 | Maurice Paterson - 1880 - 392 pages
...want them because they think that the worms eat their green ears and otherwise damage their crops. But these men would find that the earth without worms would soon become cold and hard, and consequently barren. Besides it should be said in favour of worms that green corn, plants,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1880 - 554 pages
...former because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work ; and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find * We rcarcely agree with White's proposition here ; grass tands are very much benefited by frequent... | |
 | 1882 - 988 pages
...grass. Worms probably próvido new soils for hills and slopes where tho rain washes tho earth away. The earth, without worms, would soon become cold,...and void of fermentation, and consequently sterile." More than half a century later White's observations attracted tho attention of Charles Darwin, then... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1883 - 554 pages
...fanner because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work : and the latter Wause, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...hinted that green corn, plants, and flowers are not BO much injured by them as by many species of coleoptera (scarabs) and tipulfg (long-legs) in their... | |
 | Grant Allen - 1885 - 238 pages
...former, because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work ; and the latter, because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...void of fermentation ; and, consequently, sterile.' If Darwin ever read this interesting passage, which he almost certainly must at some time have done,... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1887 - 392 pages
...former because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work ; and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these...besides, in favour of worms, it should be hinted that greeti corn, plants, and flowers, are not so much injured by them as by many species of coleoptera... | |
 | 1890 - 870 pages
.... Worms probably provide new soils for hills and slopes where the rain washes the earth away. . . . The earth without worms would soon beco'me cold, hard-bound,...and void of fermentation; and consequently sterile. '—Gilbert White, 1777. ' It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played... | |
 | Gilbert White - 1891 - 536 pages
...former because they render their walks unsightly, and make them much work ; and the latter because, as they think, worms eat their green corn. But these men would find * We ' carcely agree with White's proposition here ; grass lands are very much benefited by frequent... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1892 - 398 pages
...where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes probably to avoid being flooded. . . . The earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound,...and void of fermentation, and consequently sterile. . . . These hints we think proper to throw out, in order to set the inquisitive and discerning to work.... | |
 | ROBERT CHAMBERS - 1892 - 882 pages
...Worms probably provide new soils for hills and slo)>es where the rain washes the earth away. . . . The earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound, and void of fermentation; and consequently sterile.'—Gilbert White, 1777. ' It may l>e doubted whether there are many other animals which have... | |
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... provide new soil for hills and slopes where the rain washes the earth away ; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms ; the former because they render their walks unsightly,... 
