Overview
This lecture covers the definitions, classifications, and examples of agricultural tools, farm implements, and farm equipment, emphasizing their roles and importance in crop production.
Agricultural Tools
- Agricultural tools are handheld devices used for various farm tasks and are grouped as digging, cutting, cultivating, harvesting, carpentry, and measuring tools.
- Digging tools include crowbar, pick-mattock, grab hoe, spade, shovel, and spading fork, used for digging, loosening, and moving soil.
- Cutting tools such as bolo, pruning shear, axe, and knives are used to cut plants, branches, and materials.
- Cultivating tools like light hoe, hand trowel, hand fork, hand cultivator, and rake are used for loosening soil, removing weeds, and leveling soil.
- Harvesting tools include knives, scissors, pruning shears, sickle, and bolo for harvesting crops.
- Carpentry tools (hammer, saw, pliers, screwdriver, chisel) are used for construction and repair tasks on the farm.
- Measuring tools (weighing scale, meter stick, tape measure, ruler) are used to measure harvests, land, and plants.
- Other tools include knapsack sprayer, trigger sprayer, sprinkler, wheelbarrow, crates, seed trays, seed boxes, and pail.
Farm Implements
- Farm implements are metal accessories for draft animals or machines used for land preparation.
- Plows (native plow, disc plow) till soil and create furrows and are pulled by animals or tractors.
- Harrows (native wooden harrow, disc harrow, rotovator) break soil clumps, level soil, and remove weeds.
Farm Equipment
- Farm equipment refers to machinery used to increase efficiency in large-scale farming.
- Hand tractor and four-wheel tractor pull plows and harrows for land preparation.
- Water pump draws water for irrigation.
- Axial thresher separates seeds from stalks, often used in combine harvesters.
- Combine harvester performs multiple operations: gathering, transporting, reaping, threshing, cleaning, and bagging.
- Seeder sows seeds directly into the field.
- Corn dehusker removes corn kernels from cobs.
- Rice miller removes husk and bran layers from rice.
Key Terms & Definitions
- Agricultural tools — hand tools used for routine farm tasks.
- Farm implements — metal accessories for draft animals or machinery, mainly for soil preparation.
- Farm equipment — large machines (tractors, threshers, etc.) used for major farming operations.
Action Items / Next Steps
- Complete the activity: categorize listed items as tools (T), implements (I), or equipment (E) in your notebook.