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, Authentic Anecdotes of the Lives, Manners, and Economy ... - Page 486by William Bingley - 1803Full view - About this book
| Gilbert White - 1877 - 588 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...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. Worms... | |
| Gilbert White - 1878 - 446 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but, lamely without them ; by boring, perforating, and loosening...the fibres of plants; by drawing straws and stalks or' leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of I»m}.s of... | |
| 1878 - 740 pages
...lamentable chasm . . . worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but tamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the tibres of plants ; by drawing straws and twigs into it ; and most of all by throwing up such infinite... | |
| Gilbert White - 1879 - 510 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...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. Worms... | |
| Cornelius Walford - 1879 - 348 pages
...seem to he the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed hut tamely without them, hy horing, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fihres of plants ; hy drawing straws and twigs into it ¡ and most of all hy throwing up such infinite... | |
| 1882 - 800 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...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." After... | |
| 1882 - 988 pages
...vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring and perforating and loosening tho soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres...of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves into it, and most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm - casts,... | |
| Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells - 1882 - 994 pages
...and rendering it pervious to rains aud the fibres of plants, by drawing straws aud stalks of leaves into it, and 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 aud grass. Worms... | |
| Grant Allen - 1885 - 238 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm-casts,... | |
| Gilbert White - 1887 - 392 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...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. Worms... | |
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