12451 CERTIFIED ORGANIC AMISH FARM:

Amish farm now offered in an area which little ever comes up for sale. Located on a quiet road, it has 140 acres, 58 of which are tillable (well-drained Wassaic soils predominate), 60 wooded, and the remainder is either pasture or Wetland.  The farm is certifiable as organic.  A Wetland easement could be sold to the State by the new owner if they desired.  There is much water on the property - three developed springs, a drilled well, a small stream, and a large beaver pond (which crosses over into adjacent land). There is $20000 of timber value, and, frankly, some needs to be thinned to allow better growth of the rest. The owner will be doing this carefully, then plowing the proceeds back into the property.

The home is large, 15 rooms. Downstairs is a front porch (6x18' - incidentally, all sizes given here are approximate), a mud room, large wash and baking room (16x30', which could be turned into a garage if you wanted), a living room (15x27'), a kitchen/dining room (14x20'), a sitting room (15x15', with a wood stove, plank ceiling and floors, and wainscoting), a bedroom (15x15'), an office (8x14'), and two pantries/storage rooms. Upstairs are 2 sitting rooms, and 4-5 bedrooms).  Part of the home is new but not all has been finished.

The main barn is roughly 40x130' and is of post and beam construction throughout most of its length. Once a 52 cow barn with a spreader shed, it now has 28 cow ties and 10 horse stalls (2 box stalls & 8 straight stalls), plus a 2 story wing for hay and straw, and another section that is used as a woodworking shop.

There is a 3 bay machinery shed (20x30'), a large machinery shed (22x75'), a small chicken coop and other small buildings. The owner's son owns a one room rustic log cabin (neat!) and a two stall horse barn which are built to be portable and will be removed unless you also wish to purchase them ($8000 for the cabin).

Current taxes are $3952, but will be lowered next year as the owner has just combined 3 tax parcels. While the price of $279000 equals his investment there, he is definitely looking for offers and propositions. 

Let me give you some ideas. 1) He could sell with less land (a neighbor would like to have some of the land in the back should he decide to sell that way). By non-Amish standards, much of the home is unfinished. For instance, there are many plywood floors, no functional wiring, no bathrooms (other than a 3 holer), and no kitchen cabinets. But the owner is an accomplished carpenter, electrician, and cabinet-maker. 2) He can put in hardwood floors, wire it to code (if you buy the materials), or put in bathrooms or kitchen cabinets. 

For religious reasons, this (#2) cannot be done until the property is under contract and a deposit given - he hopes that you will understand.  Also, for religious reasons, there can be no Sunday showings or drivebys.  Also, for religious reasons, the Church has asked that we disseminate no interior pictures without prior approval. When you visit here, you will immediately see that there is nothing to hide and that we are dealing with people of honest and honorable intentions who operate under certain constraints of their beliefs . 

SOLD

12444 HERE IS A FARM PUT TOGETHER RIGHT with just the correct combination of land, barn, heifer and machine facilities plus a super herd and an excellent line of machinery - and it doesn't hurt that it is a Dairy of Distinction either. There are 254 acres, with 170 tillable, all in a high state of cultivation. You won't find any steep land is this area. Additional land (125 acres) is rented adjoining and the total enables the owner to not only feed his herd, but to sell 5-6000 bales and  $30000 of corn in addition to providing his own corn for grain as well as silage. For the cows, he only needs to purchase protein supplement. There is also long frontage on a quiet paved road, 2 small and 2 large ponds, & a seasonal stream. The non-tillable land is  roughly equally divided between pasture and woodland. If you need to sell timber, there is some value in the maple and locust stands in the woods.

The home measures 40x40' and has 2 stories plus a full walkup attic and a large, dry basement with high ceilings and a poured cement foundation.  It is in very good condition, neat and clean. Downstairs is a country kitchen with  Carriage House cabinetry. There is a half bath, double living rooms, and a formal dining room downstairs and 4  bedrooms and a full bath on the second story. Rooms are large and well-lit from all new windows. The windows are vinyl outside and wood inside, stained to match the dark yellow pine woodwork which is throughout the home. The framing of the home also appears to be yellow pine. It is very well constructed and is a real Montgomery Wards kit  home, built in 1934 as a direct competitor to the famous Sears Roebuck homes of the same era. Downstairs floors are carpeted and upstairs are - you guessed it - yellow pine, though finished natural.  All principal rooms are large here and the home calculates to 3200 square feet of living space. Heat is from an older oil hot air furnace (with 550 gallon oil storage) and also from a newer outdoor wood furnace. Its roof was new 5-6 years ago and it has a separate one car garage. A spring services the home. There are 2 porches to the home to permit gracious warm weather living.

