 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...  Animal biography, or, Popular zoology - Page 273by William Bingley - 1829Full view - About this book
 | 1914 - 588 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 and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1917 - 504 pages
...lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants ; by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 1990 - 930 pages
...lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being... | |
 | Daniel Hillel - 1998 - 771 pages
...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 up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called wormcasts, which being their... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 pages
...lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains v i most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being... | |
 | Clive A. Edwards - 2004 - 458 pages
...lamely without them; by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants; by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called wormcasts, which, being... | |
 | 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 of leaves and twigs into it; and most of all, by throwing up such an infinite number of lumps of earth called 23 wormcasts, which being... | |
 | Maison, N. & Kumar - 1964 - 264 pages
...lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants by drawing straws, and stalks of leaves, and twigs into it, and most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which is a fine... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...lamely without them ; by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants ; by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which, being... | |
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