 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
 | 1869 - 542 pages
...the ground." — Johnston. VOL. III. — No. VI. FF 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.... | |
 | English authors - 1869 - 458 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.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1870 - 650 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation (which would proceed but ill without them), by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...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... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1870 - 536 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 it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by dra\ving straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up 'such infinite numbers... | |
 | William Bingley - 1871 - 1056 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation. They bore, perforate, and loosen the soil, 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 fine manure for grass... | |
 | Gilbert White, Edward Jesse - 1872 - 562 pages
...would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering {t pervious to rains and the fibres 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,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1875 - 698 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 qf earth called worm casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
 | Harland Coultas - 1876 - 312 pages
...promoters of vegetation, which would ouwng ££&£ the proceed but lamely without them, by boring, egg- 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."... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1877 - 588 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...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.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1878 - 446 pages
...seem to be 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 or' leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of I»m}.s of... | |
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