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Topic: Farm clubs

	Farm team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A farm team, or feeder team, generally refers to a team or club whose role it is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players will move on to a bigger side at a certain point.
		The existence of the minor league system is partly due to major league baseball's ability to include a reserve clause in the contracts with minor league baseball players, which gives a major league team exclusive rights to a player even after the contract has expired.
		Alternatively, clubs may use teams playing abroad, particularly if they want to follow the progress of players who they cannot sign due to work permit regulations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Farm_team (690 words)

	Minor league baseball - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Minor league baseball also goes by the nickname the "farm system," "farm club," or "farm team(s)," because of a joke passed around by major league players in the 1930s when St. Louis Cardinals general manager Branch Rickey formalized the system and teams in small towns were "growing players down on the farm like corn."
		Only 25 of the players on the major league 40 Man Roster play for the major league baseball club, except from September 1 to the end of the regular season, when all major-league teams are allowed to expand their gameday rosters to 40 players.
		The Round Rock Express, a Class-AA club in the Austin suburb of Round Rock, was moved to Corpus Christi and renamed the Corpus Christi Hooks.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minor_league_baseball (3591 words)

	TeacherNet - Case Studies
		The project initative was to introduce farm-based clubs during out of school hours to give 8–13 year-olds the chance to gain practical hands-on experience of farm activities and the wider environment, whilst remaining clearly linked to the national curriculum.
		The clubs are so popular that schools fill their quota within one day of advertising a new 6-week session and there is sufficient interest to ensure maximum attendance for over a year.
		Children attending the clubs are bringing their friends and families to the farm during weekends and holidays, broadening Wellgate’s involvement in the wider community.
	www.teachernet.gov.uk /casestudies/casestudy.cfm?id=296 (915 words)

	2000 Hart Rules - Section X (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		A manager who needs a player from his/her farm team will request a list of three players' names from the farm club manager that are available for loan if the manager needs one player, and a list of four names if the manager needs two players.
		Farm team players must wear the uniform of the team by which he/she was drafted.
		The same farm team player may not play for more than one higher league team during a season (except when a team is a farm team for more than one higher league team) without the approval of the opposing manager OR two of four (2 of 4) approvals from the commissioners and league directors involved.
	www.hartbaseball.org /rules10.htm (755 words)

	American League (AL) Farm System Directory and Rankings - Teams in Minor Leagues for Player Development for Major ...
		The Boston Red Sox were named MLN's FAB50 Farm of the Year 2005 at mid-season for their performance throughout the year, and the number of quality players that they delivered to the FAB50.
		There are some independent leagues outside of the farm system that still deal in player contracts to major league clubs, but more than 99% of the players are usually developed within the farm systems, even when purchased from an independent ballclub.
		The clubs affiliated are scattered over a wide terrain including crossovers into other major clubs' super markets, making the farm system less valuable as a broad fan base in the local region.
	www.minorleaguenews.com /baseball/affiliated/farms/ALfarm.html (1675 words)

	Farm Management Clubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Also known as production clubs and marketing clubs, farm clubs exist in many different forms and address and focus on a vast number of subject areas relevant to club members.
		A farm management group is an independent group of agricultural producers working together to find ways to enhance their technical and financial management capabilities.
		This 28-page booklet is aimed at providing farm management stakeholders in Canada with a simplified practical guide (road map) on the steps to follow in forming a management club.
	www.agr.gc.ca /ren/serv/club_e.cfm (339 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Oregon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		Eugene Emeralds, a single-A club in the Northwest League
		Portland Beavers, a triple-A club in the Pacific Coast League
		Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, a single-A club in the Northwest League
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Oregon (3532 words)

	SABR :\|\| SABR-Zine \| Highlights of Other Presentations
		Their contribution is discussed herein, and then the focus is on the farm clubs and prospects of the two Ohio major league teams, Cleveland and Cincinnati.
		Evidently the farms were instrumental in the Reds’ 1939-40 pennants, but afterward they had one of the weakest farm systems until the mid-50’s, when the movement which culminated in the Big Red Machine was begun.
		In addition to developping a definitive list of farm clubs he does historical/SABRmetric analysis of player performance, and is currently working on studies of the Cubs and their opponents.
	www.sabr.org /sabr.cfm?a=cms,c,47,34,0 (903 words)

