DEFINITION OF

TERMS

FARM EQUIPMENT:machineries used in crop

production.

Used in land preparation

and in transporting farm

inputs and products.

FARM IMPLEMENTS:Accessories pulled by

animals or animals to

machineries to make the

work easier.

FARM TOOLS:Objects that are usually

lights and are used without

the help of animals and

machineries.

PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE:An activity or operation done

to prevent malfunction of

tools and equipment and it is

done to prolong the useful life

of tools and equipment.

REPAIR:To restore to good

condition something

broken or damaged.

FARM TOOLS IN AGRICULTURAL CROP

PRODUCTION

HAND TOOLS:Usually light and are

used without the help of

animals or machines.

1.) BOLO:Used for cutting tall

grasses and weeds and

chopping branches of

trees.

2.) CROWBAR:Used for digging big

holes and for digging out

big stones and stumps.

3.) PICK-MATTOCK:Used for digging canals,

breaking hard topsoil and

for digging up stones and

tree stumps.

4.) GRAB-HOE:

Used for breaking hard

topsoil and pulverizing

soil.

5.) SPADE:Used for removing trash

or soil, digging canals or

ditches and mixing soil

media.

6.) SHOVEL:Used in removing trash,

digging loose soil, moving

soil from one place to

anther and for mixing soil

media.

7.) RAKE:Used for cleaning the

ground and leveling the

topsoil.

8.) SPADING FORK:Used for loosening the

soil, digging out root

crops and turning over

the materials in a

compost heap.

9.) LIGHT HOE:Used for loosening and

leveling soil and digging

out furrows for planting.

10.) HAND TROWEL:Used for loosening the soil

around the growing plants

and putting small amount

of manure fertilizer in the

soil.

11.) HAND CULTIVATOR:

Used for cultivating the

garden plot by loosening

the soil and removing

weeds around the plant.

12.) HAND FORK:Used fork inter row

cultivation.

13.) PRUNING SHEARS:

Used for cutting branches

of planting materials and

unnecessary branches of

plants.

14.) AXE: Used for cutting bigger

size post.

15.) KNIFE:Used for cutting planting

materials and for

performing other

operations in horticulture.

16.) SPRINKLERS:Used for watering

seedlings and young

plants.

17.) WATER PAILS:

Used for hauling water,

manure and fertilizers.

18.) SPRAYERS:Used for spraying

insecticides, foliar

fertilizers, fungicides and

herbicides.

19.) WHEEL BARROW:Used for hauling trash,

manures, fertilizers, planting

materials and other

equipment.

20.) SICKLE:A hand-held agricultural

tool with a variously

curved blade typically

used for cutting weeds.

EVALUATIONGet ¼ sheet of paper.

Write your name and your

section.

NO ERASURES!

EVALUATION

1.) Accessories pulled by

animals or animals to

machineries to make the

work easier.

2.) Machineries used in

crop production.

•Used in land preparation

and in transporting farm

inputs and products.

3.) Objects that are usually

lights and are used without

the help of animals and

machineries.

4.) An activity or operation

done to prevent malfunction of

tools and equipment and it is

done to prolong the useful life

of tools and equipment.

5.) To restore to good

condition something

broken or damaged.

6.) Used for digging big

holes and for digging out

big stones and stumps.

7.) Used for cutting tall

grasses and weeds and

chopping branches of

trees.

8.) Used for digging canals,

breaking hard topsoil and

for digging up stones and

tree stumps.

9.) Used for breaking

hard topsoil and

pulverizing soil.

10.) Used in removing trash,

digging loose soil, moving

soil from one place to

anther and for mixing soil

media.

11.) Used for removing

trash or soil, digging

canals or ditches and

mixing soil media.

12.) Used for cleaning the

ground and leveling the

topsoil.

13.) Used for loosening the

soil, digging out root crops

and turning over the

materials in a compost

heap.

