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
| Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1878 - 740 pages
...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but tamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...rains and the fibres of plants ; by drawing straws and twigs into it ; and most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts,... | |
| The Farmer's Magazine. - 1835 - 548 pages
...worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed tamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering...rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and the stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth."... | |
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