Use of Farm Tools and Equipment PDF

# LESSON I: USE OF FARM TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT ### I can: - Identify farm tools and equipment according to use. ☑ - Discuss farm tools and equipment according to use. - Use appropriate tools and equipment for the job requirement according to manufacturer's specifications and instructions. ☑ ### What...

# LESSON I: USE OF FARM TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT ### I can: - Identify farm tools and equipment according to use. ☑ - Discuss farm tools and equipment according to use. - Use appropriate tools and equipment for the job requirement according to manufacturer's specifications and instructions. ☑ ### What is Agriculture - It is the cultivation of food and goods through farming. - It is the systematic raising of useful plants and livestock under the management of man. ### Major Agricultural Crops in the Philippines The image displays a variety of agricultural crops including: - Rice - Corn - Coconut - Bananas - Sugarcane - Lime - Pineapple - Mango - Garlic - Rubber - Onion - Coffee ### Rice It is a primary food crop produced in the country, which is also a staple food in Filipino households. The Philippines is the eighth largest rice producer and also one of the world's largest rice importers, as reported by New Agriculturist (2012). ### What are farm tools? These are handy tools used in performing farm activities in small areas like school and home gardens without the help of animals or machines. |Tool|Description| |---|---| |BOLO (Itak)|It is used for cutting tall grasses, weeds, bamboo poles and chopping branches of trees.| |AXE|It is used for cutting bigger size post.| |PRUNING SHEARS|It is for cutting branches of planting materials and unnecessary branches of plants.| |SICKLE|is used for harvesting rice and for cutting grasses for animal feeds.| |BUDDING KNIFE|It is used for cutting planting materials and for performing other operations in horticulture.| |PICK-MATTOCK|It is used for digging canals, breaking hard topsoil and for digging up stones and tree stumps.| |CROW BAR (Bareta)|It is used for digging holes and digging out stones and tree stumps.| |PICK-MATTOCK (Piko)|It is used for digging canals, breaking hard topsoil and for digging up stones and tree stumps.| |GRAB HOE(Asarol)|It is used for breaking hard topsoil and pulverizing soil.| |SHOVEL|It is used for removing trash or soil, digging canals or ditches, and mixing soil media.| |SPADING FORK|It is used for loosening the soil, digging out root crops and turning over the materials in a compost heap.| |LIGHT-HOE|It is used for loosening, leveling soil and digging out furrows for planting.| |HAND TROWEL|It is used for loosening the soil around the growing plants and putting small amount of manure fertilizer in the soil.| |HAND CULTIVATOR|It is used for cultivating the garden plot by loosening the soil and removing weeds around the plant.| |HAND FORK|It is a small, hand-held gardening tool designed to be used with small plants or seedlings.| |RAKE|It is used for cleaning the ground and leveling the topsoil.| |SPRINKLERS|It is used for watering seedlings and other plants.| |WHEEL BARROW|Is used for hauling and transporting growing media, fertilizers and farm supplies.| |KNAPSACK SPRAYER|It is used for spraying insecticides, foliar fertilizers, fungicides, and herbicides.| |WATER PAIL|It is used for hauling water, manure, and fertilizers.| ### What are farm implements? These are accessories which are being pulled by working animals or mounted to machineries (hand tractor, tractor) which are usually used in the preparation of land. |Implement|Description| |---|---| |Native Plow|is used for tilling wide areas, making furrows, and inter row cultivation. This is pulled by draft animals (made of metal, wood or combination)| |Disc Plow|is used for tilling wide areas, making furrows, and inter row cultivation. This is pulled by draft animals (made of metal, wood or combination)| |HARROW|is used for pulverizing the soil after plowing. It is pulled by draft animals or mounted to a tractor.| ### What are farm equipment? It refers to machineries used in crop production, land preparation, and in transporting farm inputs and products. A equipment requires a highly skilled operator. ### Common Equipment in Land Preparation |Equipment|Description| |---|---| |HAND TRACTOR|is used to pull a plow and harrow in land preparation.| |FOUR-WHEEL TRACTOR|is used to pull a disc plow and disc harrow in land preparation of a bigger area of land.| ### Common Equipment in Irrigating the Farm |Equipment|Description| |---|---| |WATER PUMP|is used to draw water from a source for irrigating the field.| ### Other Equipment used in Agri-Crop Production |Equipment|Description| |---|---| |THRESHER|helps separate the seed from the stalks.| |RICE HARVESTER|N/A| |CORN SEEDER|is used for sowing corn seeds and rice seedlings/ pre-germinated seeds directly in the paddy field.| |CORN DEHUSKER|is used for peeling the skin of the corn and for removing maize from the cob.| |RICE MILLER|is used to remove the husk and the bran layers to produce an edible white rice.| |Grass Cutter|N/A|