The dairy barn has 90 tie stalls,is 38x220' and is about as well-improved and efficient as it is possible to be. There is a 6 unit 2” DeLaval pipeline with ATO's that weigh milk and do darn near everything but feed the cows and blow their noses. There is tunnel ventilation to provide clean-smelling air that is cool and free of flies in the summer. A plate cooler makes your milk-cooling bill a fraction of what it would otherwise be as well as increases water consumption by the herd (remember: milk is 96% water). Variable speed vacuum and transfer pumps cut electrical costs.  Mangers are tiled, so they stay clean and are easy to sweep. A sand bedding system provide extra cow comfort with enhanced cleanliness. The herd is strep ag and staph aureous free here.  An automatic round-the-barn grain feeder delivers grain 6X daily to each cow, just what she needs, and in small doses for better rumen performance.  A spreader shed incorporated into the stable keeps manure from freezing, even  on the coldest days, and your tractor always starts like it was summer. A large concrete barnyard was a government project and separates run-off from the manure and that of rainwater and handles each in an environmentally appropriate manner.  

There are also more 12 ties  in the barn for older heifers or perhaps dry cows. There is a 7 year old 2000 gallon bulk tank. Silage is stored in  2 Harvestores (20x32' HMC unit and a 20x70' haylage unit) and also a concrete 20x70' for silage. The barn cleaner chain is a 2 year old Houle. Water is from a spring and the 2 large ponds (600,000 and 1,000,000 gallons each). There is also a new setup for emergency power generation. The barn holds 15000 bales in the loft.

A new heifer barn is a Coverall structure which is 62x150' and has  freestalls for 75 heifers, drive-through feeding and storage for 6000 more bales of hay. There is a level manure push-off and tiled mangers. You will find this not only efficient and good for the cattle, but  it is also an extremely pleasant barn to work in - airy, sunny , and well-lit. There are 2 machinery sheds, 40x40 ‘ and 24x40' which will handle all the farm's machine storage needs. There is also a chicken house and a small shop to complete the building list.

The price is reasonable - $450000 and taxes are too - $5700. For fair market value at the time of sale, you can purchase his stock or his equipment. Here is a list.

Cattle - 90 milkers with nearly a 26000 lb. herd average (!!!) and 920 of fat (3.7%), 800 of protein (3.1%) and only 130000 SCC. There are 75 heifers of various ages. All are high-grade Holsteins .

Machinery - JD 7810 w/cab & 4WD (2002), JD 6415 (2004),l JD 3020 (1969), Ford 7000 (1975) tractors. There is a JD 926 discbine, NH 256 rake, a 2 years old Hesston inline baler, 3 tube elevators, a Citrix 4 star tedder, 5 hay wagons (all 9x18's, steel - 2 of which are nearly new H & S's, 2 are older, with the last one in-between in age), NH782 chopper with 2 row corn & grass heads, CIH 600 blower, 3 SU wagons (JD 716A, JD 714A & H & S), White 588 5 gang plows, JD 637 15' disc, 2 sets of drags, a Big Ox 18' cultimulcher, a JD 1240 plateless 4 row corn planter, JD Van Brunt grain drill, a 3ph 30' crop sprayer, a 3ph fertilizer spreader, NH 3106 slinger-style spreader (plus an older spreader for parts or light use), Kilbros gravity wagon, a 60 KW generator which will handle the entire farm, a NH L465 skid steer loader, 2 Uebler feed carts, a WIc grain cart (for heifers), and  a stock trailer.

All growing crops are included. All stored corps are negotiable.

12390 EDGE OF CITY 41 ACRE FARM TO DEVELOP OR ROADSIDE MARKET: 

Less than 3 miles from the Utica city limits in a rapidly developing area is this 41 acre farm reminiscent of the way things used to be. Excellent location on state highway for a roadside market with 20 acres of prime level farmland to back it up. Another 20 acres of fenced pasture with a creek running through will provide for your livestock if you wish to go that route.

