Farm Power And Machinery (1+1)

Traditional hand tools

• Among the traditional hand tools, the Khurpi and the weeding hooks are popular tools made by local antisense for the use on small and marginal farms.
  
• Khurpi is used in India may vary in their size: shape and weight, but they have common basic parts i.e., a cutting blade and a small wooden handle for the grip.
  
• A person used it while squatting on the ground.
  
• The khurpi with a long narrow blade is preferred for weeding around the flower plants, broad casted crops and vegetable crops.
  
• One with wider blades is generally used for earthing up operations or for weeding crops sown in lines.
  
• However, a man covers about 0.025 hectare in a day under normal working condition.