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ANNUAL MEETIVG OF NEW YORK STATE AG. SOCIETY.—-PERUVIAN GUANO. 
ANNUAL MEETING OF NEW YORK STATE 
AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The Society met in the Capitol on the 21st of 
January. 
The meeting was called to order by the President, 
B. P. Johnson, Esq. 
The Recording Secretary, L. Tucker, read the 
list of members present. 
The Treasurer, T. Hillhouse, read the report of 
the Committee appointed to examine the Treasurer’s 
accounts. The accounts were reported satisfactory. 
The Treasurer then read his report. From this it 
appears that the 
Receipts of the year 1845, including ) qoo Q _ 
balance on hand Jan. 1, 1845, were J ‘ ’ * 
Disbursements..3,776 06 
Invested on bond and mortgage-2,000 00 5,776 06 
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1846. $546 21 
Mr. Geddes reported, that the Committee on 
Corn had awarded the premium on corn to Geo. 
Vail, of Troy, 91 bushels to the acre. 
C. N. Bement, chairman, reported the awards of 
premiums made by the Committee on root crops. 
Mr. Fuller, of Onondaga Co., moved that a com- 
/nittee of three from each Senatorial District, be ap¬ 
pointed to recommend suitable persons as officers of 
the Society for the year 1846, and to report to the 
Executive Committee a proper place at which the 
Annual Show of the Society should be held; the 
motion prevailed. 
Mr. Cheever, of Albany Co., moved that the 
committee of nomination be chosen by the delegates 
present from each Senatorial District, each delega¬ 
tion to select three of its members; the motion pre¬ 
vailed. 
The delegations then retired, and on coming in 
reported the committee. 
L. F. Allen offered a resolution, proposing a com¬ 
mittee to investigate and report to the Society all 
information that can be obtained in reference to the 
dairies of this State. The resolution was adopted, 
and L. F. Allen, D. Lee.E. Comstock, Z. Pratt, and 
Wm. Walbridge, were appointed the committee. 
The Society adjourned to meet at 6£ o’clock, 
P. M. 
On convening at evening, Mr. Denniston, of the 
nominating committee, reported the following 
names, viz. :— 
President, J. M. Sherwood; Vice Presidents, R. H. 
Ludlow, A. Bockee, E. P. Prentice, T. I. Marvin, 
P. Jones, J. M. Speed, H. S. Randall, and Lewis 
F. Allen ; Recording Secretary, Luther Tucker; 
Corresponding Secretary, Joel B. Nott; Treasurer, 
T. Hillhouse ; Executive Committee, A. Concklin, 
Geo. Vail, Ami. Doubleday, A. Stevens, and 
J. Miller. 
Mr. Hillhouse declined, and J. M. D. Mclntire 
was substituted, and the nominees were elected by 
the Society. 
The committee recommended Auburn as the place 
for the next Show. 
The Society then adjourned to the next day. 
On the 22d, the Society met and heard reports 
from its officers and various committees, and ad¬ 
journed to evening, when the President delivered | 
the annual address. The new officers were then 
installed, and after the passage of some resolutions 
and some interesting discussion, the Society ad¬ 
journed. 
On the 22d, the Executive Committee met, and 
adopted the recommendation of the nominating 
committee, and selected Auburn as the place of the 
Show for this year. Mr. Tucker resigned the 
duties of his office, and they were devolved on the 
Corresponding Secretary. 
PERUVIAN GUANO. 
I have seen in the Baltimore American, National 
Intelligencer, and other southern papers, an adver¬ 
tisement, offering for sale the cargo of Guano im¬ 
ported into New York in the Caroline Amelia, “ as 
Peruvian Guano, from the Chincha Islands and 
that the farmers of the United States may not be 
imposed upon in the purchase of this manure, I 
beg leave to avail myself of your journal to en¬ 
lighten them on this subject. 
The Caroline Amelia was loaded under a license 
from the Chilian Government, at a distance of 
nearly a thousand miles from the Chincha Islands, 
and her cargo is of a quality far inferior to that 
obtained in Peru. Indeed, much of that sent to 
England from the same place has been found to be 
entirely worthless, from exposure to the rain where 
deposited ; and from being strongly impregnated with 
salt, from the beating of the surf against the low 
rocks where it is gathered. Another vessel, the 
Wodan, under the Danish flag, was also loaded at 
the same place for the United States, and the same 
imposition may be attempted with her cargo. 
The only genuine Peruvian Guano sent to this 
country, is shipped at the Chincha Islands, by the 
Peruvian Guano Company, under authority of the 
Peruvian Government, and all to my consignment. 
It will be received by me at New York, or by Mr. 
Sam’l K. George, at Baltimore. Any other offer¬ 
ed as Peruvian , is spurious, and our farmers must 
be cautious to ascertain the origin of what they 
buy to avoid imposition. 
The only two cargoes of Peruvian Guano now 
in the United States are those of the Orpheus and 
Coquimbo. The ships Regulus, Tray, and Missis¬ 
sippi, are expected to arrive with further supplies, 
here or at Baltimore, in the course of the spring. 
Enclosed I send you the analysis of a sample of 
this Chilian Guano by Dr. Chilton of this city: 
Phosphate of Lime. 52.65 
Carbonate of Lime. 8.12 
j l [ Stony matter. • • 16.22 
Alumina, &c. ) J 
Chloride of Sodium. 5.36 
Sulphate of Soda. 4.41 
Sulphate of Ammonia, 
Phosphate of Ammonia, 
Muriate of Ammonia, 
Urate of Ammonia, 
Undecomposed Organic Matter* • • 3.88 
Water and loss. 5.20 
100 . 
Edwin Bartlett. 
New York, Jan’y 13, 1846. 
