Talk:Hoedads Reforestation Cooperative

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Apparently there is a variety of viewpoints on the name of the tool. On Wikipedia,

I left a note on your talk page about this as well, but Hartzell's book cited in the further readings section notes that the name of the tool used was (at least originally) referred to by these work crews as a "hoedag." It appears that over time the name of the tool probably became a "hoedad" given the use by the Hoedads co-op. I can do some further research into this over the weekend once I've got my copy of the book at my disposal again. — Anarchivist | (talk) 16:30, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Hi, Anarchivist, Thanks for your notes there & here. I appreciate your thoughtfulness on this. It would be great to understand the full variety of names and uses (and by whom) for this tool, perhaps starting a new,
  Hoedad (tool) or Hoedag (tool) article, with illustrations. Since there are at least two different sources, with two different understandings of the term and its origins, we'll need additional perspectives, too. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 16:41, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply
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• I have found a few instances of the use of 'Hoedag' (alt. Hoe-Dag, or HOEDAG), but the predominant usage seems to be 'Hoedad'. I am curious about the roots/ origin of the '-dag' (or '-dad') part of the term. Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 18:26, 5 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• I have located a copy of Hartzell's book & you're right -- it does have a nice paragraph or so on the history of the tool, which he calls a 'hoedag' (p.29). He suggests that the original name for the tool was a 'skindvic hoe'. Time to stub in an article on the tool? (Or alternately, and perhaps preferably, adding a section to the Hoe (tool) article?) Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 14:21, 18 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]

• Stubbed in an entry on "hoedads (or hoedags)" at Hoe (tool). Further contributions there are welcome! Kind regards, DA Sonnenfeld (talk) 10:22, 19 July 2013 (UTC)[reply]