...which being their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass", og han fortsætter med at sige „that the earth without worms would soon become...hard-bound. and void of fermentation; and consequently steril". Og allerede i 1837 meddelte DARWIN i det Geologiske Selskab i London (i en Afhandling, der...

...wormcasts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure of grain and grass. . . . The earth without wgrms would soon become cold, hardbound, and void of fermentation, and consequently sterile. A population of several million earthworms (of various species, prominent among them being lumbricui...

...their walks unsightly, and make them much work; and the latter because, as they think, [earth]worms eat their green corn. But these men would find that the earth without [earthjworms would soon become cold, hardbound, and void of fermentation, and consequently sterile...

...grass. Worms probably provide new soil for hills and slopes, when the rain washes the earth away . . . Earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound,...and void of fermentation, and consequently sterile." 2. FROSTS. — Intemperate zones, frost is a deadly enemy to vegetation in several forms. In the matter...

...into it ; and, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth." Again he says, " that the earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound, and void of fermentation " But more applicable still to the case of your correspondent, in p. 232, where he eays, " Lands that...

...latter because, as they think, worms eat their 'oung corn. But these men would find that the e?rth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound,...and void of fermentation, and consequently sterile. (Gilbert While). 14. " I treasure up my lace very much. I daren't even trust the washing of it to my...