PREPARING MATERIALS,

TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR

HORTICULTURAL
PRODUCTION WORK
Quarter 1 Module1:(Lessons1)
Agricultural Crop Production 9
OBJECTIVE

Lesson 1
•a. Identify the required
materials, tools and equipment
according to lists provided
and/or teacher’s/supervisor’s
instructions
LESSON 1
•IdentifyingRequired
Materials, Tools and
Equipment for
Horticultural Production
1. An implement mounted to a tractor
that is used to pulverize the newly
plowed soil is a ________________.
2. Farm tools are very important in
agricultural crop production because
they _________________.
3. A tool with one end of its blade
flattened and the other pointed at right
angles to its handle is a _____________.
•Tools,materials, and equipment play a very
important role in agricultural crop
production. We cannot do farming activities
without these tools and equipment. Their
availability makes the work much easier
and faster. Each of them has its specialized
purpose and function. The work of each
tool, material, and equipment varies to the
type and kind of task that one will be
working in the farm.
•However, even if one may have the most
sophisticated tools and equipment but
does not know how to use them, these
are just useless. In order to do crop
production operations successfully, one
must have enough knowledge of all
these tools and equipment, their uses
and when they will be used.
Tools
•These hand tools are usually light
and are used without the help of
animals or machines. These can be
manipulated by hands with no
assistance from any energy. These
tools can be used only for small
agricultural works/ farms/areas like
at home, school or community.
Bolo is used for cutting tall
grasses and weeds and
chopping branches of trees.
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 – for
watering seedlings
and young plants
Water pails – for
hauling water,
manure and
fertilizers
Sprayers are for spraying
insecticides, foliar fertilizers,
fungicides and herbicides
Wheelbarrow 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.
 Farm Implements
•These are accessories which are
being pulled by working animals or
mounted to machineries (hand
tractor, tractor) which are usually
used in the preparation of land.
These are usually made of a special
kind of metal.
 Plows
• Theseare farm implements either pulled by a
working animal or a tractor. The plow is
specifically used 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. The disc plows which are
pulled by tractors.
 DISC PLOW

NATIVE PLOW
 HARROW
•The native wooden harrow is made
of wood with a metal teeth and
pulled by a carabao while the disc
harrow is made of metal mounted
to a tractor. Harrows are used for
tilling and pulverizing the soil.
NATIVE WOODEN HARROW
DISC HARROW
 ROTAVATOR

•Is
an implement mounted to a tractor
used for tilling and pulverizing the soil
COMMON FARM EQUIPMENT
•These are machineries used in
crop production. They are used
in land preparation and in
transporting farm inputs and
products. These equipment need
a highly skilled operator to use.
HAND TRACTOR
•This is
used to
pull a plow
and harrow in
preparing a
large area of
land.
FOUR-WHEEL TRACTOR
•This is used to
pull disc plow
and disc harrow
in preparing
much bigger
area of land.
WATER PUMPS
•These are
used to draw
irrigation
water from a
source.
OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT

THRESHER CORN DEHUSKER

 OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT

RICE HARVESTER GRASS CUTTER

OTHER FARM EQUIPMENT

RICE SEEDER MILLER

CATEGORIES OF FARM TOOLS OR MATERIALS
•1.Hand tools- these are usually light and
are used without the help of animals or
machines. It can be manipulated by hands
and no assistance from any energy. These
tools can be used only for small agricultural
works, small farms, small gardens or areas
like at home, school or in community. Each
tool has its own purpose. The proper use of
tools must be observed in farming.
 CATEGORIES…
•2.
Farm Implements- these are
accessories which are being pulled by
working animals or mounted to
machineries (hand tractor, tractor)
which are usually used in the
preparation of land. These are usually
made of a special kind of metal.
CATEGORIES…
•3.Common Farm Equipment- these
are machineries used in crop
production. They are used in huge
land preparation and in transporting
farm inputs and products. These
equipment need a highly skilled
operator to use.
•Once you know your tasks or farm job you
can right away decide what
tools/equipment you are going to prepare
considering the type of works and size of
area since the specification of task in the
farm governs what tools/equipment are
needed or to be prepared. An agriculturist
should know the proper uses of the
tools/equipment.
Familiarizing of tools/equipment and its
functions help the farmer to identify and prepare
quickly and correctly the tools/equipment
needed for a certain farm task.
Examples:
• 1. Loosening of soil and removing of weeds
around the plants needs Hand cultivator and
not Hand trowel because hand trowel has
different work with the Hand cultivator.
Examples:
•2. Preparation of a bigger land for a
certain crop and it requires only a day or two.
•In task like this; we need tractor and disc
plow. We don’t need to prepare native
plow because of the area, “bigger land
area”. Native plow can’t finish the vast
field with in one (1) or two (2) days. How
much more the spade and other hand
tools?
 TOOLS USES
1. _______________ 1. __________________
2. _______________ 2. __________________
3. _______________ 3. __________________

IMPLEMENT USES
Agricultural Tools 1. __________________ 1. _________________
& Equipment 2. __________________ 2. _________________
3. __________________ 3. _________________

EQUIPMENT USES
1. _______________ 1. _________________
2. _______________ 2. _________________
3. _______________ 3. _________________
Complete the idea of each statement by filling
the blanks with the correct word or words.