The 12 room home is a circa 1849 center hall colonial in good condition. Downstairs is a large entry room, a large eat-in kitchen, a pantry/laundry room, living room, dining room, office and bath. Upstairs are 4 bedrooms, a storage room and an attic room. The floors are mostly plank, the ceilings high and there are two full length glass promenade doors in the dining room that go out onto the front porch. There is a 3/4 concrete basement with access from the attached garage, vinyl siding, a newer oil hot water heating system with radiators, a 150 amp electric service, woodstove hookup, an 1000 gal concrete septic and city water and gas. Structurally the home is in very good shape but it will need some updating and redecorating to suit your taste.

The 36'x110' former dairy barn with full overhead hay storage is in very good condition and there is ample headroom for horses. The milkhouse has been turned into a workshop and there is also an attached storage shed. There are 38 swing stanchions and 2 pens, a 14'x30' concrete stave silo with an operating silo unloader and a greased and oiled Patz barn cleaner ready to go to work. There is also another 18'x18' storage shed.

A great place to grow some vegetables, raise some critters or just to get a taste of the country close to the city. Located in the Town of Schuyler, Herkimer County with 350' of road frontage, Whitesboro school district, total taxes $3365 with no exemptions. SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED TO $285,000 WITH OFFERS INVITED!

BROKERS NOTE:  The land alone here, given the proximity to Utica, is worth more than the asking price.

12411 MONTGOMERY COUNTY FARM WITH CIRCA 1830 BRICK HOME:

60 acre farm located in eastern Montgomery County - easy access to the Capital District or Saratoga . It is just beyond the outskirts of town with no homes nearby and wonderful views down the Mohawk Valley . 53 are tillable (actually 60 are tillable as there are 6 acres under a power line that the farm has exclusive use of but does not own or pay taxes on) and 7 wooded, with 2800' of road frontage. More land is available to rent. Or you could buy it with less land, 26 acres, and the owner would retain the land across the road. In the lawn are young but bearing pear, plum, peach and apricot trees.

The home is a side hall brick colonial, built in the 1830's with 3200 square feet of living space. A wing has been painstakingly restored and features the original pumpkin pine floors, decorative woodwork (also throughout the rest of the home). In it is a large dining (or living) room, with one wall of brick, a large eat-in kitchen with custom made cherry cabinetry, an oversize bath/laundry and a mud room with slate floor. The latches and hinges are all antique or reproductions - you cannot tell which is which. Above it are 2 bedrooms and an attic. In the brick section of the home, restoration is still an ongoing process. The owner is working on the living room now. It will have a mock fireplace, decorative panels under the large windows, wood flooring and all new sheetrock. The side hall has double front doors with arched windows - wonderful shape. There is also a former kitchen and a 1/2 bath in this section. Upstairs are 3 bedrooms and a full bath. Every room in the upstairs has paneling, but the old floor and woodwork is still there. The home has been rewired, reinsulated, has two porches, an oil hot air furnace. It comes with nearly new appliances (stove, refrigerator, dishwasher, washer, drier) and a wood cook stove.

There is a restored 36x36' 2 story barn with a new cement floor and room for three cars, side by side, 2 end to end (6 total). It is being painted now.

The dairy barn is large. The old post and beam section is 36x90 and has 38 tie stalls, a 2” pipeline, 500g bulk tank. Attached to it is a 90x90' freestall with 42 stalls, grooved concrete and automatic feeding from a 20x80 Harvestore and a 16x40 concrete silo. It has a drilled well and a pond for water, and oil fired hot water.

It is available with an older but working line of machinery - 2 older JD tractors, haybine, rake, JD baler, elevator, several hay wagons, JD chopper and a manure spreader (additional money). The price is $39 9000 with the 60 acres or $332000 with 26 acres. Taxes are only $2500 and owner financing is generously offered.

12448 SUPER LAND AND LOTS OF IT:

Plus it is uncommonly pretty. 297 acres, with 280 tillable in huge well-drained fields, nearly all flat. All the hay land could be classified organic. All in a good state of cultivation with predominantly Mohawk and Palatine soils. More land to use or rent. Views are everywhere. And there is well over 3 MILES of road frontage.

