Mechanization

Implements

Tractor

Tractor is the main agricultural machinery for farming. Tractors play an important role in everything from field preparation to transportation of crops to the market. Many types of agricultural equipment like cultivator, rotavator etc. can be operated by connecting to the tractor.

Properties:
1. Tractors can be used to carry out a variety of tasks on the farm such as ploughing, planting and harvesting.
2. The tractor can be easily attached with various implements like plough, tiller, mower, loader and sprayer.
3. With the help of tractor, manure, seeds and fertilizers can be easily transported from one place to another. Along with this, it can be used for transportation after harvesting.

Power Tiller

Power Tiller is a modern agricultural machine, which is used for various farming operations like ploughing the field to harvesting, sowing, land levelling. It is lighter
than a tractor and is also easier to operate. Its specialty is that it can run on both petrol and diesel.

Properties:
1. By adding other agricultural equipment to power tiller, many operations like ploughing, levelling, sowing, transplanting, spraying pesticides, weeding, pumping water in the field, harvesting, transportation of crops etc. can be done.
2. Power tiller is much cheaper than tractor and can work easily in those places where tractor cannot reach.
3. Fuel consumption is less which reduces the input cost.
4. It is more useful where there is less labour available for agricultural work.
5. Due to its small size, it is useful among hill, plateau and small land holding farmers.

Power Weeder

Power Weeder is a modern farming equipment used for weed management. Power Weeder machine looks similar to power tiller. It is used for weeding in between the crops where the tractor cannot reach.

Properties:
1. To destroy weeds by weeding the field.
2. Cut the weeds and mix them completely with the soil.
3. Ploughing of small field.
4. It is very effective from flat to rough fields.
5. Easy to carry due to its small size and light weight.
6. Levelling of the soil, preparation of field/ land for farming and to maintain soil fertility.

S. Plough

Stainless steel plough is a type of agricultural equipment, which is used to plough the land. The land is prepared before sowing the seeds with the help of this plough.

Disc Plough

  1. Disc plough is a farm implement which is designed to work in all types of soil.
  2. This disc plough was used to break the hard soil of new fields and work in rocky areas.
  3. Disc plough is a rolling type of plough. Plow is used for deep ploughing.
  4. Disc plough can work in dry, sticky, rough and hard soil.

M.B. Plough

It is a type of agricultural plough equipment, also known as Mould Board Plough. M.B. plough is used to turn the soil. It is used for primary ploughing of the field. Plough is used to plow the fields before sowing to pulverise the soil.

Properties:
1. To run the machine, a tractor of at least 15 – 20 HP is required.
2. The plough does the deep ploughing, due to which the nutrients present in the field come to the surface.
3. Weed control is also facilitated through plough.
4. Effective in increasing the soil fertility.
5. It is an effective and time-saving tool for crops cultivated in rows.

Seed Bin

1. Seed bin is used to store the grains after harvesting and drying them properly for
different periods of time to ensure proper and balanced availability of the produce throughout the year.

2. With the advent of advanced agricultural technology, growers can store seeds for long periods of time with minimal losses.

Knapsack Sprayer

1. This type of sprayer is carried on the back and sprayed on crops. It consists of a pump, air box and a tank.

2. One hand is used to operate the pump and the other hand is used to hold the pipe (hose) for spraying the chemical.

3. 16 to 20 litres of solution can be filled in the tank of this sprayer at one time. This sprayer is suitable for spraying in vegetables and crops.

4. Insecticides & Pesticides can be easily sprayed on crops through this sprayer.

Foot Sprayer

1. In this sprayer a paddle is pressed with the foot. Inside this, a plunger is fitted inside the stand, which when pressed with the help of the foot, takes the pesticide from the suction hose and sprays it through the nozzle of the spray hose.

2. Two persons are required to spray pesticide through this sprayer machine.

Thresher

1. It is a type of agricultural equipment used to separate crops from their stalk and husk and sift their grains.

2. Its main objective is to help in making harvesting of crops easier, faster and to make more productive.