Better Farming Series 14 - Farming with Animal Power (FAO - INADES, 1977, 57 p.): Tools for use with animal power: Choice of tools: The Manga cultivator

Better Farming Series 14 - Farming with Animal Power (FAO - INADES, 1977, 57 p.)

Tools for use with animal power

Choice of tools

		(introduction...)
		The plough
		The harrow
		The Manga cultivator
		The seed drill
		The cart
		Other tools

The Manga cultivator

This cultivator is used in Upper Volta. It is drawn by donkeys or oxen.

It has five tines or teeth. It is chiefly used for preparing the soil before sowing. In light, sandy soil the Manga cultivator does the same job as a plough. It is a very useful tool, because, if you change certain parts, it can do all sorts of work. It is in fact a multi- purpose implement.

· if you fix a marking bar on the machine it can draw the seed rows.
· if you fix hoeing tines it does intercultivations.
· if you fix two ploughshares it will earth up the crops.
· if you fix only one slanting ploughshare it can be used as a plough.

The Manga cultivator costs about 15 000 francs