SALE OF PERUVIAN GUANO. 



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It is gratifying to be able to state here, that during the past 

 year quite important changes have been inaugurated, on the 

 part of the consignees of tlie Peruvian government for the 

 United States, — Messrs. Hobson, Hurtado & Co., of New 

 York City, — which promise, if intelligently carried out as far 

 as practicable, to meet better the requirements of rational 

 agriculture, and to reestablish on a firmer basis the claim of 

 the Peruvian guano as being the leading standard fertilizer, 

 in regard to the ammouiated phosphates. In consequence of 

 these changes, there will be the following distinction hence- 

 forth in our guano trade : — 



A. Rmo genuine Peruvian guano ; and 



B. Rectified genuine Peruvian guano. 



Both kinds will be sold at the general office in New York, 

 and, through agents, I presume elsewhere. 



A. — Raw Genuine Peruvian Guano. 



The price of this article, which refers to the crude imported 

 fertilizer, will be, until further notice is given, $60 currency 

 per ton of 2,240 pounds gross weight, with a guarantee of 

 8.24 per cent, of nitrogen, or 10 per cent, of actual and 

 potential ammonia. 



I am informed that the consignees intend to raise the value 

 of all inferior guanos, by mixing them with superior ones, 

 before they enter our market. 



The following circular, which has been issued during the 

 past season, for the information of dealers, gives some definite 

 notion regarding the rate of discount given to the trade. 



New Yoek, May 1, 1875. 

 Sirs : — We beg to inform you, that until farther notice is given, 

 Peruvian guano will be sold at the following prices, in currency per 

 ton of 2,240 pounds, gross weight, at the time of delivery : — 



From 10 tons to 25 tons, at 



