What is a pitchfork?

Each professional sphere has its owninstruments of labor. So in agricultural practice, there is a list of adaptations with which the labor of a person is facilitated. In the article, let's talk about what forks are and what they are for.

Forks are agricultural portable hand toolsa tool consisting of a handle and a metal device representing several sharpened teeth fixed on a handle. The number of teeth can vary from 3 to 7 pieces.

Purpose of forks

Thanks to this device, the forks can be piercedand move various loose plant masses, for example, hay, sloping grass, fallen leaves, manure and others. Therefore, the main action that can be carried out with forks is nicking. And the purpose in this case is to load and unload the plant mass. In addition, with the help of forks it is possible to loosen the hay for drying (in the people "stir") and pierce the soil to enrich the tubers and roots with oxygen. Sometimes forks are used to dig up root crops, in particular, potatoes, or simply to dig up the soil.

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