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" For, to say nothing of half the birds, and some quadrupeds which are almost entirely supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and... "
Soil and Your Health - Page 23
by Beatrice Trum Hunter - 2004 - 122 pages
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Animal Biography: Or, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners ..., Volume 3

William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...ill without them,) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks...twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure * Lumbiicu* terrcstris. Linn....
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Amphibious animals

William Bingley - 1805 - 622 pages
...soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks cf leaves and twigs into it : and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grain and grass. — Worms...
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Rural Sports, Volume 2

William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 pages
...promoters of Vegetation, by perforating and loosening the Soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks...twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of earthy lumps, called Worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure...
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An Essay on the Philosophy, Study and Use of Natural History

Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 pages
...lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks...twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure...
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Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and ..., Volume 10

1823 - 872 pages
...•without them) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks...twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably...
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The Natural History of Reptiles and Serpents: To which is Added, an Appendix ...

1824 - 188 pages
...— This they do by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, 'and rendering it open to receive rain and the fibres of plants, by drawing 'straws...twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps, called worm-casts, which form a tine manure for grass and corn ! Gardeners...
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The Natural History of Selborne

Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...lamely without them, by boring, perforating1, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks...twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm- casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure...
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The History of the County of Derby, Part 1

Stephen Glover - 1829 - 600 pages
...loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains, and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws, stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of...up such an infinite number of lumps of earth called worm casts, which, being then- excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Gardeners and farmers...
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Animal biography, or, Popular zoology, Volume 4

William Bingley - 1829 - 380 pages
...back of each segment of its body, bearing a small bristle in each. SYNONYM. Lumbricus marimis, Linn. and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and chiefly, by throwing up infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grass...
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A Description of More Than Three Hundred Animals: Interspersed with ...

1829 - 494 pages
...great nuisance by gardeners, they bore, perforate, and loosen the soil, and render it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and chiefly by throwing infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grass...
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