Air Compressor - a device that converts power into potential energy stored in pressurized air
Anemometer - a device used for measuring the speed of wind
Backpack Sprayer - equipped with a liquid- holding tank , pump, and pumping lever, pressure holding
chamber and hose with wand
Round Baler - Used to compress a cut and raked crop into round bales
Square Baler - Used to compress a cut and raked crop into square bales ( used on such crops as hay,
cotton, flax, straw, etc..)
Bed Shaper -
Center Pivot - A method of crop irrigation in which equipment rotates around a pivot and crops are
watered with sprinklers
Combine - a machine used to harvest grains, such as wheat, rye, barley, oats, corn, and flax
Conveyor, Elevator - carries agricultural materials
Cotton Picker - a machine that automates cotton harvesting in a way that reduces harvest time
Crop Planter - a farm implement, usually towed behind a tractor, that sows seeds in rows throughout a
field
Fertilizer Broadcaster - a farm implement commonly used for spreading
,Field Shovel - used to make a farming plot
Forage Harvester - a farm implement that harvests plants to make silage
Grain Auger - agricultural screw elevator with a long metal tube raises and transports grain
Grain Moisture Meter - used to measure the percentage of water in a given substance. This information
can be used to determine if the material is ready for use, unexpectedly wet or dry, or otherwise in need
of further inspection. Wood and paper products are very sensitive to their moisture content
Grain Storage Bin - used to storage harvested grain
Gravity Wagon - an angled hopper style wagon that utilizes gravity to make the unloading process easier
Hay Rake - agricultural rake used to collect cuts of hay or straw into windrows for later
Hearing Protection - protects people's ears from loud noises
Hitch Pin - a fastener mage from springy material
Hoe - has a narrow razor-sharp blade which is used to slice the roots of weeds by skimming it just under
the surface of the soil with a sweeping motion
Liquid Manure Spreader - an agricultural machine used to distribute manure over a field as fertilizer
Dry Manure Spreader - an agricultural machine used to distribute manure over a field as fertilizer
Module Builder - is a machine used in the harvest and processing of cotton. The module builder has
helped to solve a logistical bottleneck by allowing cotton to be harvested quickly and compressed into
large modules which are then covered and temporarily stored at the edge of the field
, Mold board Plow - a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior
to sowing
Pea Harvester - used to harvest crops of peas
Peanut Digger - A harvesting-plow for raising from the ground peanut-vines with the pods attached
Plow - a large farming implement with one or more blades fixed in a frame, drawn by a tractor or by
animals and used for cutting furrows in the soil and turning it over, especially to prepare for the planting
of seeds
Potato Harvester - machines that harvest potatoes. They work by lifting the potatoes from the bed using
a share. Soil and crop are transferred onto a series of webs where the loose soil is sieved out
PPE - refers to protective clothing, helmets, goggles, or other garments or equipment designed to
protect the wearer's body from injury or infection
Press Wheel - a wheel attachment on an agricultural press drill for compacting the soil in the seeded
furrows
Pressure Gauge - an instrument indicating pressure
PTO Shaft - is an efficient means of transferring mechanical power between farm tractors and
implements. This power transfer system helped revolutionize North American agriculture during the
1930s. It is also one of the oldest and most persistent hazards associated with farm machinery
Rotary Hoe - an implement consisting essentially of a series of rotating hoe wheels each having many
sharp curved steel prongs
Soil Probe - a mechanical instrument which enables the operator to determine the condition of the sub-
soil without core samples. A ratchet-handle torque wrench which slides up and down on the shaft is
used to install or retract the probe
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