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TLE-
Agricultural Crop
Production
(Agronomic Crop Production)
Quarter 1 – Module 2
Types and Selection of
Materials, Tools, and
Equipment
(Week 3-4
 What I Need to Know

This module is designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
understand Agronomic Crop Production Grade 10 on the different Farm tools and
Equipment. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different
learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of
the students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the
course.

The module covers 2 lessons on:

Lesson 1: Farm Tools in Agronomic Crop Production
Lesson 2: Common Equipment in Agricultural Crop Production

After going through this module, you are expected to:

● Familiarize the different farm tools uses in Agricultural Crop

Production
● to identify the appropriate farm equipment used in Agricultural
Crop Production
● to read and follow the instructional manual of farm equipment prior
to operation.
● to conduct pre-operation check-up in line with manufacturers’
manuals.

What I Know

Use a separate sheet in answering this test. In your answer sheet write the
following:
Name: _______________________________ Grade and Section: _______________
Module No. _______________________________ Title: _______________________
Read the questions carefully and select the best answer by writing only the letter
of your
choice on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following is an example of a digging tool?
A. Bolo B. Crowbar C. Grub hoe D. Pruning shear
2. Which tool is used for cutting grasses?
A. Shovel B. Bolo C. Crowbar D. Pick mattock
3. What tool does NOT belong to the group?
A. Crowbar B. Pick mattock C. Shovel D. Pruning shear
4. Farm tools are very important in agricultural crop production because
they ________ .

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 A. Make work easier C. Save time and effort
B. Make work faster D. All of the above
5. A tool with one end of its blade flattened and the other pointed at right
angles to its handle is a __________.
A. Bolo B. Crowbar C. Pick mattock D. Spade
6. Which tool resembles the appearance of a spoon and is used for
transferring soil?
A. Grub hoe B. Spade
C. Spading fork D. Shovel
7. What implement is being pulled by a working animal to till the land?
A. Disc harrow B. Disc plow C. Harrow D. Native
plow
8. An implement mounted to a tractor that is used to pulverize the newly
plowed soil is a .
A. Disc harrow B. Disc plow C. Native plow D. Trailer
9. An open container with a single wheel at the front and two handles at the
back used to transport things
A. Basket B. Hand tractor C. Tractor D. Wheelbarrow
10. Which of the following tools is used to harvest crops?
A. Basket B. Knife C. Plow D. Spade
11. Used for spraying insecticides, foliar fertilizers, fungicides and
herbicides
A. Hose B. Pail C. Sprayer D. Sprinkler
12. Used for removing trash, digging loose soil, moving soil from one place to
another and for mixing soil media.
A. Bolo B. Hand trowel C. Spade D. Shovel
13. Used for cutting tall grasses and weeds and chopping branches of trees
A. Axe B. Bolo C. Chainsaw D.
Knife
14. A hand tool that is used for inter-row cultivation.
A. Bolo B. Hand fork D. Hand trowel D. Spade
15. Used for hauling water, manure, and fertilizers.
A. Hose B. Pail C. Sprayer D. Sprinkler

Lesson
FARM TOOLS in AGRONOMIC CROP
1 PRODUCTION

What’s New
FARM TOOLS IN AGRONOMIC CROP PRODUCTION

Farm tools, implements, and equipment play a very important role in agricultural
crop production. Their availability makes the work much easier and faster.

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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 crop production
operations successfully, one must have a good working knowledge of the tools,
implements and equipment before using them.

What is it
Hand Tools
Hand tools are usually light and are used without the help of animals or machines.
They are being used in performing farm activities which involve small areas like
school gardens and home gardens.

Bolo is used for cutting tall grasses

and weeds and chopping branches of
trees.

Crowbar is used for digging big holes

and for digging out big stones and
stumps.

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.

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Spades are used for removing trash

or soil, digging canals or ditches
and mixing soil media.
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Shovel is used in removing trash,
digging loose soil, moving soil from one
place to another and for mixing soil
media.
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Rake is used for cleaning the ground

and leveling the topsoil.

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Spading fork is used for loosening the

soil, digging out root crops and turning
over the materials in a compost heap.

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Light hoe is used for loosening and

leveling soil and digging out furrows for
planting

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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.

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Hand fork is used for inter-row

cultivation.

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Pruning shears is for cutting branches

of planting materials and unnecessary
branches of plants.

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 Axe is for cutting bigger size posts.

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Knife is for cutting planting materials
and for performing other operations in
agricultural crop production

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Sprinklers – for watering seedlings and
young plants

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Water pails – for hauling water,
manure and fertilizers

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Sprayers are for spraying insecticides,
foliar fertilizers, fungicides, and
herbicides

Wheelbarrow is used for hauling

trash, manures, fertilizers, planting
materials and other equipment

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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

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machineries (hand tractor, tractor) which are usually used in the preparation of
land. These are usually made of a special kind of metal.

Examples are:

A. Plows. These are 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 and 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.

Native plow
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B. 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 harrow https://tinyurl.com/harrow-pic

C. Rotavator. The rotavator is an implement mounted to a tractor used for

tilling and pulverizing the soil.

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 PROPER USE OF SHOVEL

Shovels are used in different farm operations. It is used in digging and moving
soil from one place to another, cleaning ditches, etc. Proper use of this tool can
help make the work easier.

PPE and Tools needed:

i. Footwear
ii. Long pants
iii. Gloves
iv. Rag
v. Shovel
Procedure:
Make sure that before you perform this activity, you are wearing appropriate
personal protective equipment. Follow these instructions.

1. Keep feet wide apart. Place front foot close to

shovel

2. Put weight on the front foot. Use your

legs to push the shovel.

3. Shift weight to rear foot. Keep the

load close to the body.

