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BY DAPHNE UCCULLOUGH

THE old bam on the Birdfamily farm in Jefferson, Md., had not aged gracefully. After 150 years, the shingled roof w^s rotted through and the foundation sat in four feet of manure. With the passing of a few more years nothing would be left.

The barn might have fallen into complete ruin if the Birds had not also had a farm outside Flint Hill, in Rappahannock County. On Horse Shoe Hollow Farm, Chris Bird needed a structure for hay

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