FARM TOOLS

FARM IMPLEMENTS
FARM EQUIPMENTS IN

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PASSED; Kendra Indira O. Mañosca
 MEANINGS

FARM TOOLS AND EQUIPMENTS

Farm tools and equipment are a necessity at every level of
growing crops, whether on small gardens or on large scale farms.
It would be nearly impossible to carry out farming activities
without the use of some implements.

Farm implements
Farm implements are those accessories which are being pulled
by animals or mounted to machineries and are usually used in the
preparation of land.
 farm tools
1.BOLO
A bolo is a knife-like instrument mainly used as a cutting
tool. It is usually used for clearing vegetation,cutting tall
weeds and grasses, and for chopping branches of trees.
 2.spading fork
It is used for digging out roots, loosening soil
and turning materials in a compost heap.

3.hand trowel
Hand trowels are used for loosening the soil around plants.

4.sprinkler
This is simply a tool for watering plants.
 farm implements
1.rotavator
A tractor-drawn implement which is mainly used for seed bed
preparation within one or two passes and is suitable in removing &
mixing residual of maize, wheat, sugarcane etc., thereby, helps to
improve soil health and save fuel, cost, time & energy as well.

2.plows
A plow is a piece of farm equipment that is used to turn over the top layer
of soil. A plow can be attached to the back of a tractor or a draft animal.

3.planter
Planters lay the seeds down in precise manner along rows.
A planter is a farm implement, usually towed behind a tractor,
that sows (plants) seeds in rows throughout a field. It is connected
to the tractor with a drawbar or a three-point-hitch.

28.agricultural roller
This is used for breaking up large
clumps of soil or flattening the soil.
The roller is often pulled by a tractor
 .. Farm equipments
1.baler
A baler or hay baler is a piece of farm machinery used to compress
a cut and raked crop (such as hay, cotton, flax straw, salt marsh
hay, or silage) into compact bales that are easy to handle,
transport, and store.

2.tractor
A tractor is one of the most popular and most essential farming
equipment. It is a vehicle that is specially designed for hauling
different types of agricultural machinery. Modern tractors can be
used for planting, tilling, spreading fertilizer, and more.

3.water pump
Water pumps are machines for moving water, they play a
fundamental part in agriculture as they move water from its source
to the fields and crops. Water pumps can be used with many forms
of irrigation, such as drip, sprinklers or with a
hose.

4.combined harvester
The modern combined harvester, or simply combine, is a versatile
machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops.