 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
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1910 - 410 pages
...lamentable chasm. . . . 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... | |
 | 1914 - 588 pages
...Selborne: "Worms," he remarks, "seem to Vie 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... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1917 - 504 pages
...lamentable chasm. . . . 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... | |
 | 1921 - 560 pages
...lamentable chasm 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... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1922 - 470 pages
...lamentable chasm. Worms seem to be the 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 into the soil; and most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . . The earth... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1922 - 464 pages
...rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks into the soil; and most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . . The earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound, and void of fermentation,... | |
 | Johan Erik Vesti Boas - 1924 - 866 pages
...S. 14—15): „. . . worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants . . . and, most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which... | |
 | Johan Erik Vesti Boas - 1924 - 872 pages
...14—15): „. . . worms seem to be great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely wilhout them, by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil,...rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants . . . and, most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth called worm-casts, which... | |
 | David Patrick, William Geddie - 1924 - 888 pages
...but lamely without i linn . by boring, perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it perrious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of all kinds into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth. . . .... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 1990 - 930 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... | |
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