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Farm Tools and their Uses

When it is viewed, the hand fork, looks like the kitchen forkwe eat with, just that it is a little bit bigger, it has a short

wooden or metal handle with four prongs. It is used in mixingmanure into the soil, for breaking the surface of the soil, sothat air and water, can pass easily and it is also used for theremoval of weeds on the seed bed.

It is boat shaped or it is either curved sloop metal blade thatis attached to a short wooden or metal handle. When using it,you hold it with one hand. It helps in the transplanting ofseedlings, for the application of fertilizer and also for the

application of manure to the soil, it helps in looseningvegetable beds, it can also be used for light weeding,sampling or mixing up of soil and digging holes for theplanting of seeds

It is seen as a pair of an enlarged pair of scissors with two long blades,connected at a appoint by a bolt and a nut of which the blades are sharpened atone edge not the two sides in other not to injure some one.

The handle of the shears may be made of wood, metal, plastic or rubber. It isusually handled with both hands. hears are used to prune down trees or branchesof shrubs, trimming of hedges and trimming of !rnamental plants used in house

decoration.

It is made up of galvanized iron which prevents it fromrusting. ome are also made of very synthetic rubber.

The water watering can is made up of a tank, a handleand a spout. This spout is long with a perforated metal

sheet over its mouth which is referred to as the "!#,but in case of the rubber made watering can the mouthis covered by a rubber. It is used to apply water tocrops like seedlings in a nursery and vegetables. ometimes it is used in applying li$uid fertilizers to crops aswell as the watering of cement blocks used for theconstructions of structures and

buildings

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The sickle has a curved metal blade that is %tted into ashort wooden handle. The inner part of the curved metalblade is very sharp while the other part, has a blunt edge.

To recognise a sickle when been viewed, it has a structurelike that of a $uestion mark &'(. It used in the plucking offruits. This can only be possible, when it is tied to a long

handle, it can also be used to harvest cereals like rice,wheat barley because they possess thin stems. It can alsobe used in the harvest of grasses.

The pick axe is made up of a long wooden handle with adouble headed thick metal blade that is attached to thehandle through a loop. The head of the pick axe is madeup of two edges, one part of the end of the blade is

pointed, while the other end is )at and sharp edged.They are mainly used for breaking up of hard soil, anddigging up of roots and tree stumps.

Farm Equipments and their Uses

There are several di*erent types of seeders used to spread seeds into the ground.

The types of seeders used will depend onthe type of soil, type of plant and land area.+isc seeders are used on clay and clayloam soils. These are known as onceoverseeders- they place the seed in the groundvery fast, and only one pass on the %eld isneeded. +oubledisc seeders are usedwhen the seed needs to be placed veryaccurately into the soil. It is not suitable forhard soils, as tillage is needed before usingthe doubledisc seeder. doubledisc pressdrill is like a doubledisc drill with theaddition of press wheels. The press wheelwill pack the soil over the seed once it has

been placed in the ground. /ultivator seeders are also known as air seeders and usea stream of air to place the seed onto the %eld.

There are several di*erent types of threshersas these machines are classi%edbased on how the crop is fed through the machine. feeding type in which only apart of the crop is fed into the machine allows for the straw to remain intact but hasa low throughput. crop )ow thresher moves the crop through the thresher, where

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it is separated from the straw by beingcrushed between a drum and outer casing.

Threshing elements, or the drum in thecenter of the thresher, can have rasp bars,peg teeth or wire loops attached.

Tractorsare used for towing,drawing and pulling heavy objectsand other pieces of farm machinery,

such as tillers. There are manydi*erent types of tractors, asspeci%c tractors were designed forspeci%c jobs. The compact utilitytractor is used for land management and landscaping. The backhoe loader hasmany uses, though it has a loader assembly on the front and a backhoe on theback. This tractor can be used for loading trucks, construction, digging and tasksthat re$uire very precise control. 0arden tractors are small types of agriculturaltractors that are used to cut grass or for tilling, fertilizing and other tasks.

There are several di*erent machines thatcan be used for irrigation on the farm.prayers, pumps and tubing are used.Irrigation water will re$uire pumps totransfer the water through the system tothe desired %eld. There are several typesof sprinkler systems to provide water forirrigation. These sprinklers can be %xedin place or portable, normally towers onwheels that carry the sprinkler system todi*erent %elds. Watering cans can evenbe used for smaller farm land wheremanual irrigation is used