	Focus on... extension: A growing connection for Ghana's deaf children
		The farm club members have also been busy in refining their crop production, experimenting with input levels for their vegetable crops, grown in 'container gardens'.
		Linking the school clubs has so far been done in a very practical way; each club has been giving the final ten per cent of their profits - in the form of seed or young animals - to another club, to help it diversify its activities.
		Given continued funding from the IT companies, the plan is to equip each school club with a satellite phone which they can use to 'phone-in' to their farming programme, to ask and answer questions of programme guests or other listeners.
	www.new-agri.co.uk /04-3/focuson/focuson3.html (884 words)

	Freemason Information - Masonic Farm Clubs
		Under their "farm system," rookie players are broken in and, when ready, move up to the major leagues.
		Since our colleges are rich with fine young men familiar with the concept of fraternity and who desire to take the next logical step in their fraternal career, it seems to me that we are missing an opportunity if we do not establish a program to attract such men to Freemasonry.
		DeMolay has always been deemed the farm club of the fraternity, but this is for young men up to the age of 18.
	www.freemasoninformation.com /bryce/farmclubs.htm (639 words)

	Session C: Program Delivery \| Farm Clubs and the Agriculture Options Network
		As a result, the On-Farm Test Committee was faced with the dilemma of whether or not to work with an environmental group that was considered by many to be nonsupportive of commercial farm operators in north-central Idaho and eastern Washington.
		For example, many of the on-farm tests were designed to reduce inputs while increasing profit margins and demonstrated environmental enhancing factors that reduce pesticide use.
		As a result, attempts to successfully implement sustainable farming practices, including reduced pesticide use and soil-saving tillage practices, were demonstrated to a wide variety of groups.
	www.nal.usda.gov /afsic/nsfc/2c1.htm (871 words)

	Youth Garden Clubs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Garden Club initiative builds on Southside Community Land Trust’s twenty-two year history with youth garden projects in the greater Providence area.
		Clubs work from a prepared Garden Club manual designed to assist Club Leaders with curriculum development and guide students’ learning in the garden environment.
		Currently SCLT is working with our first three Garden Clubs, two in Olneyville and one in South Providence.
	www.southsideclt.org /education/clubs.php (160 words)

	Profile: Jan Tusick
		Without the Farm Club she belonged to, Jan recalls, "I never would have known about a lentil farmer in Eastern Montana who was using fl medic as a rotation crop — an alternative to fallow farming.
		Since then, 150 self-initiated, organized and led clubs involving over 500 farm and ranch families have researched on-farm practices, marketing, processing, consumer education and ways to add value to their crops.
		They host an annual gathering of all the clubs, where farmers describe what they're doing and learning, what problems and obstacles they've run into, and what new questions are emerging.
	wsare.usu.edu /pub/sare2000/128.htm (1028 words)

	The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball / A Library of Book Reviews
		Branch Rickey of the Cardinals started the practice of purchasing minor league clubs outright to save money, but it took several years for this practice to be accepted by the baseball establishment.
		This came in the middle of a period when the parent club was winning three division titles, but perhaps the lack of talent in the minors foretold the parent club's inevitable crash four years later.
		In 1996 the Red Sox farm clubs finished the year at 348-344, the first winning season in a decade, with Pawtucket and Trenton both finishing in first place.
	webpages.charter.net /joekuras/encminor.htm (1320 words)

	Cultivating Cooperation: A History of the Missouri Farmers Association
		As one of the most successful farm organizations in the United States, the Missouri Farmers Association brought together farm clubs from all over the state to serve as the central body through which farmer-owned businesses could compete with investor-owned businesses.
		At the age of fifteen, Hirth became interested in farming and started lecturing on the benefits of building a cooperative of farm clubs.
		Hirth believed that the farm clubs should capitalize not only on the economic advantages of joining together as a cooperative, but on the political and social advantages as well.
	www.umsystem.edu /upress/spring1995/young.htm (426 words)

