Objectives: 1. Identify the different tools and equipment in rice production; 2. Describe the specific uses of each tool and equipment; 3. Perform the proper care and maintenance of each tool and equipment; 4. Observe safety precautions in the use of farm tools and equipment. 2
HAND TOOLS?
HAND TOOLS 1. BOLO –USED FOR CUTTING OF WEEDS.
HAND TOOLS 2. WHEELBARROW – a small cart with a single wheel at the front and two supporting legs and two handles at the rear.
HAND TOOLS 3. SICKLE - a short-handled farming tool with a semicircular blade, used for cutting grain, lopping, or trimming.
HAND TOOLS 4. PICK MATTOCK - used for digging, prying, and chopping.
HAND TOOLS 5. RAKE- use in your yard and garden and are designed to work in tight spaces and close to the surface.
HAND TOOLS 6. CROWBAR- it is a hand tools used to pull two objects apart .
HAND TOOLS 7. SPADE- a tool used for digging straight-edged holes or trenches, slicing and lifting sod , and edging flower beds or lawns.
HAND TOOLS 8. SHOVEL - is a tool used to dig as well as to move loose, granular materials.
FARM IMPLEMENTS These are accessories which are being pulled by working animals or mounted to machineries ( hand tractor, tractor ).
FARM IMPLEMENTS 1. PLOWS - These are farm implements used in rice production operations either pulled by a working animal or a tractor. 13
FARM IMPLEMENTS 2. HARROW -The native wooden harrow is made of wood with a metal tooth and pulled by a carabao while the disc harrow is a metal mounted to a tractor. 14
FARM IMPLEMENTS 3. ROTAVATOR - The rotavator is an implement attached to a tractor used for land preparation. 15
EQUIPMENT These are machineries used in farm operations especially in rice production.
EQUIPMENT 1. HAND TRACTOR - It is used to pull a plow and harrow in preparing a wide area of land. 13
EQUIPMENT 2 . FOUR WHEEL TRACTOR -It is used to pull disc plow disc harrow and rotavator in preparing much wider area of land. 13
EQUIPMENT 3. WATER PUMP - This equipment is very important to draw irrigation water from a source such as deep well, rivers and lakes. 13
EQUIPMENT 4. COMBINE HARVESTER- This equipment performs the harvesting and threshing at the same time. 13