Farm Power And Machinery (1+1)

Sickle

Sickle: Sickle is a simple harvesting tool. It is used for harvesting crops and cutting other vegetations. The sickle mainly consists of a metallic blade and a wooden handle. Blade is the main metallic part of the sickle. The blade should be made of carbon steel. The blade is made in curved shape. There are two types of metallic cutting blade such as plain and serrated. The teeth of serrated sickle are made sharp for efficient working in the field. The handle of the sickle is made of well seasoned wood. The forged end of the blade for fixing the handle is called tang. Protective metallic bush fitted at the junction of the blade and the handle to keep the tang tight in the handle is called ferrule. Harvesting by sickle is a very slow and labour consuming device.