	RMIF Farm Business Clubs can make a real difference
		RED Meat Industry Forum Farm Business Clubs can make a real difference to farmers' bottom lines was the message from Clare Wise, RMIF's on-farm project manager speaking at the Oxford Farming Conference on 4 January.
		An independent evaluation carried out by Imperial College London showed that 85 percent of Club members expected the changes they had put in place to impact on their profitability within the next twelve months.
		RMIF Chairman Peter Barr said: "With size comes responsibility." He has challenged retailers to support a more sustainable way of working with their British supply chains and believes there are signs that this is starting to take place.
	tumpline.com /stackyard/news/2006/01/meat/01_rmif_oxford_challenge.html (314 words)

	TIME.com: Bonanza In The Bushes -- Aug. 1, 1988 -- Page 1
		Opportunities to invest in the minors used to be limited, since about 90% of the farm clubs were once owned and operated by the major-league teams.
		Players' salaries range from an average of about $5,000 a month on Triple A clubs, the highest level in the minors, to $700 to $1,100 a month for both Class A ball and the lowest level of professional baseball, the rookie league.
		The parent clubs buy equipment and pick up the tab for 75% of the meal and hotel bills when the farm teams are on the road.
	www.time.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,968005,00.html (748 words)

	@GRASSROOTS.ORG/AERO
		By requiring the farmers to work in groups, the project builds community, and it gives farmers a reason to talk with each other about farming techniques and economy, a communication that, unfortunately, is rare in western farm culture.
		In addition to its efforts with farm-improvement clubs, AERO serves as a major clearinghouse of information about energy conservation, solar power and related issues, with a comprehensive library available to their members as well as providing technical information in response to telephoned requests.
		AERO is also in the process of organizing a Sustainable Agriculture Working Group (SAWG) for the western states, the last major region of the U.S. not incorporated in such a group; they're using the SAWG based at the Center for Rural Affairs in Walthill, Neb., as their model.
	www.grass-roots.org /usa/aero.shtml (545 words)

	Garden Associations & Clubs \| Farm & Garden
		Associations and Clubs that center on gardening and farming related activities.
		While the gardeners reap the benefit of eating vegetables and herbs with a superior taste, the farmers have the advantage of being able to offer these same vegetables and herbs to their customers.
		GSHSS works with living history farms, historical sites, and museums to provide them with seeds appropriate for the era they portray.
	www.farm-garden.com /links/associations (604 words)

	Bringing in the Harvest, Without a Farm in Sight
		Food club buyers, for their part, say they are being forced to learn,
		Farmers and club members say that the key to their dialogue is that despite
		"I like to think a lot of people still have a farming gene rattling around in their DNA somewhere," said Steve Gilman, the owner of Ruckytucks Farm in Stillwater, N.Y., who has worked with buying clubs in nearby Saratoga.
	www.organicconsumers.org /organic/newyork102703.cfm (1411 words)

	Scout.com: Farm Clubs Produce Some Run Producers
		Outfielder Jason Cooper led the farm system in total RBI with 100, followed by Ryan Mulhern with 95, Andy Abad, 85, Brad Snyder, 82, and Ernie Young, 78.
		Ryan Garko, who had 77 RBI in 452 at-bats (.170) for Buffalo and Snyder, (82 RBI in 513 at-bats at Akron and Buffalo,.160) were a little farther down the list in the farm system, but would have had percentages that would have placed second and third, respectively, to Hafner in Cleveland.
		Two of the best RBI men at the lower levels of the system were young first basemen Hiser and Stephen Head, who was Cleveland's second-round draft pick in June.
	indians.scout.com /2/460575.html (443 words)

