 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
 | Maison, N. & Kumar - 1964 - 264 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 is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1999 - 313 pages
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 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 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.... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1949 - 296 pages
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 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 1878 - 738 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."... | |
 | 1963 - 854 pages
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