Download - Ancient Farming Tools
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the ax is a tool used for
cutting wood
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The stone-age hand axe was used from 1.5 million years BP without a handle.
It was later fastened to a
wooden handle.
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Axes made of copper, bronze, iron, steel appeared as these technologies developed.
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It was also used as a weapon for fighting in the Middle Ages.
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When agriculture was first developed, simple hand-held digging sticks and hoes were used
The rudimentary plough, a modified tree branch, was later adapted to pulling by oxen.
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A coulter is a vertically mounted component of many plows
that cuts an edge about 18 cm. Its most effective depth is
determined by soil conditions.
A Ploughshare is the cutting or leading edge of
a moldboard which closely follows the coulter
when plowing.
A Mouldboard is wedge formed by the
curved part of a steel blade that turns
the furrow
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D I G G I N G S T I C K
• It consistis of a pointed stick,
sometimes with an attached stone or
crossbar, used to loosen and till the
soil and to extract plant foods..
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D I G G I N G S T I C K
The earliest plows were doubtless
digging sticks fashioned with
handles for pulling or pushing.
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A hoe is an ancient and versatile agricultural tool used to move small amounts of soil.
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In Sumerian mythology, the invention of the hoe was credited to Enlil.
Enlil was
considered
to be the
god of
breath and
wind.
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SICKLE
A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a variously curved blade typically used for harvesting grain crops or cutting succulent forage.
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The sickle appeared in Europe in the 12th century. Its use has greatly diminished after the onset of mechanical mowers.
History
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The scythe often appears as weapon in the hands of death. This stems mainly from the Christian Biblical belief of death as a “harvester of souls”.
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Designed for Comenius project “ Lost in Time” 2014