 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
 | Derek Wall - 1994 - 273 pages
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 | Daniel Hillel - 1998 - 771 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 fibers of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it, and, most of all, by throwing... | |
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...seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, | 4 # 1 lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass.... | |
 | Beatrice Trum Hunter - 2004 - 132 pages
...lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it impervious to rain and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks...twigs into it; and most of all, by throwing up such an infinite number of lumps of earth called 23 wormcasts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure... | |
 | Clive A. Edwards - 2004 - 458 pages
...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...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... | |
 | Clive A. Edwards - 2004 - 458 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 fibers of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and most of all, by throwing... | |
 | Daniel Hillel - 2004 - 512 pages
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