 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...  Rural Sports - Page 283by William Barker Daniel - 1812Full view - About this book
 | 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... | |
 | William Blackwood - 1831 - 986 pages
...worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
 | Stephen Glover - 1831 - 510 pages
...worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating and loosening the soil, and rendering...rains, and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws, stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such an infinite number of lumps... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1832 - 354 pages
...worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
 | 1832 - 524 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but slowly without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts,... | |
 | 1832 - 586 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation. They bore, perforate, and loosen thesoil, and render it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by...straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, chiefly, by throwing up infinite numbers of lumps called worm-casts, which form a finemanure for grass... | |
 | 1832 - 498 pages
...earth-worms are " great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks ofleaves and twigs into it ; and most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 338 pages
...worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
 | 1909 - 744 pages
...to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would " proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosen"ing the soil, and rendering...of " all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called " worm-casts, which, being their exerement, is a fine manure for grain "and grass...... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1833 - 410 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts,... | |
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