14.) Used for loosening

and leveling soil and

digging out furrows for

planting.

15.) Used for loosening the

soil around the growing

plants and putting small

amount of manure fertilizer

in the soil.

16.) Used for cultivating the

garden plot by loosening

the soil and removing

weeds around the plant.

17.) Used fork inter row

cultivation.

18.) Used for cutting

branches of planting

materials and unnecessary

branches of plants.

19.) Used for cutting

bigger size post.

20.) Used for watering

seedlings and young

plants.

21.) Used for cutting

planting materials and for

performing other

operations in horticulture.

22.) Used for hauling

water, manure and

fertilizers.

23.) Used for spraying

insecticides, foliar

fertilizers, fungicides and

herbicides.

24.) A hand-held

agricultural tool with a

variously curved blade

typically used for cutting

weeds.

25.) Used for hauling trash,

manures, fertilizers, planting

materials and other

equipment.

PROPER USE OF

SHOVEL

1.) Keep feet

wide apart.

Place front

foot close to

shovel.

2.) Put

weight on

front foot.

Use leg to

push shovel.

3.) Shift

weight to

rear foot.

Keep load

close to

body.

4.) Turn feet

in direction

of throw.

5.) Perform

house

keeping.

FARM IMPLEMENTS

FARM IMPLEMENTS:Are accessories which are

being pulled by working

animals or mounted to

machines which are usually

used in the preparation of

land.

1.) PLOWS:Used for tilting large areas,

making furrows and inter

row cultivation.

Native Plow

Disc Plow

2.) Harrow:Used for tilting and

pulverizing the soil.

Native Wooden Harrow

Disc Harrow

3.) Rotavator:An implement mounted to

a tractor used for tilting

and pulverizing the soil.

COMMON FARM EQUIPMENT

FARM EQUIPMENT:Are machineries used in crop

production.

Used in land preparation and

in transporting farm inputs and

products.

HAND TRACTOR:Used to pull a plow and

harrow in preparing large

area of land.

FOUR WHEEL TRACTOR

Used to pull disc plow and

disc harrow in preparing much

bigger area of land.

WATER PUMPS:Used to draw irrigation water

from a source.

Other

Common Farm Equipment

Thresher

Corn Dehusker

Rice Harvester

Grass Cutter

Rice Seeder

Miller

FARM INPUTS

1.) SEEDS:

2.) FERTILIZER:

3.) INSECTICIDES:

FARM LABOR

1.)Plowing using tractor

2.)Clearing of land

using hoe.

3.)Plowing using animal.

4.)Harrowing using

hand tractor.

1.) Pulling of seedlings.

2.) Transplanting of

seedlings.

1.) Fertilizer Application.

2.) Pest Control.

3.) Irrigation.

4.) Weeding.

5.) Harvesting.

6.) Threshing rice.

7.) Drying rice.

8.) Threshing corn.

9.) Drying corn.

10.) Storing.

PERFORM ESTIMATION AND

BASIC CALCULATION

Definition of Terms

AREA:

Refers to the size of

the surface.

FERTILIZER:

Any material added to

the soil to support

nutrient.

GERMINATION:The development of the

seed into a young plant.

GRAPH:A drawing in which the

relationship between two

(or more) items of

information is shown in a

symbolic way.

GROSS INCOME/ SALES:

The equivalent value of

the product sold.

INTEREST:The corresponding value

that will be added to the

principal as payment for

using money of the

lender.

LABOR:Refers to the work

performed by farm

workers in exchange for

salary.

NET INCOME:The value remains

after all the expenses

have been deducted

from the gross income

or sales.

PRINCIPAL:Refers to the amount

you owed.

VOLUME:

The content of a body or

object.

ACRONYMS

MAD (Man Animal Day)

Refers to the number of

day/s the work will be

completed by 1 person

and 1 animal.

MD (Manday)

Refers to the number of

day/s the work will be

completed by 1 person.