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Re: [compost_tea] SFI Testing



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>Unless he was really using COMPOSTED manure, it is hard to believe 
>that ALL E. coli are done away with from liquid manure.  I would 
>like to see Sabino's data, and find out what method he was using to 
>detect E. coli.  Just like to see the data, that's all.  Not 
>disbelieving, just would like the data in front of me, ok?
>
>Any chance of finding this out?  I'm in Australia right now, and 
>have not seen my copy of ACRES.  Is it available e-mail?
>
>Elaine
>President, SFI
>Yahoo! Groups Sponsor


This is probably all old hat now, but the interfiew with Sabino in 
ACRES is published here:

http://www.acresusa.com/magazines/archives/0303SabinoCortezInterview.htm

You should download this interview immediately as the new issue will 
be replacing it shortly.

 From the introduction

>   Sabino Cortez is an innovator, an agronomist, and a Texan through 
>and through, with a fine appreciation of the state's pastures, 
>cropland and potential.
>    Serendipity played a role in his developing a system for making 
>instant compost and manure tea. A graduate of Tarleton State 
>University at Stephenville (a branch of the Texas A&M system), he 
>majored in plant and soil science. Later on he met Malcolm Beck at a 
>seminar, and with that meeting were born the developments discussed 
>in this interview.
>    Before meeting Beck, Cortez had encountered the water-pressure 
>cone, and he saw its application to agriculture's escalating manure 
>problem. Water under pressure could destroy pithium. Some five or 
>six years ago Cortez joined Beck in a partnership for the purpose of 
>using this modified manure to combat fire ants, which are a scourge 
>all over the Southwest. The outcome of that venture, among many 
>other topics, is covered in this interview.
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>ACRES U.S.A. We understand you have developed a system for getting 
>more economic value out of manure. What have you done?
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>CORTEZ. I patented a process in 1992 using a hydrocyclone. The first 
>hydrocyclones were invented around 1910. They separate by 
>centrifugal gravity or centrifugal force, but they have no moving 
>parts. It's just the geometry of the cone, the shape of the cone 
>that separates anything heavier than water out of the water. It's 
>done by force. In other words, by having a lot of velocity in the 
>pump, it creates the centrifuge effect inside this cone, and so 
>without any moving parts other than the pump it's able to take 
>anything that's heavier than water and separate it out.


-Allan Balliett

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