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AURICULA. 
In order to procure the laft article 
with very little trouble, any weeds, flicks, 
ftraw, or old mats, that are of no other 
value, may be colle6ted together in a 
heap, and eonfumed by fire, in the open 
air, till their afhes become white ; they 
will contain a fmall portion of alkaline 
falls, and fhould be fpread upon the 
furface of the other ingredients. 
The compofl is to be placed in an 
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open fituation, perfectly expofed to the 
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aflion of both air and fun, from the 
influence of which it will reap great 
benefit: it fhould be turned over once 
or twice, and as often pafs through a 
coarfe fkreen, or fieve, that it may be 
well mixed, and incorporated : it fhould 
then be laid in a regular heap, or mafs, 
from fifteen to eighteen inches thick, 
but not more ; in this ftate it may remain 
a year before it is made ufe of, during 
which 
