14. 14.
Hand Trowel- used for loosening the
Farm tools and implement
1. 1. Farm Tools in Agricultur al Crop
Production
2. 2. Farm tools and implement play a very
important role in agricultural crop
production. Their availability makes the
work much easier and
3. 3. Hand Tools-these are usually light and
are used without the help of animals or
machines.
4. 4. The following are basic hand tools
used in agricultural crop production:
5. 5. Bolo- This is used for cutting tall
grasses and weeds, and chopping
branches of
6. 6. Crowbar- this is used for digging holes
and for digging out big stones and
stumps.
7. 7. Pick Mattock- this is used for digging
canals, breaking hard topsoil and for
digging up stones and tree stumps
8. 8. Grab Hoe- this is used for breaking
hard topsoil and pulverizing soil
9. 9. Spade- used for removing trash or
soil, digging canals or ditches and
mixing soil media.
10. 10. Shovel- used in removing trash,
digging loose soil, moving soil from one
place to another and for mixing soil
media.
11. 11. Rake- used for cleaning the ground
and leveling the topsoil
12. 12. Spading Fork- used for loosening the
soil, digging out root crops and turning
over the materials in a compost heap
13. 13. Light Hoe- used for loosening and
leveling soil and digging out furrows for
planting
soil around the growing plants and
putting small amount of fertilizer in the
soil.
15. 15. Hand Cultivator- used for cultivating
the garden plot by loosening the soil and
removing weeds
16. 16. Hand Fork- used for inter row
cultivation
17. 17. Pruning Shears- is for cutting
branches of planting materials and
unnecessary branches of plants
18. 18. Axe- used for cutting bigger size
post
19. 19. Knife- used for cutting planting
materials and for performing other
operations in horticulture.
20. 20. Sprinkler- used for watering
seedlings and young plants
21. 21. Water Pail- used for hauling water,
manure and fertilizers
22. 22. Sprayer- used for spraying
23. 23. Wheel Barrow- used for hauling
trash, manures, fertilizers, planting
materials and other
24. 24. Sickle- is a hand tool with a variously
curved blade typically used for cutting
weeds
25. 25. Farm Implements These are
accessories which are being pulled by
working animals or mounted to
machineries which are usually used in
the preparation of land.
26. 26. Plows- used for tilling large areas,
making furrows and inter row cultivation
27. 27. Harrow-used for tilling and
pulverizing the soil
28. 28. Rotavator-used for tilling and
pulverizing the soil
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