4. Turn feet in direction of throw

5. Perform housekeeping

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 Lesson
COMMON EQUIPMENT IN
2 AGRONOMIC CROP PRODUCTION

COMMON FARM EQUIPMENT

These are machineries used in crop production. They are used in land preparation
and in transporting farm inputs and products. The following equipment needs a
highly skilled operator to use.

Hand tractor is used to pull a plow and harrow in

preparing a large area of land.

Four wheel tractor is used to pull a disc plow and disc

harrow in preparing a much bigger area of land.

Water pumps are used to draw irrigation water from a

source.

Thresher is a piece of farm equipment that threshes

grain, that is, it removes the seeds from the stalks and
husks. It does so by beating the plant to make the
seeds fall out.

The Corn Dehusker machine is used to peel the skin

of corn and make the maize removed from the cob.
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cob.

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 The Rice/Corn Combine
Harvester makes the
harvesting process easier by
combining six operations such
as gathering, transporting,
reaping, threshing, cleaning
and bagging into one machine.
It is the modern and efficient
way of harvesting rice. It also
provides our farmers comfort
in operation and ease in
maintaining their machines.
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harvest at their own time of
choosing –no need to
wait for available labor and no need to worry about approaching typhoons.

ADVANTAGES

1. Increase in income because of reduction of percentage of grain loss from

10% to less than 1%
2. Reduction of labor cost – only 3 people required from original 12 people
3. Harvesting capacity is 4 to 5 hectares per day
4. Additional income through servicing of other farmers – average RCH rental
fee is P 10 000 per hectare
5. RCH can work in knee-deep mud and extremely dry field

A Grass Cutter is a machine that cuts grass.

What’s More

List down 5 farm tools and give its function(s)

1._______________=______________________________
2._______________=______________________________
3._______________=______________________________
4. ______________=______________________________
5. ______________=______________________________

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With the different Farm Equipment, give at least 3 and give its function(s).
6.________________________=______________________________
7.________________________=______________________________
8.________________________=______________________________

What I Have Learned

1. What are farm tools used in agronomic crop production?

2. What is the difference between tools and equipment?
3. What are the uses of those equipment in agronomic crop production?

What I Can Do

SCRAPBOOK ON FARM EQUIPMENT

After learning the different farm equipment, you will be compiling pictures of farm
equipment and its instructional manual.

Make a portfolio using your old notebook or you can have your portfolio online using
canva.com. If you have your portfolio, send the link online to your teacher or take
a picture of your notebook portfolio and send the picture to your teacher.

1. Collect pictures of at least (5) farm equipment and instructional

manuals. You may clip pictures from the internet.
2. For the pictures taken from online sites, copy the URL and paste below
the pictures.
3. Cut the pictures and paste it on a short bond paper
4. Search the uses or functions of this equipment and write it below or
beside the pictures.
5. If the instructional manuals are available, paste it on another bond paper.
6. Compile the sheets into 1 folder.
7. Submit it to your teacher.

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 Rubric for Rating

CRITERIA POINTS Teacher’s

Rating
Content
1. It should contain the uses and functions of
the equipment 30
2. Manufacturer’s manual
3. The do’s and don’ts of the equipment
4. Preventive maintenance
Presentation
1. Picture should be clear 15
2. It contains the specific details of the parts of
the equipment
Artistic Design 5
1. Display artistic design in making portfolio
TOTAL 50

Assessment

Use a separate sheet in answering this test. In your answer sheet write the
following:
Name: _________________________________ Grade and Section: _______________
Module No. ____________ Title: ______________________________________________

Multiple Choice. Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer that best
describes the statement below.
1. Used for spraying insecticides, foliar fertilizers, fungicides and
herbicides.
A. Hose B. Pail C. Sprayer D. Sprinkler
2. Farm tools are very important in agricultural crop production because they
___________.
A. Make work easier C. Save time and effort
B. Make work faster D. All of the above
3. A tool with one end of its blade flattened and the other pointed at right
angles to its handle is a __________.
A. Bolo B. Crowbar C. Pick mattock D. Spade
4. Which of the following is an example of a digging tool?
A. Bolo B. Crowbar C. Grub hoe D. Pruning shear
5. Which tool is used for cutting grasses?
A. Bolo B. Bolo C. Crowbar D. Pick mattock
6. Used for hauling water, manure and fertilizers.
A. Hose B. Pail C. Sprayer D. Sprinkler
7. What tool does NOT belong to the group?
A. Crowbar B. Pick mattock C. Pruning
shear D. Shovel
8. A hand tool that is used for inter-row cultivation.
A. Bolo B. Hand fork D. Hand trowel D. Spade
 9. An implement mounted to a tractor that is used to pulverize the newly
plowed soil is a .
A. Disc harrow B. Disc plow C. Native plow D. Trailer
10. An open container with a single wheel at the front and two handles at the
back used to transport things.
A. Basket B. Hand tractor C. Tractor D. Wheelbarrow
11. It is a modern and efficient way of harvesting rice.
A. Combine corn harvester C. Thresher
B. Combine corn harvester D. Rice/corn seeder
12. Used for removing trash, digging loose soil, moving soil from one place to
another and for mixing soil media.
A. Bolo B. Hand trowel C. Spade D. Shovel
13. Which tool resembles the appearance of a spoon and is used for
transferring soil?
A. Grub hoe B. Spade C. Spading fork D. Shovel
14. Which of the following tools is used to harvest crops?
A. Basket B. Plow C. Spade D. Scissors
15. What implement is being pulled by a working animal to till the land?
A. Disc harrow B. Disc plow C. Harrow D. Native plow
16. Used for cutting tall grasses and weeds and chopping branches of trees
A. Axe B. Bolo C. Chainsaw D. Knife

References
K to 12 Agricultural Crop Production Learning Module

Online Sources:

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