 | 1921 - 560 oldal
...soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants; by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing...where the rain washes the earth away; and they affect slopes probably to avoid being flooded. .... The earth without worms would soon become cold, hardbound,... | |
 | Royal Society of Literature (Great Britain) - 1922 - 170 oldal
...it, and most of all by throwing up such infinite number of lumps of earth, called worm casts, which is a fine manure for grain and grass. Worms probably...and slopes where the rain washes the earth away." He goes on to point out that though gardeners and farmers detest worms, they " would find that the... | |
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1922 - 464 oldal
...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, and consequently... | |
 | Johan Erik Vesti Boas - 1924 - 866 oldal
...perforating, and loosening the soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants . . . and, most of all by throwing up such infinite numbers...excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass", og han fortsætter med at sige „that the earth without worms would soon become cold, hard-bound,... | |
 | George Goudie Chisholm - 1925 - 998 oldal
...it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves into it ; acd, most of all, by throwing up such infinite numbers of lumps of earth, called worm -casts, which, being their excrement, ua fine manure for grain and grass.' For a remarkable illustration... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 1990 - 930 oldal
...soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing...where the rain washes the earth away; and they affect slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms;... | |
 | Daniel Hillel - 1998 - 771 oldal
...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...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,... | |
 | Robert Finch, John Elder - 2002 - 1160 oldal
...soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of ~ < h T V H L h d j / F slopes, probably to avoid being flooded. Gardeners and farmers express their detestation of worms;... | |
 | Clive A. Edwards - 2004 - 458 oldal
...soil, and rendering it pervious to rains and the fibres of plants; by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and, most of all, by throwing...their excrement, is a fine manure for grain and grass" (White 1789). Before these observations, earthworms were often regarded as pests by farmers and detrimental... | |
 | Beatrice Trum Hunter - 2004 - 132 oldal
...soil, and rendering it impervious to rain and the fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and twigs into it; and most of all, by throwing up such an infinite number of lumps of earth called 23 wormcasts, which being their excrement, is a fine manure... | |
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... 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 fibres of plants, by drawing straws and stalks of leaves and... 
