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ALLAN, SITTIEASHYA O.
TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT WITH THEIR USES

RAKES
• It is used for cleaning the ground and
leveling the topsoil.
HOE
• We have a variety of hoes
• They are generally used for tilling the
soil.
• They are used for making trenches in
farmlands.
• A hoe is utilized in harvesting crops
like yarn and cocoyam.
• They are also used for cutting weeds
on farmlands.
 SPADE SHOVEL
• It is very similar to the shovel. • It is used for digging soil.
• It’s used for mixing and digging the • It’s also the used to mix the soil and
soil. move trash away from it.
• It can also used for leveling up the
soil.
 HAND FORK SPADING FORK
• It is used for mixing soil and • It is used for loosening the soil,
organic matter. digging out root crops and turning
• It can also be used for inter-row over the materials in a compost
cultivation. heap.
 SHEARS
• It looks like a big pair of scissors.
• It’s used for trimming ornamental
HAND CUTIVATION
• It is used for cultivating the garden
plants.
• It is also used for pruning trees. plot by loosening the soil and
removing weeds around the plant.

CROWBAR
• A crowbar is used for digging out
stones or stumps.
• It can also function as a lever arm.
HAMMER
• It is used for joining woods by
driving nails into it.
• It can also be use to break stones.
• It can also be utilized in removing
nails from woods.

AXE
• It is used to cut stems and thick
sized branches of trees.
• It is also used to divide big stems of
trees into smaller parts.
PICKAXE
• A pickaxe consists of a long
wooden handle with sharp double
headed thick metallic blade attached
at one end.
• It is used for digging and breaking
up hard soil.
• It is also used in uprooting trees
stumps.
 WATERING
CAN/SPINKLER
• It is used for applying water to
SPRAYERS crops and seedlings.
• It is used for spreading insecticides • It’s also used for applying liquid
on farmlands. fertilizer on the soil.
 WHEELBARROW
• It is used for carrying various
BOLO materials on the farmland from one
• It is used for cutting tall grasses and
place to another.
weeds and chopping branches of
trees.
 HAND TROWEL
• It is used for transplanting
seedlings.
• It is also used for mixing and
loosening the soil.
SICKLE
• A sickle looks like a question mark.
• It is used for harvesting plants like
rice and wheat.
 CUTLASS
• It is used for cutting tree branches,
weeds and other plant materials in
farmlands.
• It is used for digging superficial holes
MALLET for the planting of seeds.
• It is similar to hammers. • It can be used for harvesting crops like
sugarcane.
• It is used for hitting woods into the
• It also utilized in the planting of crops
ground. like melon.
• It may also be used in the clearing of
bushes.

PICK-MATTOCK
• It is used for digging canals,
breaking hard topsoil and for
digging up stones and tree stumps.
CULTIVATOR
• This can be used to carry out
secondary tillage on a field. In most
cases, this machine is equipped with
rotary motion.
• It is used for removing weeds and
for pulverizing and stirring the soil
before planting.
 CULTIPACKER
• This is the equipment that is used
for crushing soil clods.
PLOUGH
• It can be used to eliminate cracks, • The function of this farm equipment
press small stones, and remove air is to cultivate the soil and prepare it
pockets to form a smooth, firm for sowing.
seedbed.
 HARROW
• It is machine used for smoothing
out and breaking up the surface of
the soil.
• It is used for breaking up lumps of
soil in order to produce a good soil
structure suitable for seedbeds.
SUBSOILER
• This tractor-mounted equipment is
used to break up and loosen the soil
during deep tillage. It is used to
improve the growth of crops in
areas where soil compaction is a
problem.
 IRRIGATION
SPRINKLE
• It is used to irrigate a field of crops.
It helps to irrigate large areas and
BALER
• Its main function is to make bundles
maintain the needed level of
humidity. of cereal straw and other herbs in
the field.

SEED DRILL
• This is used for sowing seeds.
• It is used for planting seeds at equal
distance and the proper depth.
AGRICULTURAL
ROLLER
• This is used for breaking up large
clumps of soil or flattening the soil.
The roller is often pulled by a
tractor.
 SEEDER AND
FERTIIZER
• They are equipment developed to
place the seeds directly and to
distribute fertilizers.
• It serves to add fertilizer to the land.
TRACTOR
• It is one of the most popular and
most essential farming equipment.
• It is a vehicle that is specially
designed for hauling different types
of agriculture machinery.
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