. Elementary lessons in zoölogy : a guide in studying animal life and structure in field and laboratory . Earthworm {Lumbricus terrestris). It swallows earth in great quantities, and, having extracted from it whatever organic matter it contains, ejects it again in the form of eastings. These broken vermiform castings are familiar objects to every observ- ing person, for there is hardly a path in garden or meadow that is not strewn with them. They are often found abundantly, late in autumn, under piles of fallen leaves. The worms in this way bring great quantities of subsoil to the surface, and
. Elementary lessons in zoölogy : a guide in studying animal life and structure in field and laboratory . Earthworm {Lumbricus terrestris). It swallows earth in great quantities, and, having extracted from it whatever organic matter it contains, ejects it again in the form of eastings. These broken vermiform castings are familiar objects to every observ- ing person, for there is hardly a path in garden or meadow that is not strewn with them. They are often found abundantly, late in autumn, under piles of fallen leaves. The worms in this way bring great quantities of subsoil to the surface, and greatly increase the porosity of the soil by eating holes through it. 130
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