Years of Blindness. 5 5 



new crops, undertaken at his instance, made him 

 jubilant. During one visit at home he had muck 

 spread with excellent effect on the farm's thin, sandy 

 soil. At another time he introduced a hydraulic ram, 

 the first ever known in that neighborhood. Among 

 other household improvements of his were a bath- 

 house and an ice-house, well planned and well built. 



