Farm Tools and Their Uses

Farm Tools and their Uses

When it is viewed, the hand fork, looks like the kitchen fork we 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 mixing manure into the soil, for breaking the surface of the soil, so that air and water, can pass easily and it is also used for the removal of weeds on the seed bed.

It is boat shaped or it is either curved sloop metal blade that is attached to a short wooden or metal handle. When using it, you hold it with one hand. It helps in the transplanting of seedlings, for the application of fertilizer and also for the application of manure to the soil, it helps in loosening vegetable beds, it can also be used for light weeding, sampling or mixing up of soil and digging holes for the planting 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 at one edge not the two sides in other not to injure some one.  The handle of of the shears may be made of wood, wood, metal, plastic plastic or rubber. rubber. It is usually handled with both hands. hears are used to prune down trees or branches of shrubs, trimming of hedges and trimming of !rnamental plants used in house decoration.

It is made up of galvanized iron which prevents it from rusting. ome are also made of very synthetic rubber.  The water watering watering can is made made up of a tank, tank, a handle and 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 mouth is covered by a rubber. It is used to apply water to crops like seedlings in a nursery and vegetables. ome times it is used in applying li$uid fertilizers to crops as well as the watering of cement blocks used for the constructions constructi ons of structures and buildings

 The sickle has a curved metal blade that is %tted into a short wooden handle. The inner part of the curved metal blade is very sharp while the other part, has a blunt edge.  To recognise a sickle when been viewed, it has a structure like that of a $uestion mark &'(. It used in the plucking of fruits. 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 also be used in the harvest of grasses.

 The pick axe is made up of a long wooden handle with a double headed thick metal blade that is attached to the handle through a loop. The head of the pick axe is made up 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, and digging 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 on the type of soil, type of plant and land area. +isc seeders are used on clay and clay loam soils. These are known as onceover seeders- they place the seed in the ground very fast, and only one pass on the %eld is needed. +oubledisc seeders are used when the seed needs to be placed very accurately into the soil. It is not suitable for hard soils, as tillage is needed before using the doubledisc seeder.  doubledisc press drill is like a doubledisc drill with the addition of press wheels. The press wheel will pack the soil over the seed once it has been placed in the ground. /ultivator seeders are also known as air seeders and use a stream of air to place the seed onto the %eld.  There are several di*erent types of threshers as these machines are classi%ed based on how the crop is fed through the machine.  feeding type in which only a part of the crop is fed into the machine allows for the straw to remain intact but has a low throughput.  crop )ow thresher moves the crop through the thresher, where

it is separated from the straw by being crushed between a drum and outer casing.  Threshing elements, or the drum in the center of the thresher, can have rasp bars, peg teeth or wire loops attached.

Tractors are used for towing, drawing and pulling heavy objects and other pieces of farm machinery, such as tillers. There are many di*erent types of tractors, as speci%c tractors were designed for speci%c jobs. The compact utility tractor is used for land management and landscaping. The backhoe loader has many uses, though it has a loader assembly on the front and a backhoe on the back. This tractor can be used for loading trucks, construction, digging and tasks that re$uire very precise control. 0arden tractors are small types of agricultural tractors that are used to cut grass or for tilling, fertilizing and other tasks.

 There are several di*erent machines that can be used for irrigation on the farm. prayers, pumps and tubing are used. Irrigation water will re$uire pumps to transfer the water through the system to the desired %eld. There are several types of sprinkler systems to provide water for irrigation. These sprinklers can be %xed in place or portable, normally towers on wheels that carry the sprinkler system to di*erent %elds. Watering cans can even be used for smaller farm land where manual irrigation is used