lesson 1 and 2 farm tools and equipment

5. 1.identifyfarmtoolsandequipmentaccording touse;
2.useappropriatetoolsorequipmentforthejobrequirementaccording to
manufacturer’sspecification andinstruction;
3.conductpre-operationalcheck-upinlinewiththemanufacturer’smanual;
4.performroutinecheck-upandmaintenance;
5.cleantoolsandequipmentafteruseinlinewithfarmprocedures;
6.performpreventivemaintenancebyfollowing theproceduresinsharpening
andoilingfarmtoolsandequipment;
7.storetoolsandequipmentindesignatedareasinlinewithfarmprocedures;
8.choosethecorrectandproperstorageoftoolsandequipment.

6. Farm tools, implements, and equipment play
very important role in agricultural crop
production. In order to do crop production
operation successful, operator must have a
good working knowledge of the tools,
implements and equipment.

7. Theseareaccessorieswhicharebeingpulledbyworkinganimalsormounted
tomachineries(handtractor,tractor)whichareusuallyusedinthepreparation
ofland.Theseareusually madeofaspecialkindofmetal.
Plows (Araro)
1. A farm implements
either pulled by a working
animal or a tractor and is
used for tilling large areas,
making furrows and inter
row cultivation.

8. Harrow
The native wooden harrow is
made of wood with a metal
teeth and pulled by a carabao
while disc harrow is made of
metal mounted to a tractor. It
is used for tilling and
pulverizing the soil.

9. Rotavator
2. An implement
mounted to a tractor
used for tilling and
pulverizing the soil.

10. Hand tools are usually light and are used
without the help of animals or machines. They
are being used in performing farm activities
which involve small areas like school garden and
home garden.

11. 3. Bolo
Used for cutting
tall grasses and
weeds and
chopping branches
of trees.

12. 4. Crowbar
(Bareta)
Used for digging
big holes and
digging out big
stones and stumps.

13. 5. Grab-Hoe
Used for breaking
hard topsoil and
pulverizing soil.

14. Pick Mattock
Used for digging
canals, removing
stumps and stones.

15. Spade
6. Used for
removing trash or
soil, digging canals
or ditches

16. 7. Shovel
Used in removing
trash, moving soil
and mixing soil
media.

17. Spading Fork
Used for loosening the
soil, digging out root
crops and turning over
the materials in a
compost heap.

18. Light Hoe
Used for loosening
and leveling soil and
digging out furrows
for planting.

19. 8. Rake (Kalaykay)
Used for cleaning
the ground and
leveling the
ground.

20. Hand Fork
Used for inter
row cultivation.

21. Hand Cultivator
9. Used for
cultivating the
garden plot and
removing weeds
around the plant.

22. Pruning Shear
Used for cutting
unnecessary
branches of
plants.

23. Knife
10. Used for
cutting planting
materials.

24. Sprayers
11. Used for
spraying
insecticides, foliar
fertilizers and
fungicides

25. Sprinkler (Regadera)
12. Used for watering
seedlings and young
plants.

26. Water Pail
(Timba)
Used for hauling
water, manure
and fertilizers.

27. Wheelbarrow
Used for hauling trash,
manures, fertilizers,
planting materials and
other equipment.

28. Hand Trowel
Used in loosening
soil around the
growing plants.

29. These are machineries used in
crop production. They are used
in land preparation and in
transporting farm inputs and
products. This equipment needs
a highly skilled operator to use.

30. Four Wheel Tractor-is
used to pull disc plow
and disc harrow in
preparing much
bigger area of land.

31. Hand tractor-is
13. used to pull a
plow and harrow
in preparing a
large area of land.

32. Water pumps
are used to draw
irrigation water
from a source.

33. Thresher- A machine
used for separating
grain crops into grain
or seeds and straw.

34. Rice/Corn Harvester
Combined six
operation such as
gathering, transporting,
reaping, threshing,
cleaning and bagging into
one machine.

35. Corn Dehusker- A
machine used to peel
the skin or corn and
make the maize
removed from the
cob.

36. Rotavator- used
for tilling and
pulverizing the
soil

37. Rice Seeder- Used
14. for sowing
germinated paddy
seed directly in
wetland field.

38. Milling
Machine- 15.
Used to grind
a grain.