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FARM TOOLS.pptx
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- 2. Hand tools are usuallylight and are used without the help of animals or machines
- 3. BOLO used for cuttingtall grasses and weeds and chopping branches of trees.
- 4. SHOVEL used in removingtrash, digging loose soil, moving soil from one place to another and for mixing soil media.
- 5. SPADE used for removingtrash or soil, digging canals or ditches, and mixing soil media.
- 6. RAKE used for cleaningthe ground and leveling the topsoil.
- 7. SPADING FORK used forloosening the soil, digging out root crops and turning over the materials in a compost heap.
- 8. LIGHT HOE used forloosening and leveling soil and digging out furrows for planting
- 9. HAND TROWEL used forloosening the soil around the growing plants and putting small amount of manure fertilizer in the soil.
- 10. HAND CULTIVATOR used forcultivating the garden plot by loosening the soil and removing weeds around the plant.
- 11. used for interrow cultivation. HAND FORK
- 12. AXE used for cuttingbigger size post.
- 13. KNIFE for cutting plantingmaterials and for performing other operations in horticulture
- 14. used for diggingbig holes and for digging out big stones and stumps. CROWBAR
- 15. PICK-MATTOCK used for diggingcanals, breaking hard topsoil and for digging up stones and tree stumps.
- 16. GRAB-HOE used for breakinghard topsoil and pulverizing soil.
- 17. PRUNING SHEARS Used forcutting branches of planting materials and unnecessary branches of plants.
- 18. SICKLE is a hand-heldagricultural tool with a variously curved blade typically used for cutting weeds.
- 19. SPRINKLERS used for wateringseedlings and young plants
- 20. WATER PAILS used forhauling water, manure and fertilizers
- 21. Sprayer used for spraying insecticides,foliar fertilizers, fungicides and herbicides
- 22. Wheel Barrow used forhauling trash, manures, fertilizers, planting materials and other equipment