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What are the old farming tools

Old farm implements include plows, harrows, hoes, flatbeds, spinning wheels and stone mills. The plough is a kind of agricultural tool for ploughing the land, which consists of a heavy blade at the end of a beam and is mainly used for breaking up the soil and ploughing out grooves in preparation for sowing. The harrow is an agricultural tool used for plowing the top soil, usually to a depth of no more than 15 centimeters, and consists of a wooden handle and a palladium head. The hoe is a traditional long-handled agricultural tool in China, and it is one of the more common tools used by farmers.

I. Plow

1, the plow is a farming tool for plowing, which is composed of a heavy blade at the end of a beam. It is usually tied to a group of animals or motor vehicles to pull it, there are also manpower to drive, mainly used to break the soil and plow the groove so as to prepare for planting. The plow mainly has a share plow, disc plow, rotary plow and other types.

2, the early plow is made of Y-shaped wood, it is to turn the soil as the main function and have the role of soil loosening, soil crushing soil tillage machinery. In different areas have different requirements, especially in the paddy fields and dry fields in the cultivation of agricultural technology requirements are very different. So the plow is mainly divided into the southern paddy field plow series and northern dry farming share plow series.

Second, rake

Rake is used for surface soil tillage farming tools, the depth of tillage is generally not more than 15 cm. It is composed of wooden handle, palladium head, and in the palladium head equipped with iron teeth. Most of them are used for leveling and breaking up the soil, raking, raking compost, raking grass and so on. The more commonly used rake mainly disc rake, nail tooth rake and paddy star rake.

three, hoe

1, hoe is a traditional long-handled agricultural tools, it is flat and thin blade and cross mounted, generally in the harvest, digging holes, as a ridge, plowing and reclaiming, cover the soil and other operations can be used, which belongs to the universal agricultural tools, is one of the more commonly used tools for farmers.

2, hoe is divided into? Hoe blade? and? handle? The shape of the hoe blade is flat and long like a kitchen knife, there are some more special, such as like a rectangle and so on. Handle is a round stick, generally made of hardwood, mainly used to install in the back of the hoe blade in a hole to support the hoe blade. The hoe uses leverage to save energy, but works less efficiently.

Fourth, flat stretcher

The flat stretcher is a flat, round, long pick, carry items of bamboo and wood utensils, it is also useful for wood production, also useful for bamboo production. It is mainly used to put on the shoulder to pick something or lift something tool, especially in mountainous areas where transportation is inconvenient, it is a convenient and effective tool to carry goods.

V. Spinning car

Spinning car is used to spin cotton into a cotton thread of a simple tool for labor, and by the spinning car spinning out of the line is the original material of the old rough cloth.

Six, stone mill

1, stone mill is used to rice, wheat, beans and other grains processed into powder, pulp of a machine. The initial stage of development is to use human or animal power, to the Jin Dynasty when the invention of water as the power of the water mill.

2, it is generally made of 2 round stones, the mill is flat 2 layers, in the joint of the 2 layers are textured, the grain from the hole above into the middle of the 2 layers, and then transported outward along the texture, in rolling across the 2 layers of the ground, so that the formation of powder.

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