WELLINGTON, Ohio — It’s been something of a landmark in rural Lorain County for generations. Now, a Wellington-area farmer is hoping for help to preserve an iconic barn for generations to come.

"I’m the third generation to farm here. We milked cows in this barn here, pretty much a full barn, until 2017,” said Patrick Twining.

His family’s Huntington Township farm has changed as the agricultural industry has evolved.

“Right now, I’m milking a whole one cow, but I get up to as much as six,” Twining laughed.

He said the old barn that once held a large herd of dairy cows and mounds of hay is now showing its age.

"So what we’re up to now is the haymow or hayloft as some people call it,” Twining said, pointing to leaning support beams and gaps revealing the sky outside. “It really brings it

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