Walbert Receives Maryland’s Distinguished Service Award
BY SUE CROW family have been extremely suc-
Maryland Correspondent cessful in the annual Hoard’s
The Maryland Holstein Breed- Dairymen Judging contest. As a
ers recognized Frank Walbert for family they were fourth in 1969,
his sincere service to the Maryland second in 1985 and have won the
Holstein Association at the State family division for 3 years, 1971,
Fair in Timonium. Fifty years ago ’75 & ’Bl. His daughter, Julie has
he was bom in Queen Anne’s followed in her father’s footsteps
County on the Eastern Shore of as she just recently wontheMary-
Maryland. In his growing years he land PDCA Junior Dairyman of
was active in his local 4-H and the Year contest at the fair this
FFA clubs and in the Purebred year. She also has been cm the
Holstein Association and the judg- Maryland judging teams and Dairy
ing teams. He was a member of the Bowl team. Her judging team
1955 Maryland 4-H judging team placed second in the nationals in
which won the National contest 1983.
where Frank placed as 2nd high Frank has shared his expertise
individual. The following year he and heritage with his fellow Hols
was a member of the winning team tein Breeders in many ways. He
at the international contest. has coached the Maryland Dairy
Frank now lives in Ellicott City. Bowl team for five years, and the
He is the manager of the Universi- 1987 team won the national con
ty of Maryland Dairy-Forage test this year. Frank has been the
Research Farm, a position he has chairman of the All-Maryland
held for 22 years. For the past 23 awards for eight years and is a past
years he has been serving as the chairman of the Maryland Junior
Assistant Dairy Superintendent. Activities Committee. For many
In 1969 Frank became a life years he found ways to be involved
member of the Maryland Dairy in some way with the youth. He is
Shrine Association. He has been presently a state director for Sire
showing Holsteins for the last 24 Power and serves on the Holstein
years at local, district and state Sire Committee,
show. Frank credits his dairy Whenever Frank has been asked
coach John Morris as the one indi- to share himself for the betterment
vidual influencing his love of cows 0 f the Registered Holstein Cow
and success in life and his desire to and for service to the Registered
serve the promotion and belter- Holstein Breed, Frank has
ment of the Holstein breed. responded willingly and with a
During the years, Frank and his strong sense of responsibility
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Receiving Maryland’s Distinguished Service Award from left to right are:
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Transfer Of Development Rights In Maryland
pressure from urban development s^ e or trans f cr development
has caused agricultural and other rights by farm landowners to deye
interesls to be concerned about topers. The programis receiving
preserving agricultural land and substantial attention from officials
open space. One innovative and ' n , ot * l . er . ur^an areas anc * some
successful approach takenby the claim it is a model for preserving
county to address this issue agricultural land,
involves a program that allows the The plan for die sale of develop
ment rights was adopted by the
county in 1980. Under this plan,
89,000 acres were designated as an
Agricultural Reserve and several
urban areas were designated as
places where increased develop
ment density would be permitted.
Landowners in the Agricultural
Reserve were given one Transfer
Development Right (TDR) for
every 5 acres. Landowners could,
if they wished, sell these TDR’s to
developers. Under terms of the
sale, development of the land is
prohibited in perpetutity. Develop
ers may build one additional hous
ing unit in any area which has been
designated for increased density
for each TDR they purchase. As of
July 1987, about 10% of the
TDR’s in the Agricultural Reserve
have been sold to developers and
another 15% arc in the process of
being transferred.
The price of TDR’s is deter
mined by negotiations between
sellers and buyers. Recently, the
price of most TDR’s has ranged
between $4OOO and $5OOO per
TDR or $BOO and $lOOO per acre.
The TDR program has several
advantages. One advantage is flex
ibility as farm landowners can sell
one or all of their TDR’s anytime.
Another advantage is that the sale
can usually be completed in less
than 6 months. A third advantage
is that there is virtually no cost to
taxpayers.
The TDR program is not with
out criticism, however. One objec
tion is the program provides a sub
sidy for developers. It is estimated
that a TDR is worth about $lO,OOO
to developers, nearly double what
they pay for it Another objection
is that the program provides an
unnecessary subsidy for some
farm landowners. The 89,000
acres in the Agricultural Reserve
includes land that is not suitable
for either fanning or development
under current conditions, but this
land wa? included when determin
ing the number of TDR’s to be
awarded. Third, neighbors in or
adjacent to increased density areas
objected to the increased density
and because they did not receive
any compensation for increased
congestion and possible decrease
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