11. The material is resistant to decay and insect damage. 12. The reduced crop forecast follows reports of insect damage in Mississippi and Texas. 13. The selling price of cotton started taking off about the middle of January, when the extent of insect damage in foreign countries became known. 14. The young quick-growing greens are also less susceptible to insect damage in fall. 15. They become more susceptible to insect attack, but better to suffer a little insect damage than to become a drought casualty. 16. Chromated copper arsenate is a powerful pesticide put into lumber under pressure in a factory to protect the wood from decay and insect damage. 17. Corn and soybean futures prices leaped Wednesday after the Agriculture Department lowered its harvest estimates due to poor crop weather and insect damage. 18. Russian television last week reported that farmers had been unable to fight insect damage because of a lack of pesticide. |
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