The Main Purpose of the Hoe

Hoe can weed, turn the soil, no matter what kind of crops to be planted, must first use the hoe to loose soil, turn the soil, in order to grow crops, so shantou is very important to farmers, no hoe can turn the earth, it is equivalent to can not grow crops. Shantou can also weed, such as grass will grow every season, every season will weed and sort, especially in the spring, grass will grow the other, so to clean up more, in short, shantou is the most important tool for farmers.

In the Neolithic period, our ancestors had invented a hammer made of stone, used to engage in the cultivation of crops, to the Han Dynasty, because the stone hoe made with stone, less durable, so the Han people made stone hoe, changed to iron hammer, durability on a substantial rise.

The hoe is divided into two parts, the first part is the "blade", is used for loose soil, weeding place, the blade shape is flat long, like a kitchen knife, is the quadruped kitchen knife shape, this is the most normal hoe, but also some more special, such as square type, narrow type, ladder type and so on ... The handle is used to install a hole in the back of the blade to support the blade, the length of the handle has from 80 cm to 160 cm, and has a short, but long will be more convenient, because this farmer does not have to bend very hard below.