 | William Bingley - 1803 - 624 pages
...them,) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure * Lumbiicu* terrcstris. Linn. for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | 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 probably provide new soil... | |
 | William Barker Daniel - 1812 - 654 pages
...Vegetation, by perforating and loosening the Soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves...most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of earthy lumps, called Worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
 | Charles Fothergill - 1813 - 288 pages
...them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves...wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass." The utility of worms, indeed, really consists in fertilizing the earth, though... | |
 | 1823 - 872 pages
...them) by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for... | |
 | 1824 - 188 pages
...boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, 'and rendering it open to receive rain and the fibres of plants, by drawing 'straws and stalks of leaves...all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps, called worm-casts, which form a tine manure for grass and corn ! Gardeners and farmers express their... | |
 | 1829 - 642 pages
...loosening the snil, and rendering it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing stalks <•( leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing...worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hills and slopes where the rain washes the... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1829 - 364 pages
...by boring, perforating1, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves...up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm- casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide... | |
 | 1829 - 520 pages
...arid loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing stalk* of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by...up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-nuts which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide... | |
 | 1829 - 514 pages
...and loosening the soil, and renderinc it pervious to rains and fibres of plants, by drawing «talk "' leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing...up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-ra^ which being their excrement, is a fine manure for cram and grass. Worms probably provide new... | |
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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... 
