3535 E   36 S
Mountain Home, Idaho
83647

LOCATION:

The farm is located 3 miles southeast of Mountain Home, Idaho. Addressed on Bennett Rd., it has a beautiful view of Bennett Mountain and surrounding area. The arid region of southern Idaho dictates the lack of dreary weather and provides lots of warm, sunny days and a long growing season. While being close in to a small community, it provides the privacy of country living and has easy access to larger chain stores that provide for the area. Mountain Home is located 40 miles south east of Boise, ID along interstate 84.

The property is located just 2 miles from the interstate and has easy access on exit #99 with entry either to the east or west. Twin Falls, is approx 80 miles east and Boise is 40 miles west. The Nevada border is approx 2 hours away and the Oregon border thru Ontario is approx 1.5 hours away.

                     The older style home has had extensive remolding along with  up to code wiring and plumbing.   It  is very comfortable, with all the conviences a farm type setting could ask for.    As you enter the home  from the spacious redwood deck you will  go thru sliding glass doors.    The kitchen includes  dishwasher,  microwave, stainless sink, disposal,   automatic ice maker and water dispenser  in the refer, ceramic cook top and self cleaner oven,   center kitchen located  island counter top and plenty of storage for all your  wares.    Dining area is  an enlargement  of the very well designed kitchen and  has  bay window and glass doors  as  natural exposure to outside viewing.
                     The  living room is  accented with a  beautiful stone fireplace and  exposed aggregate hearth.
            Master  bedroom is spacious with large walk in closet and luxurious carpet.  Lower level basement  is a
            spacious rec . room.   and  also includes a  large bedroom and   full  bath .     There is an additional bedroom on the main floor,   a  nice  utility and  smaller office is also part of the main floor design.  Total square footage is  2450.
                     The yard has  been beautifully lanscaped and several new settings of shade trees  has been incorporated to provide a variety of  fall folage and beauty as well as  summer shade.    A  vinyl fence is  placed to border the  yard and add  no-maintainence beauty to the surroundings.     This  farm/ranch  has all the beauty one could hope for in an easy to maintain design.

additional yard pictures may be viewed on the gladiolus garden page.
 

    ##      In addition to the home on the property,  there is a  newer  (3yrs)  doublewide set up  and serviced by its own power and sewer  system.    This  would make a great  rental for a  small family or  a modest home for a hired   man.    Its  approx. size is  1000 sq ft. and is all electric,  reducing the potential for  any open flame  emergencies.      This  house has 3 bedrooms, kitchen, integrated utility , a living * dining area and 1 bath.  It  is included in the sale.  It is properly anchored and  a lawn has been planted  around the front of the building and  has a redwood entry porch on the east side and a  kennel for a pet.

OUT BUILDINGS:

                         SHOP ....is an  insulated and lined  quanset type building of approx 40 x 100  size with   electricty and small office area , concrete floor and furnace.
                         MACHINERY SHED ....is a approx  50 x 80 ,  baked enamel , metal covered , clear span  red iron structure with concrete floor and power .

ACREAGE:

 420 +/-     ACRES  with   FSA measured  393 farmable   since the installation of the Valley pivot irrigation systems was completed.

WATER:

                      This farm offers some of  the cheapest  water / acre cost  of any land  on the tract that is  sprinkler irrigated.    The benefits of the canal system  GREATLY  reduces the  power  requirements for water application.

                        275    SHARES..... Mountain Home Irrigation district   CANAL WATER.   This water costs  $34.00 / share for maintainence  of the system and  requires pressurization costs  for the  sprinkler systems found on the farm.   Approx $30. /acre pressurization cost to apply cananl water.
                        4 . 22  CFS  .....water rights equal to approx 212 miners inches / sec of ground water also included  in the  sale.......This is adjudicated as supplimental  water  thru the  ISDWR  and is  available for use from 4/1  to 11/1 of each year.    The water is pumped from  a deep well located  on the home site and  is  pumped with a  350 hp centrifugal pump from  an approx.  static level of  325 ft.    The pump is set at  approx 380 feet and  has been used annually with great success.    There is possible relocation of water right.
                         2   seperate pump station for pressurization of canal water are located along the  canal system.  One station  comprises  a  75 hp  turbine pump that has capacity to pump approx 200 inches  at 50 # preassure,  and the other station has 3 pumps..... 2 - 20 hp and  1 - 30 hp  centrifugal pumps for adjusting the flow as demand may dictate.      For year 2003 these pumps   produced a total of 140 inches  flow  pushing it against the load from the higher level pump.
                         All main lines are connected  and range in size from 10 to 6 inches depending on location and demand.    All pump stations have the  ability to run at the same time and  / or independantly and can be adjusted to the needs  of the demanding  flow.

IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT:

                         The water is managed with 3  new (2003)  VALLEY pivots  and  approx  25 ,  1/4 mile long ,   ball and socket hand lines for  the corners.   All equipment will be included in the sale including  pipe trailer,  hand lines and   1/4 mile  of 4" portable  main line.
                         Deep well pump panel was updated in 2003 with a new  mag starter $6500.oo  complete and  the lower  pump station was  moved and   updated the same  year.
                          A new  12 inch gravity line provides the water to the lower  pump station after removal of  an existing  power line  to allow  travel   of   the pivot for maximum land coverage.

CROPS:

                          The farm has  grown spuds, beans, grain, sugar beets, and is  currently seeded to  alfalfa.    120 acres of  new seeding , year 2003, and   the remainder is  2 year old alfalfa   seeded in 2002.     There is some residue of  timothy  grass in the larger  pivot as that field was converted to alfalfa in 2002 after  attempting  a spray out procedure  of the grass.      With the  placement of the new  pivots, the rotation can now include  corn and any other crop one feels compelled to raise.
                           There has been construction of  a new  5000 cow dairy just 6 miles away and  another to be  constructed in the very near  future,  that should provide a good market for any feed  crops that might be grown

OVERVIEW:

                            Pictures,   canal water supply information,  and  farm service aerial  maps  can be attained by contacting owner.                        This property is  close to many great recreational sites, including  skiing,  boating ,  fishing, hunting  and camping areas. The Boise area , only 40 miles away, provides easy access to a nationally ranked college and many other forms of  entertainment that  major  educational establishments bring to a community.
 

 Hay  harvest and various equipment is also available for seperate sale,
OR
turnkey operation , including the equipment , priced @

$  1,500,000.oo

contact:

  SOLD