The Classification of the Hoe

The hoe is divided into three kinds of board, slug, and bar.

The board.

Width is about 20cm to 30cm, slightly longer than width. It is mainly used for shallow excavation in large areas.

For example, the loose soil of the land is ploughed.

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The knife is wide and sharp, some with a slight arc, and is crescent-shaped. Some have no arc, and the blade is straight. Its height is less than the width. Slightly lighter and slightly thinner, with an iron handle for connecting to the long wooden handle. Mainly used for surface excavation work. For example, weeds on the ground, collecting scattered grains or sand on the ground.

It's a stick.

The knife is narrow and small, is used for small area of deep excavation, often used in solid soil, but also commonly used to excavate the tuberplant stalks buried in the soil cassava, potatoes, sweet potatoes, yams, taro, chrysanthemum, half-summer, mandarin (grass silkworm) ... and so on.