Barn dance.

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Vermont is taking a census. Of barns, that is. Old barns. With funding from the Preserve America Program of the National Park Service, the state is making an effort to stop the decline of the historic buildings. No one knows how many barns are left, but they are disappearing rapidly because of the decline in family farms and the staggering cost of maintaining them. And many barns collapsed last year under heavy snow. "They're a symbol of our natural...