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figure 2. The injury spreads downward, and before the normal 
cutting time, if the field is allowed to stand, the whole plant is bare 
Fie. 1.—The “turning-point” in alfalfa-weevil injury. The plant on the right is 
almost uninjured, that in the middle has reached the turning point, and that on the 
left is nearly destroyed. 
of leaves and the green covering has been stripped from the stems. 
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The feeding continues for two or three weeks longer and delays the 
growth of the second crop unless the larve are killed. 
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