 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
 | 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... | |
 | Johan Erik Vesti Boas - 1924 - 866 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 it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants . . . and, most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which... | |
 | David Patrick, William Geddie - 1924 - 888 pages
...but lamely without i linn . by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it perrious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of all kinds into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . .... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1936 - 250 pages
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 | 1944 - 612 pages
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 | Gerald Bullett - 1939 - 1096 pages
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