, 815; John Peters, 814;
Lapp Valley Farm, 812; John and
Barbara Brubaker, 798; Robert
and Linda Sensenig, 789; Allen Lee
Stoltzfus, 781; Curtis Akers, 774; R.
Edwin Hamish, 769; John Zim
merman, 766; Henry Stoltzfus, 759;
Vernon Umble and Son, 755;
Christian and Marvin Zook, 753;
Robert Kauffman Jr., 752; Dale
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The 1987 Winter Dairy
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animal nutrition, reproduction,
genetics, housing, milking and
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and Steve Hershey, 750; and John
Beiler, 750.
Recipients of the supervisor
performance award include; Tom
Garrett, Jim Lehman, Harold
Lindecamp, Wilbur Houser,
Harold Probst, Jay Risser,
Maurice Welk and Floyd Zook.
Other supervisors recognized
are: Moses Martin, Jonathan
Owens, George Book, Mary
Seward, Owen Etter, Patti
Johnson, Jay Mylin and Nelson
Kreider.
Newly elected directors of the
Lancaster DHIA association are:
Nelson Wenger, Norman Hershey,
Melvin Beiler, J. Kenneth Hershey
and Marvin Witmer.
The 1985-1986 testing year
marked the 47th year for Lan
caster County DHIA. During this
year the record 37,675 cows on test
established a county average of
17,049 pounds of milk and 617
pounds of fat.
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