Preservation cry: Save the family farm's barns

NORTH FERRISBURG, Vt. The barns of Vermont are part of its history,say preservationists critical of companies that are dismantling thefamiliar structures, moving them and reassembling the frames forupscale housing.

The barn movers say the barns are dilapidated victims ofneglect, and finding other uses is better than losing themcompletely.

"Even if it goes out of state, people will see what an old barnwas," said Ken Epworth, a founder of Barn People of Woodstock, whichhas been dismantling barns for more than a decade. "You can't see itif it's disappeared."

Preservationists like Eric Gilbertson say every barn that's torndown makes it more difficult to …