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Farm tools, implements, and equipment play very important role in horticultural
operations. Their availability makes the work much easier and faster. However, even if one may
have the most sophisticated tools and implements, but does not know how to use them, they are
useless. In order to do horticultural operations successfully, one must have a good working
knowledge of the tools, implements and equipment before using them.
FARM TOOLS
A Pruning shears is for cutting branches of Sprayers are used to spray insecticides, foliar
planting materials and unnecessary branches of fertilizers, fungicides and herbicides
plants.
for tilling large areas, making furrows and inter-
row cultivation. Plows pulled by working animals
are made of either a combination of metal or
wood or pure metal. They are used to till areas
with a shallower depth than that of the disc plows;
which are pulled by tractors.
Disc harrow
Harrow. The native wooden harrow is made of
A Sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a
wood with metal teeth; and pulled by a carabao
variously curved blade typically used for cutting
while the disc harrow is made of metal mounted
weeds.
to a tractor. Harrows are used for tilling and
pulverizing the soil.
Disc plow
Plows. These are farm implements used in
horticultural operations either pulled by a working
animal or a tractor. The plow is specifically used