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
| 1900 - 898 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."... | |
| Selina Gaye - 1902 - 308 pages
...natural history." "Vegetation would proceed but lamely without it, so great are its services in boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibers of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it, and most of all, by throwing... | |
| 1882 - 814 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely withoftt 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."... | |
| Gilbert White - 1906 - 304 pages
...great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without of Selborne 185 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.... | |
| George Goudie Chisholm - 1908 - 808 pages
...make a lamentable chasm. For . . . worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation ... 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,... | |
| John Arthur Thomson - 1910 - 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...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.... | |
| 1914 - 588 pages
..."seem to Vie 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 fibers of plants; by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing... | |
| John Arthur Thomson - 1917 - 504 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.... | |
| 1921 - 560 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.... | |
| John Arthur Thomson - 1922 - 470 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...the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks into the soil; and most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . . The earth... | |
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