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11/19/09
Aleksandra Robinson — Capital News Service
Jay Mackenzie, 50, stands inside his 1856 bank barn in Union Bridge. Mackenzie's barn is a finalist in a Campbell Soup Co. barn restoration competition that would donate money for community and Future Farmers of America volunteers to restore.Find Us On Facebook
UNION BRIDGE - For most of his life, Jay Mackenzie wanted to own a farm.
"I have wanted a farm since I was about 10. When I was 20, I was going to have a 500-acre farm," said Mackenzie, 50, of Union Bridge. "As you get older it gets smaller and smaller."
When he finally managed to purchase his 125-acre farm near Frederick in 2007, he had to borrow all he could against the house he built in 1984 to afford it. Mackenzie said he doesn't break even on the farm and must continue working as a full-time carpenter with a three-hour round-trip commute. "You got to watch every penny," Mackenzie...
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