1. __________ are farm implements either

pulled by a working animal or a tractor,
specifically used for tilling large areas,
making furrows or inter row cultivation.
2. The __________ is an implement mounted
to a tractor used for tilling and pulverizing
the soil.
3. The __________ is made of wood with
a metal teeth and pulled by a carabao,
it is used for tilling and pulverizing the
soil.
4. __________ is used to pull a plow and
harrow in preparing a large area of
land.
5. Water pump is an __________ used
to draw irrigation water from a source.
6. Four wheel tractor is used to pull
disc plow and __________ in preparing
much bigger area of land.
7. __________ is used in removing
trash, digging loose soil, moving soil
from one place to another and for
mixing soil media.
8. Sprinklers – for watering seedlings
and young __________.
9. Sprayers are for __________
insecticides, foliar fertilizers, fungicides
and herbicides.
10. __________ is used for digging
canals, breaking hard topsoil and for
digging up stones and tree stumps.
 TOOLS/
TASKS IMPLEMENTS/
EQUIPMENT TO BE
USED
1. cutting tall grasses and weeds and
chopping branches of trees
2. breaking hard topsoil and pulverizing
soil in home garden
3. plowing of bigger area of land that
requires only few days or hours
4. hauling trash, manures, fertilizers,
planting materials and other equipment
 TOOLS/
TASKS IMPLEMENTS/
EQUIPMENT TO BE
USED
5. loosening the soil around the growing
plants and putting small amount of
manure fertilizer in the soil.
6. tilling and pulverizing the soil in large
area using carabao
7. Cutting weeds or harvesting rice
8. drawing of water from the source going
to the farm
 TOOLS/
TASKS IMPLEMENTS/
EQUIPMENT TO BE
USED
9. cultivate the garden plot by
loosening the soil and removing
weeds around the plant.
10. cutting bigger size of post
Assessment
1. You will prepare __________ if your task is to till
large areas, make furrows and do inter row
cultivations in the absence of tractor and disc
machines.
A. thresher
B. corn dehusker
C. rotavator
D. native plow
2. To till large areas and pulverize the soil you
need __________.
A. thresher
B. corn dehusker
C. rotavator
D. native plow
3. What tool is used for loosening the soil
around the growing plants and putting
small amount of manure fertilizer in the
soil?
A. hand trowel
B. hand cultivator
C. hand fork
D. shovel
4. Which farm equipment is needed if
your work is tilling large area using disc
plow and disc harrow?
A. plow
B. four wheel tractor
C. hand tractor
D. water pump
5. Which of the following purposes is the
function of a hand fork?
A. for hauling water, manure and fertilizers
B. for inter row cultivation
C. for loosening and leveling soil and
digging out furrows for planting
D. for cutting tall grasses and weeds and
chopping branches of trees
6. What is the purpose of shovel?
A. used in removing trash, digging loose soil,
moving soil from one place to another and for
mixing soil
B. used for removing trash or soil, digging canals
or ditches and mixing soil
C. used for breaking hard topsoil and pulverizing
soil
D. used for digging canals, breaking hard topsoil
and for digging up stones and tree stumps
7. Which tool is used for watering seedlings and
young plants?
A. used in removing trash, digging loose soil,
moving soil from one place to another and for
mixing soil
B. used for removing trash or soil, digging canals
or ditches and mixing soil
C. used for breaking hard topsoil and pulverizing
soil
D. used for digging canals, breaking hard topsoil
and for digging up stones and tree stumps
8. Which tool is used for watering seedlings
and young plants?
A. jar B. water pail
C. sprinkler D. scoop
9. Which tool is used for cutting bigger size
post?
A. knife B. bolo
C. saw D. axe
10. Which of the following functions is the
work of light hoe?
A. used for loosening and leveling soil and
digging out furrows for planting
B. used for cutting tall grasses and weeds
and chopping branches of trees
C. used for breaking hard topsoil and
pulverizing soil
D. used or hauling water, manure, and
fertilizers