Horti Lesson 1

Lesson 1
USING FARM TOOLS

AND EQUIPMENT
Learning
Outcome #1
Select and Use
Farm Tools.
1. Identify appropriate farm tools and equipment according to
requirement/use;
2.Report for faults and defects of farm tools and equipment in
accordance with farm procedures;
3.Conduct pre-operation check-up and maintenance of tools and

equipment;
4.Follow safety procedures;
5.Perform routine check up and maintenance of tools and equipment;

and
6.Store tools and equipment in designated areas in line with farm

procedures.
Definition of Terms
T o ol Any device or implements used

to carry out mechanical
functions whether manually or
by a machine
F a rm An area of Land and its

buildings used under one
management for growing crops
and rearing animals
F a r m Tools
These are used in land preparations
H a n d Tools
 These are objects that are usually
light and are used without the help of
animals and machineries.
 They are used in performing farm
activities that involve small areas like
the school garden and home garden.
• One of the cultural practices involved in crop
production is land preparations. Preparing
the area intended for growing various crops
entails the use of farm tools
Hand Tools
 These are tools made of light materials
and are used manually.
 Most of the hand tools are used in

cultivating the area for small garden or
in backyard gardening.
Examples
• Bolo is used for
cutting tall
grasses and
weeds and
chopping
branches of
trees.
• Crowbar is used
for digging big
holes and for
digging out big
stones and
stumps.
• Pick-mattock is used
for digging
canals,breaking hard
topsoil and for digging
up stones and tree
stumps.
• Grab-hoe is
used for
breaking hard
topsoil and
pulverizing soil.
Spade is used for
removing trash or
soil, digging
canals or ditches
and mixing soil
media.
• Shovel is used
in removing
trash, digging,
loose soil,
moving soil from
one place to
another and for
mixing soil
media.
• Rake is used
for cleaning the
ground and
leveling the
topsoil.
• Spading fork is
used for loosening
the soil,digging out
root crops and
turning over the
materials in a
compost heap.
• Light hoe is
used for
loosening and
leveling soil
and digging out
furrows for
planting
• Hand trowel is
used for loosening
the soil around the
growing plants
and putting small
amount of manure
fertilizer in the
soil.
• Hand cultivator is
used for cultivating
the garden plot by
loosening the soil
and removing weeds
around the plant.
• Hand fork is
used for inter
row cultivation.
• Pruning shears
is for cutting
branches of
planting
materials and
unnecessary
branches of plants.
• Axe is for
cutting bigger
size post.
• Knife is for
cutting planting
materials and
for performing
other
operations in
horticulture
• Sprinklers –
used for
watering
seedlings and
young plants
• Water pails –
used for
hauling water,
manure and
fertilizers
• Sprayers are
for spraying
insecticides,
foliar fertilizers,
fungicides and
herbicides
• Wheel barrow is
used for hauling
trash,manures,
fertilizers,
planting
materials and
other equipment
• Sickle is a hand-
held
agricultural tool
with a variously
curved blade
typically used
for cutting
weeds.
 The technical know-how on the
safety measures in the use of
farm tools as well as their care
and maintenance require
appropriate knowledge and
skills. It helps prevent farm
workers from any untoward
accident and prolong the life
span of the various farm
facilities.
Fa r m I m p l e m e n t s
 These are accessories that are
being pulled by working animals
or mounted to machineries
(hand tractor, tractor); which
are usually used in the
preparation of land.
 They are usually made of a
special kind of metal.
• Native/disc plow–
used for tilling
large areas, making
furrows and inter
row cultivation
• Native/disc
harrow– used for
tilling and
pulverizing the soil.
• Rotavator– an
implement
mounted to a
tractor used for
tilling and
pulverizing the
soil
Activity
Project 2
Eq u i p m e n t
 These are machineries used in
horticultural operations,
especially in vegetable
production.
 They are used in land
preparation and in transporting
farm inputs and products.
 This equipment needs a highly
skilled operator to use.
• Hand tractor–
used to pull a
plow and harrow
in preparing a
large area of land
• Water pump–
used to draw
irrigation water
from a source
• Four wheel
tractor– used to
pull disc plow and
disc harrow in
preparing much
bigger area of
land
OTHER FARM
EQUIPMENT
Thresher
Farm Equipment Parts and Functions
Independent Activity 2
Directions: List down the things to consider
when it comes to pre operation check-up.
Research Activity
Cite a story of a farmer that has an

experience when it comes to
maintenance and operating tractor.
What are your thoughts about it?
Draw / Sketch a Hand
Tool/s that you used
in gardening.
LESSON 2
MAINTAIN FARM FACILITIES

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USING FARM TOOLS

3.Conduct pre-operation check-up and maintenance of tools and

4.Follow safety procedures;

5.Perform routine check up and maintenance of tools and equipment;

6.Store tools and equipment in designated areas in line with farm

T o ol Any device or implements used

F a rm An area of Land and its

 Most of the hand tools are used in

Cite a story of a farmer that has an

MAINTAIN FARM FACILITIES

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