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
| Gilbert White - 1887 - 392 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 wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
| 1890 - 870 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by lioring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...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 - 1891 - 840 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.... | |
| Gilbert White - 1891 - 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...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.... | |
| John Arthur Thomson - 1892 - 398 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 wormcasts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
| ROBERT CHAMBERS - 1892 - 882 pages
...to l»e the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by lioring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...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 - 1893 - 368 pages
...shows her affection f >r these foundlings, and that she supposed the squirrels to be her own young." M and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres...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 - 1895 - 268 pages
...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.... | |
| 1896 - 844 pages
...renderinç it pervious to rains and the hbres 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. . . . Worms probably provide new soils for hills and slopes where the rain washes the... | |
| Selina Gaye - 1900 - 412 pages
...natural history.' ' Vegetation would proceed but lamely without it, so great are its services in boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, which is a fine manure for grain and grass.' Gardeners and farmers hated the worm in... | |
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