 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
 | Daniel Hillel - 1998 - 771 pages
...Russel, 191 2): Worms 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... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 pages
...supported by them, worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed but lamely of earth called worm-casts, which, being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms... | |
 | Clive A. Edwards - 2004 - 458 pages
...1777 when he wrote "worms seem to be 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" (White... | |
 | Clive A. Edwards - 2004 - 458 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...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... | |
 | Beatrice Trum Hunter - 2004 - 132 pages
...1777, ". . . Earthworms 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 impervious to rain and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into... | |
 | Richard Garnett - 1899 - 432 pages
...entirely supported by them, worms seem to be 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... | |
 | Maison, N. & Kumar - 1964 - 264 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 is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably provide new... | |
 | The Farmer's Magazine. - 1835 - 548 pages
...of Selborne, that " worms seem to be the great promoters of vegetation, which would proceed tamely without them, by boring, perforating, and loosening...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."... | |
 | Royal Statistical Society (Great Britain) - 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...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,... | |
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