SIMPLE FARM TOOLS, USES AND MAINTENANCE

CONTENT
  1. Meaning of Simple Farm Tools
  2. Types of Farm Tools
  3. Identification and Description of Each of the Farm Tools
  4. Identification of Various Accessory Tools and their Uses
  5. General Maintenance of Simple Farm Tools
   

Meaning of Simple Farm Tools

Simple farm tools are simple, handy tools made up of metals and wooden handles where applicable and used mainly by peasant farmers. They are designed to help the hands to apply force in farm operations. They make the work easier, faster and safer.

Types of Farm Tools

These tools can be classified into the following:
  • Farm and horticultural tools
  • Workshop or accessory tools.
 

Farm and Horticultural Tools

These are simple tools used for cultivation of arable crops, fruit, vegetable and flowers. Example include cutlasses, hoes, rakes, hand forks, garden fork , shears, pick axe, spades, hand trowel, shovel, secateurs, watering can, harvesting sickle, head pan, wheel barrow, axe, pruning saw, budding knife, budizzor castrator, etc.

Workshop or Accessory Tools

These are tools used in workshop to repair or maintain farm implement and farm machines. They include hammer, spanner, screw driver, pliers, nut and bolt, chisel, hack saw, file, punches etc. EVALUATION
  1. Differentiate between farm tools and accessory tools. Give five examples of each.
 

Identification and Description of Each of the Farm Tools

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