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Farming After Fire
by Kathleen Hatt
The night of July 30, 2007, fire destroyed the barn at Dave and Jody Horan’s East Thetford, Vt., farm. In a matter of minutes, the 1800s converted dairy barn was gone. Firefighters from eight Vermont and New Hampshire fire departments fought the predawn blaze of unknown origin. The farm’s 70 registered Polled Herefords were safe in pastures more than a quarter-mile away, but much of their October to May feed—4,000 square bales of hay stored in and near the barn—burned.
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