The barn is a fairly new 162 cow freestall, open to the south, measuring 60x240'. Cows are milked in the old barn (40x150', with a 30X70' lean-to), in a modern double 8 parlour with automatic take-offs. There is a 2000 gallon bulk tank, a cleaner in the barn and room for 60 heifers, plus 4 pens for maternity or sick cows. Manure here goes into a pit for weekly cleaning. This barn has full overhead hay. It has very cheap village water.

There are 2 40x60' machinery sheds, part of one of which is used for a farm shop. Three bunker silos occupy a 90x150' space. There is also a tennis/basketball court, which not many (heck, NO other farms) farms have.

There are 4 homes available at this location. The main home is large home, 10 rooms, 5 of them bedrooms + 2 full baths. It has a new roof, an old wood/steam furnace and is set up in such a way that it could be used as a 2 family.  The second home is 3 bedroom, 2 baths with an attached garage and also has a new roof. Both homes are in fair condition, are used as residences, and both have their own dug wells. Additionally, there is a double wide on the property. They don't own that home, but do own the land, septic and water there. That can give a new owner some rental income or he could ask that it be removed and then install his own home there.

Available for additional money is a large Victorian on 6 acres with a small barn and a large older machinery shed. It is in nice condition and would make a good owner's home. Also, from another owner, but nearly adjoining is a very nice home for only $135000 which is on 1.3 acres, has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths and a 24x72' shop/heated recreation room.

Cattle are available for fair market value- currently there are 145 of milking age with a 22000 RHA, 3.9% F, & 3.1%P. The herd is a mixture of registered and hi-grade Holsteins . There are 35 bred heifers, 50 yearlings, and 40 calves as well.  The owner has a full line of machinery, with 8-10 tractors. He has not yet made up his mind if he wants to keep any of it and, if he does, which pieces. The remainder will be for sale.

Taxes are about $20000 and the price is $1,180,000.  The owner will retain a 10% energy/mineral right share .

SOLD

12409 OTSEGO COUNTY OPERATING DAIRY FARM: Operating dairy with excellent home and very good 70 cow barn on 212 acres, west of Cooperstown . There are 80 acre tillable, and some of them are creek flats as a creek winds through the property. All alfalfa land. Another 75 are pasture and 50 more are wooded with good hunting. Large road frontage. The home has 8 rooms, a fireplace (will be refaced by owner), refinished wood floors with some carpet and some ceramic tile - all like new. There is a mud room, country kitchen with new cabinetry, living room, office and a bath down with 3 bedrooms and an attic above. The home has new vinyl siding, new windows, many new floors. The barn is 55x100' and has 70 ties n 3 rows with a 1.5” Universal pipeline, 700 gallon bulk tank, Clay and Jamesway cleaners, and 2 silos (18x40, 20x60). There is a spreader shed and a generator hookup. There is a 22x48 pole barn that is nearly new and an older 2 story hay (or heifer) barn (32x70') Also a trailer hookup next to this barn. A country road winds across the center of the property, but all the buildings and all the pasture is on the same side of the road. Nearly new oil furnace. Taxes are about $6000.

12382 HERKIMER COUNTY STOCKED AND EQUIPPED CATTLE AND CROP FARM:

Step right in here and get down to business. This 159 acre farm can be purchased fully stocked and equipped with 57 head of mostly angus and angus cross beef cattle and a very extensive line of mostly newer equipment ready to go to work. There are 104 tillable acres here of mostly high lime Honeoye and Lima silt loam soils, 10 acres of woods and the remainder in well fenced pasture. There is also a year round stream and 3 ponds to water your stock. Another 145 tilable acres on the adjoining farm is currently available rent free from a downstate hunting club. There is a natural gas lease and a meteorlogical tower lease that will go with the farm.

The home is an 8 room 25 year old raised ranch in very nice condition. The main floor has an eat-in kitchen, living room, 2 bedrooms, office and bath and it sells completely applianced and furnished. The finished basement was once a separate apartment with an entry hall, kitchen/living room, bedroom and 3/4 bath. There is also a stand up attic, a garage below, a large rear deck overlooking the fields, aluminum siding, new thermopane windows, a new oil hot water furnace and another wood furnace, a 200 amp electric service, a never ending artesian well water supply, 750 gal fiberglass septic and generator hookup. There is a modular pad just below the house with it's own electric hookup and septic in place should you wish to make use of it.

