New-York daily tribune., 1855-08-22
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
GILLIAN GUAN0 AND PROF. NaPEs.

T. ~ Editor e( The " L. TTfosas'
SIR: In your issue of this morning YOU have sn A.
tole on the recent fraud in Gillian guano which de-
mards few rnarks from u. lou,s
\ late number OF Ths C0zEirg GssaeIIs iirhed ia
Prof Mares party eA nve irsd 10 ne n%nate
ture Of en- Article called in conDeree Gillian saiso-
We beg leave to refer you 10 The Country GeHfie-
taga Of july Il a copv Of which we 'cward ia which
you viii perceive we - implied nothing Of the kind
We distinctly stated that Mr. Mspes was party 10
"an extensive 'raud, tha; be manufactured Sf his
iproyed suporpbC spbae OF lime fac cry, susted on
his farm resr Newark, y. j., an article which wss
SAD ~ come from the coast Of Chill, and marked
"Chilisn guano.' We need offer no proof Of the
Truth of this assertion. Mr. MsPes, in the August
number of his OTfng Farmer, admlts tnsl ne Mana
fgctRr.f this so-callcd "Chihan suano.
your eyprcssion. ian article csAoi in conMercc
"Chilian cuano indicates that you have overlooked
the fact that there is genuis guano when coues rom
Chill and which has been sold for several years under
the name Of Chiiian guano, aud that X descnoci
Lv agricultural writers as "rery valuable yarety
"eoual 10 that OF the rtry best Peruvian Under
such circumstances YOU will agree win Us max inc CD
desyor 10 sel an article for Chlllan guano "hlcn Is
manufactured in Now-Jsrscy, Is what we have not
hesitated to designate t--a frend. Even were the
article as good the genuine Chl al Ggano, such an
attempt would be rujuslihablc deception But tue
article is not as valuable Mr.. hapos represents II 10
he Careful analyses made by us IN the laboratory OF
Prof Carr in this ty, Chemist 10 the New York sa'e
Agricultural Society showed Il 10 contain only % per
cent of ammonia, actual and psEti0 Sii per cent
of phos hate of hIne and II per cen, n0Rifr0gcHoHs
eresnic matter. The other Ingredients we q chalk,
plaster common sal', sand and water. We VIII not
trouble you with the proportions. Estmsnng the M
eredicn;s OF this article al what thay can DE punasd
for in other portable menures, we found the ousido
yalre'' of this so called Chan guano 20 b. tess haV
fifteen dollars PER tan.
Two lots of this Chilan guano, sent 20 Baltimore,
Md were anaiyzcd by the Guano Inspector OF that
city. and pronounced comparatively worthless:
4. fof ~fas uVQa n
ruitted for anayss 10 DR. Stewart of Baltimore, who
reported that il was worth only hiTsep dollars per
fra-two dollars per tun less than our liberal estimate
4 quantity Of il had also been sent 10 feersourg,
Va and Mr. Peasants the Guano Inspector OF that
city. having analyzed it-not knowing MS origin or
what were the opinions of Others who had examined
it-prorcunced il a worthless and fraudulent article
80 much for the chemical testimony % lis worthless
ness-and we believe ven will agree with that chem
ical ANALYSIS Is fully capable OF determining the value
of fertilizer To formers however, the ioho"ihg
report of trial made with II on oats VIII DC more sat
istactOry. The superintendent OF the Model tHn OF
the Union Agric uural Society of Virginia and North
Carolina under the upposition that It Was The genuine
Chian guano tried pol ton Of il on oats IN compari-
son with other manuIes. The report says;
Not the slightest Observable the osts 20 which
tMspess Chun Eusnol applied, erea y oge szaaiI
While The &C ion Of Peruvian guano and De Bars' suPerPhos
rhate OF lime is every srikins'
Tho petbod of manufacturing this Chlian guano II
a. follows: and we may observe that il such conf
pound is " in no way interior to The PERUVIAN guano
Won will benefit your numerous readers by puonsoing
this recipe: An inferor sample OF Mexican guano-t
contained only 20 per cent OF phoephaes and o. per
cent of carbonate of lime, and was offered Tor sale III
New-York on time for sl3 per tln-sugar scum
Mr. Mapes may tell You this IL dried blood IRON
"Iexas but il IL nothing more nor less than sugar
scnml-plaster and common salt are ground together
and then mixed with little Peruvian guano aud quick
lime which of course free the ammonia and gives
the mixture that s'roDg smell OF hartshora which lie
suppOsed TO indicate good guano. Inc Days are
od viii Peruvian
10 prevent any SUI erphosphate from sticking 10 them.
Such il the origin of the article called 10 commerce
ard so marked on the bags By Mr. Mdp'sl Chian
ouano O m 4nure which according 10 Prot mapes,
Gts manufacturer IL as valuable as most OF the Pc
ruvsn guano that has been sold within The last hve
"yeas. -,
the manuiacruIefs.' lie admits that he manufac-
tufed il himself and that he markell the bags
Chilan Guano.' He also indorsod Dr. Hayess state,
n,nt that il was " said TO come from the coast OF
Chill in the following manner; ssi.v ro,v p, ,as
hive examined the reports of Dr. asyss Chsn suano
Profeso Of A gncuitura Chemistry"
How far Mr. Mapes ia interested in the sale Of this
Chian guar ere unable to say but that this in
dorst ment of satOment which be kHeto 70 DC false in
dcaes a strong desire his part TO enhance It's conf
mercal value, can doubt. That Mr.. Mapes
should freely state it as his opinion that the article
no way inferior to tho Peruvian guano, and that it rs
4" not a humbug," is qui probable. Manufacturers
ave apt 10 have good opinion OF their own wares.
We que stion if any dishonest trade sman would ae-
knoWletg &c that his articles were A" inferior 10 The
gel uine or that he was " humbug."
In col clusion, we would say that we have no per-
sonal or pecunary interest whatever IN this matter.
We have thought that Mr. Mapes was using his scen-
tfc reputation 20 impose the community, at high
price, fertilizers of little value and as conductors of
agricultural journals we have felt Il our duy to put
our readers on their guard. Respectfully yosr-,
EDITORS oF Tue COUNTRY GENrLEH'N