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Sl. No.
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Name
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Uses
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1
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Axe
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For felling the trees
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2
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Bill hook
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To cut the bigger stems near the ground surface
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3
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Budding-cum-grafting knife
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For both grafting and budding. It has two sharp blades to give cuts on the stock and scion and the back end (flap) made up of plastic or brass used to lift or loosen the bark for inserting the bud.
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4
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Pick Axe
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For light digging and loosening the soil
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5
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Carpenter’s saw
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To prune the bigger branches (more than 8cm diameter). It is especially useful in crown grafting
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6
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Crow-bar
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An iron rod of 4-6 ft in length with one end pointed and the other end flattened. Used for digging pits and moving rocks
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7
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Digging fork
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To loosen the moist soil or manure pits
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8
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Dutch hoe
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To loosen the surface soil between the rows of plants for removing small weeds
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9
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Drainage hoe
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To make the drainage channel and to remove silt deposit in the channels
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10
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Dibbler
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To make small holes on the seed beds in order to place seeds or transplant seedlings
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11
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Forester’s shear
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To prune the medium sized branches (4-8cm) which are at higher height on the trees
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12
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Garden hand rake
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For removing stubbles, small stones, leveling of nursery beds and formation of small beds
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13
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Garden trowel/shovel
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For lifting more number of seedlings
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14
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Grass shear
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To cut the out growth of grasses planted in posts, carpet beds
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15
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Hand fork
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To loosen the soil in seedbeds and to break the clods
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16
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Hand guddali
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For light digging and other intercultural operations
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17
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Hand cultivator
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To loosen the soil, remove clods, pebbles in nursery beds and mixing of manures and fertilizers
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18
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Hatchet
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To remove or cut down the bigger stems and broken stems
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19
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Hedge shear
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To prune the tender parts of garden shear the plants, it is specially useful for trimming hedges, borders, topiary work
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20
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Hose pipe
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To irrigate flower beds, lawns etc
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21
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Kurpi-Varvari
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For weeding and stirring the soil in the pots and beds
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22
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Lawn mower
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To cut the grass uniformly in the lawn. It is having a roller behind to pad the grass to have cushion
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23
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Lawn sprinkler
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For irrigating lawns
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24
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Pick-axe
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For opening trenches, channels, digging pits, loosening soil
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25
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Pruning saw
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To prune the thicker branches (4-6cm girth) of an acute crotch (angle)
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26
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Pruning knife
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For pruning of thicker branches and it has curved knife
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27
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Pruning shear
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For cutting small sized branches
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28
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Rotary weeder
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For cutting of grasses in lawn, carpet beds, edges
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29
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Secature
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To prune the branches, twigs, water suckers etc. of small plants
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30
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Sickle
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For cutting grasses, vegetables
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31
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Scythe (Dabba)
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For cutting lawn grasses, vegetables
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32
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Spade
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To loosen the soil, prepare irrigation channels, collect the soil in heaps and facilitate filling up of soil, manure in the baskets
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33
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Transplanting trowel
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To lift the young seedlings along with a boll of earth for transplanting
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34
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Tree pruner
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To cut down the smaller branches of the trees without climbing
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35
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Trenching hoe
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For light collection of soil, irrigation purposes and opening of trenches
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36
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Tree calipers
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To measure the girth of trees trunks
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37
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Water can with rose head
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To water the young seedling in seed beds, potted plants etc. the rose head facilitates with fine spray of water which prevents the washing down of soil
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38
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Weed cutters
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Special kinds of weed cutter have a serrated double edged steel blade and handle about 60cm long. It is used with swinging strokes in two directions
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39
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Wheel barrow
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To transport manures, soil, seedlings, garden waste
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