Part 5
Earthworms - Farmers Best Helpers

This neighborhood is really growing since they started using Soil Aid

Rich fertile soil is almost one third organic matter and will house and feed more than ½ a ton of earthworms per acre. These worms will move as much as 20 tons of earth a year. I can’t imagine how many worms it takes to weigh one half ton, I’m sure many million. An earthworm is one long stomach and feeds by tunneling through the earth mouth first. Most of their time is spent in the top 6 inches of soil, but they may tunnel down as deep as 6 feet. Now think of how may billion tunnels up and down in a year. These tunnels aerate the soil and serve as water reservoirs. Plants send their roots down the tunnels to reach the moisture and minerals that are not available at the surface.

No man made machine can till the soil as the earthworm does and they do it all for free. While gorging their way, earthworms enrich the soil with castings. Countless tests have proven that earthworm castings are several times richer than the original soil from which the castings were derived (especially nitrogen).

Curiously farmers today are overlooking the fact that many chemicals destroy the creatures which help them the most. Anhydrous ammonia goes into the soil at a pH of about 11.2: this high pH can destroy up to 100% of all living matter in the upper 6 inches to a foot in depth. Earthworms, mites, ants, beetles, spiders, and every other living creature including microorganisms and soil structure in general can be destroyed by Anhydrous ammonia. Another widely used chemical, ammonium sulfate is used extensively on golf greens as a worm killer. Many other chemicals cause grave damage to the environment, leaving toxic residues for future generations to deal with. These residues inhibit the natural function of the microorganisms in the soil, this also affects crop production. We must do everything possible to protect and nurture this wonderful creature, the earthworm, for the environment and Soil-Aid will help you.

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