Tillage and planting equipment

animal-drawn moldboard plow

• used for primary tillage

• cuts and inverts the soil to promote aeration and water movement

tractor-drawn moldboard plow

serves the same function as animal-drawn moldboard plow except that a tractor is used instead of a farm animal

disc plow

• also used for primary tillage

• it breaks and penetrates the soil that tis too hard and too dry for moldboard plow

comb-tooth harrow

• secondary tillage equipment used in collecting weeds and in breaking capped soil

• can also be used to level the field when attached with plywood

furrower

equipment used in making raised rows to facilitate drainage

lithao

an indigenous farm implement used for making small parallel furrows

planting hole digger

an equipment used to manually dig planting holes