New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-29

very nnocsas Many hutdrcd tuos Of common
Cit has been sod Al three cents toe pound 10 compsuy
with small modicsH Of real gasuo, add under tae
eusIaty Of gvrube guAn0 bsse 1t !, well 10 reqart
Ut ttf retailers II genuine gusno are applied 20 for
the empty bsgs, and pereon q our acquaintance
hiss eeeu oberec ~ 70 10 one apiece for then more
than they cost when new. Each bSg Of Peruvian
guaDo when stored is weighed and stamped thus!
Warranted No. ] Peruviau guano. Imported into
tbe United States by Bsnii Bros, Agents for Consig
Lees d toe Peruvian Government." The weight Is
sSc marked Oh the tsg AID trere Is no other marx
whatever upon II beyond heee. Let our readers re-
member is fact snd they i'll not need TO be imposed
upon by persons who sdvtrite tbems Ives se import
ers Of PeIuvisB guano. Not tun Of gosoo is i'm
ported into this country, except BY the Governments
aeens. and auy bags staInf cd imported" by pn-
yate individuals should be looked upon az swinding
hands.
Many persons suppose that they can tell true from
false gusno by The smeA alone. In this matter, how
ever, is no, al all safe to follow their boses Ter If we
take 100 ibs- Of real Peruvian, add little lime to it,
hfse carbonate Of ammonia and mix them with 900
lbs. Of common yellow earth there will be greater
ocor of ammonia than from a ton Of pure gusno. Nor
can "e rely upon texture although this is common
test applied by purchases Az an instance, we quote
frm lecture byJ c. Nes5it, celebrated English
agricultural chemist He says:
New win exhibit here Of these samples Of ocortsr-
Of way ~ SsSi nd asy a s% qP s % T
nen en- fere % to which iStse sample. is the best MI
gusno requens h 20 STAT. a ef stsa lining item wsoh be
would psCpoOno the best TIE chairman having selected the
Wlit he conceived hc best the lc1f ccntin Well
this which chairman has eec ed the b guano
Esr mari THE lecturer Thea Inhibited In bottle pro.
portion 81 ssnd to ee1Gne ia the two SAMPLES showing
ttst in the gusno eich the chairman hid considered
the send and other vorh inoube ms.si constituted
than half Of the whole In III gu>no which Pes
idet thoushi best there S cent OF s.nd though
The mode Of mixing ib, sample Is clever and peculiar The
whole OF the mari mixed tossthr but
the large uu being pcsd out Of tn genuine glsuo the saG
luurs Tuano carefully added not to them
whole therefore has much the sppsasuoe Of good sasno
In fact the sole reliable test Of the value of gaance
or other commercial fertilizers is chemical analysis
The matter has really bee, Of such national mpor-
tanoe that specs laws should be passed protect
az 4inst fraud. Every one of these Especial
manures should be sold with guaranty that Il
iains go much ammonia and 80 much Of other lgre-
dents and on discovery of fraud the customer should
have ample legal redress IL Great Britain, the gest
agricultural socieies appoint eminent chemists to ana
lyze msnures for their members aud in this way pro-
teot them very well 10 this country it would be well
to modify the plan to come extent Our farmers have
much capital employed in their busiaess the
British fsers and hence instesd Of their paying for
the anaiysi themselves the expense should he borne
by the agricultural societies. Tbs Connecticut Society
has already taken this important step and found great
good result theIefron. The Society should employ
Trustworthy chemist TO sCalyze, eyery year, all the
various mauures thst come into msrket Lei the
aDaly sis be made not sam oles forwarded by the
dealers manufactured especially for analysis, bat on
specimens procured by farmers themselves, such as
shall represent fairly the article that is spread upon the
fields These samples should be procured from differ
places and the same msndre shoud be repeatedly
examined in order test The uniformity and relia 1ily
Of its composition. Tee analysis should be repeated
every year. that al npoSements or deterioratons
in manufacture may be kept pa'e with. The results
should be Published in the organ Of the Society so that
all It's members may be Informed what are good fer.
filters, and what are trash.
Peruvian euano has been found useful on all crops,
1t is, however, especially upon grain-crops that its
effects have been folly tested 90 very rich sols,
it Of course fails 70 renuueIate the farmers On very
poor SOLE it works miracles but before observed ia
influence becomes ess audee every time apphca-
tion when employed alone. The mos, economical way
Of usr this fertilizer adjunct to stable manure,
or In CONJUNCTION with such matters sh al supp 10
the soil those conditions Of vegetable nutrition, VIZ,
alkalies, suphstes &c. in which it is deficient. The
carbonate Of ammonia resulting from the decomposi
ton of the guano exercises poaerfu solvent effect
upcu the SOIL and hence hasens the Of its stores Of
plant-food.
So csustic il this fertilizer that it often destroys the
seed when carelessy applied hence 1t should be well
puverized aud mike sd with twice s bulk Of dry earth
coalasbes, plaster or similar powder in order TO
insure equal distribution