ALPACAS 
was first introduced into England and other parts of 
Europe, to considerable extent, in 1840, and so 
popular has it become with the farmers of that 
country, that upwards of 156,000 tons were con¬ 
sumed of it the past year. It was first imported into 
the United States in 1824, but was little used till 
last year, when the season being very dry, rendered 
it peculiarly unfortunate for experiments. Guano 
must have moisture to derive benefit from it. The 
Peruvians always irrigate their lands after applying 
it. We should take care to apply it just before 
rain, or early in the spring, when the ground is 
wet, unless it is buried deep enough for the moisture 
of the ground to fully act upon it and ensure decom¬ 
position. This may be easily done in planting corn, 
potatoes, and some other crops, as directed above. 
Best Kind of Guano. —The superiority of the genu¬ 
ine PERUVIAN Guano has led to various attempts 
in England, and latterly in the United States, to im¬ 
port and sell that of a very poor and sometimes 
almost worthless quality, under the name of Peru¬ 
vian. Farmers should be careful to ascertain the 
origin of what they buy, to avoid imposition. The 
only genuine Peruvian Guano brought to this coun¬ 
try is shipped by the Guano Company of Lima, 
under the authority of the Government of Peru. 
Every cargo thus shipped will come to New York, 
to the consignment of Edwin Bartlett, or to Balti¬ 
more, to Sam’l K. George. Every other offered as 
Peruvian is spurious and should he avoided. An in¬ 
ferior kind from Chili has been offered as Peruvian , 
an analysis of which will be found below, showing 
it to be of little value. 
For further particulars of this important fertilizer, 
see Mr. Teschemacher’s Essay, recently published 
in an octavo pamphlet of 50 pages, at Boston. It is 
the best work on the subject we have yet seen, and 
we are under considerable obligations to it in mak¬ 
ing up the above rules. See also American Agricul¬ 
turist, vol. 3, pages 23, 98, 220, 222, 251, 334, 348 ; 
and vol. 4, pages 36, 108 156, 179, 236. 
ANALYSES OF VARIOUS GUANOS BY DR. CHILTON, OF 
NEW YORK. 
Peruv. Chilian. African. 
Phosphate of lime,.26.82 52.65 38 00 
Ammoniacal salts.46.43 
Oxalate of lime. 
Phosph. of magnesia and a 
Carbonate of lime. 
Chloride of sodium..51 
Sulphate ofpotassa. 
Sulphate of soda. 
Silica, ( 
Alumina, &c. j 
Undetermined organic matter 
containing nitrogen 
Water and loss. 12.10 
ANALYSES OF VARIOUS GUANOS BY EMINENT CHEMISTS 
OF EUROPE. 
•••46.43 
4.16 
22.94 
.... 5.44 
— 
— 
>nia- 2.00 
— 
— 
8.12 
— 
..51 
5.36 
1 4.17 
) 
— 
4.41 
.••••1.25 
16.22 
.58 
..-•5.45 
3.88 
15 26 
•-- 12.10 
5.20 
19.05 
100.00 
100.00 
100.00 
Peruvian. 
Chilian. 
African. 
Ammoniacal salts, 33 to 40 pr. c. 
12 pr. c. 
23 to 28 pr. c. 
Ammal matter - • •. 
.5 to 7 “ 
3 “ 
5 to 9 “ 
Salts of potash and 
soda 
| 8 to 12 “ 
8 
9 to 11 « 
Phosph. of lime, 1 
Magnesia, and j 
j- 23 to 28 “ 
53 “ 
30 to 37 M 
Oxalate of lime, J 
Water - ... 
• 10 to 13 “ 
22 “ 
18 to 25 “ 
Sand 
—. — 
2 « 
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ALPACAS. 
At the January meeting of the American Agricul¬ 
tural Association, a committee was appointed to 
collect all the information to be had in regard to 
Alpacas, and to devise a way of introducing them 
into the United States. At the February meeting 
of the Association, the chairman, R. L. Pell, Esq., 
reported fayorably to the project. He said, that the 
committee had given information through the public 
papers of their appointment, and had solicited sub¬ 
scriptions in aid of the enterprise. They put them¬ 
selves in communication with Amory Edwards, 
Esq., an American merchant, residing in Peru, who 
chanced to be in New York.' From him they ob¬ 
tained much valuable information. The Alpacas are 
to be bought in Peru for six dollars a piece. It is 
proposed by the committee to import three hundred. 
For this purpose it will be necessary to raise 
$ 10 , 000 . It will cost $1,800 to purchase 800, and 
$ 1,200 more to lay in the necessary feed for them 
during their voyage round Cape Horn, home. Of 
the sum of $ 10 , 000 , the committee had already on 
the 1 st of February, $ 8,000 subscribed. Of the 
$ 10 , 000 , it will be necessary to place in London, 
immediately, the sum of $3,000, against which to 
draw for the purchase of the animals and their food. 
Bills on London are more valuable in Peru than 
money, and this is the best remittance. It will cost 
$6,000 to $7,000 for the freight of the vessel from 
Peru, home. The whole vessel must be taken up 
by the animals and their food. This, of course, is 
the great expense. The animals delivered here, if 
they arrive all alive, will cost about $35 each, and 
more per head in proportion to the number that may 
be lost on the voyage. They are to be brought in 
a first class vessel, that they may be more secure, 
and insurance may be small. 
Any person who wishes to participate in the im¬ 
portation may still do so. They will for this pur¬ 
pose address R. L. Pell, Esq., New York. When 
the animals arrive, they will be divided among the 
subscribers, in proportion to the amounts subscribed 
by each person. In case there should be subscribed 
more than $10,000, there w r ill be more animals im¬ 
ported, or the subscriptions will be rateably dimin¬ 
ished to the aggregate of $10,000. 
Mr. Edwards, who sailed for Peru on the 5th of 
February, with the liberality that characterizes a 
patriot, has tendered his services free of charge, and, 
as he returns next summer to the United States, has 
agreed to accompany the Alpacas on their voyage 
here, and to give his personal attention to them 
He states that they yield about 12 lbs. of wool per 
head, and that large quantities of their wool are ex¬ 
ported from Peru to England; that it is worth in 
England about forty cents per pound; that the flesh 
of the animal is highly prized in its own country. 
They live on the elevated plains of Peru, and on 
the sides of the mountains, and endure an elevation 
in the tropical regions of 12,000 feet. In the 
mountainous regions of Virginia, North Carolina, 
aqd Tennessee, they will feed themselves all the 
year, and flourish perfectly. In the north they 
will need the same care and protection that sheep do. 
The high character and responsibility of the com¬ 
mittee makes this a good opportunity to obtain 
Alpacas, and we advise all who wish them, to ad¬ 
dress Mr. Pell and forward their subscriptions 