	USATODAY.com - Prospects to watch in NL teams' farm systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		With the troubles the big-league club is having at closer, RHP Blaine Neal might not be long for the Calgary bullpen.
		This year, he walked a batter in his first game at Kane County and farm director Jim Fleming joked that he was relieved — now he can move on without the "streak" hanging over his head.
		RHP J.M. Gold, the club's top pick in 1998, has missed most of the last two years after Tommy John surgery and remains out until about mid-May. He is being handled carefully as he rebuilds his arm strength.
	pocket.usatoday.com /sports/bbw/2002-04-17/minors.htm (10415 words)

	Open Directory - Recreation: Antiques: Farm and Ranch Equipment: Tractors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		The Hoosier Two-Cylinder Club - A group located in central Indiana that is dedicated to the preservation of two-cylinder John Deere tractors.
		International Cockshutt Club - To unite into one organization, all persons interested in the education, preservation and exhibition of Cockshutt/CO-OP farm equipment and related subsidiaries and affiliates.
		Wheatfarm.com - For farm and AG enthusiasts and presents an extensive resource of pictures and information specific to farming and mechanical equipment.
	dmoz.org /Recreation/Antiques/Farm_and_Ranch_Equipment/Tractors (2044 words)

	YFC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
		She was originally employed by the NFYFC as a secretary, but later became the office services manager and, more recently, personal assistant to the chief executive.
		The National Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs (NFYFC) is one of the largest youth organisations in the UK.
		Their memberships comprise 20,900 members aged 10 to 26 and they provide a unique opportunity for members to develop skills, work with the local community, travel abroad, take part in a varied competitions programme and enjoy a dynamic social life.
	www.nfyfc.org.uk /showpage.asp?pg=press&id=130 (331 words)

	St Louis Browns Farm Clubs in the 40's - Baseball Fever
		His name was James (Jim) Roberts, played 2B and I believe he played on some clubs in the Carolinas or possibly Tennessee.
		My Dad was on the St. Louis Browns farm club in the '40s.
		I believe that all of those clubs besides Springfield were associated with the Browns' organization.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=14380 (2958 words)

	North County Times - Pro Sports - Farm report: Postseason still possibility for some Padres farm clubs
		Farm report: Postseason still possibility for some Padres farm clubs
		But in the Pioneer League, Idaho Falls (8-16) is hopelessly out of it, trailing Provo by 10 games in the second half standings in the South Division with 14 games to play.
		The hard part for Towers and the Padres is keeping all the playoff clubs competitive.
	nctimes.com /articles/2003/08/23/sports/professional/8_23_031_03_57.txt (1327 words)

	FAB50 2005 Baseball - Top 50 Players by Major League Club (Farm System) & FAB50 Farm of the Year 2005 - The Best of ...
		The Athletics, who had one of the hottest farm systems a few years ago still continue to miss the 50.
		Matt T is a Washington home boy, from the long line of football players that find their way to the Bay Area in Frisco and Oakland.
		The Diamondbacks' farm system is starting to recharge after being a bit trade depleted.
	www.minorleaguenews.com /baseball/features/articles2005/08/15/53.html (1372 words)

	Discus Fish Farm Breeder and Exporter - clcDisCus
		A photo catalogue of farm's discus can be found in our discus picture section of our web site.
		By understanding the demands of the market for new variety, we constantly work towards developing new strains, which we further develop to ensure its breed true capability.
		If you are a looking for a discus farm with good source of quality discus fish for your business, do consider us as your supplier.
	www.clcdiscus.com (321 words)

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		Aston Martin Owners Club The Aston Martin Owners Club is one of the oldest one-make clubs, one of the largest with world-wide membership and one of the leaders.
		The San Diego Mustang Club Objectives of the club include: stimulate the recognition, restoration and preservation of the Ford Mustang, encourage fellowship among members by sponsoring recreational and social activities, and educate members in the maintenance and care of Mustangs.
		Colorado Cougar Club We are a family oriented club dedicated to the enjoyment of the Mercury Cougar.
	www.rockauto.com /links.html (4841 words)

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