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We started off vowing we had no schedule. When we saw some- 

 thing interesting along the road, we would stop and investigate, photo- 

 graph it and ask fool questions of all the farmers we found. If our 

 engine shook itself loose and dropped on the road, we wouldn't wail 

 about the lost time, but re-cinch it with a smile. Ofttimes we pon- 

 dered the scriptural injunction "by the sweat of your brow." And as 

 for scenery, we were not even bothered with a windshield. Of course, 

 now and again we inhaled a little dust, but we didn't know anybody 

 and nobody could have recognized us, so we didn't care. 



Fig. 68. — The writer at Black River Falls, Wis., with the motorcycle used 

 in making this collecting trip. 



We carried along plenty of plates and films, with a five by seven 

 Eastman view camera and a number three folding pocket kodak. In 

 all we got about seven hundred fine views. As we stood on the country 

 stock scales, we weighed just seven hundred pounds. Tuttrup was a 

 lightweight when we started, but the feed so well agreed with him 

 that he added ten pounds on the trip, despite the strenuous exercise. 

 Our plans were to stay in one locality as a headquarters as long as was 

 necessary to collect every "bloomin" plant. This we found to take no 

 more than a week, and we found at the end of the week we would 