The 40'x 110' former dairy barn with full overhead hay storage has had the stalls removed to make it more suitable to run beef cattle but the Patz barn cleaner remains along with a 14'x40' concrete stave silo with an unloader. There is a new 48'x80' enclosed steel pole machinery barn with a 25'x80' attached leanto and another 30'x40' steel pole stock barn with 2 box stalls. The very extensive line of mostly later model tillage, planting, harvesting (including 2 combines) and hauling equipment included is way too long to get into here but will be provided upon request. All tools and miscellaneous equipment needed around a farm (and he has just about everything) are also included along with all crops growing and in storage at the time of sale. 

Total taxes are approx $4800 with the star program. Owner will expect to be reinbursed for the 2010 crop season. Stocked and equipped asking price is $745,000. Asking $450,000 for bare farm. 

SOLD

12450 NICE ONE-MAN FARM AT THE EDGE OF VILLAGE:

142 acre farm at town's edge has 90-106 tillable, depending upon who you ask.  10 acres are wooded and the remainder is pasture. This is early land due to a lower elevation, so you can get 3-4 cuttings of hay. Well drained and fertile silt loams and some silty clay loam soils, all in hay now. Due to its proximity to 2 Townships and a Village, there are 7 parcels here, so subdivision would be very easy for someone who wanted to do that. All could have village water, too. Lots of road frontage on 2 sides of 2 roads. More land to rent.

The stable holds 53 cows and has full overhead hay.  This barn measures 36x120' and has a spreader room added at the end. Barn cleaner, 2” pipeline, 550g bulk tank, no silos (he used ag bags).  Part of the loft floor/stable ceiling is made from solid 2x4's!  An amazing spring provides all the water you'll ever dream of using.

There are 2 large sheds, 54x66' (which houses a house trailer used for office space and storage) and 40x50' which has 9 horse stalls. 

The home is in good condition and has 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths.  Downstairs is the kitchen, a formal dining room and a living room (these rooms have fine oak floors) + half bath. On the second floor is a family room, a full bath,  and 2 bedrooms with the third bedroom in what was once the attic. It was totally remodeled 25 years and three children ago. It has a full basement w/laundry and a 10 year old hot air furnace. Nice views across 2 valleys.

This is a ready-to-go dairy.

A Farmall 706 and Ford 3000 w/loader and a line of mostly hay machinery (NH 479 haybine, NH 256 rake, NH 273 baler + 4 old kicker wagons, elevator, brush hog, generator, & manure spreader) is available. 5000 bales of hay are in the loft. The price of the hay and machinery are negotiable.  Wonderful views, very quiet  and convenient location.  $299000, taxes are $5500, of which he receives back $2000 from the school taxes, so the net cost is $3500/year. Offers?

SOLD

12338 OTSEGO COUNTY DAIRY: 127 acres in the rolling hills just outside of Morris and buy a short drive from Oneonta. Land has been surveyed and fenced for rotational grazing. There are 80 tillable acres, 12 woods and the balance pasture. Two story recently renovated home is fully insulated and easy to heat. It has new wiring, siding and interior walls. The roof, furnace and most appliances are less than 5 years old. Dual heat uses indoor oil fired furnace and outdoor wood furnace. The barn is 140' long and set up with about 68 free stalls and mats. There are also 2 box stalls. The barn will hold about 80 head. There is an attached 16 swing New Zealand style milking parlor. All fixtures are less than 5 years old. There is also a 32x48' shop building with high overhead clearance. Attached garage and woodshed. There is also a very nice two section outbuilding that has a half concrete floor with gates and water. The other half is used for equipment.

UNDER CONTRACT

12380     FREE STALL FARM WITH VIEWS NOW RUNNING BEEF: 

Upstairs are 5 bedrooms.  3 have been remodeled. Four of these are (or will be) normal-sized. Two of these have been remodeled with hand-hewn beams exposed and plank floors installed or refnished.  A hall is planned that will make the largest smaller. There is planned another full bath and more closet space in part of this space. Though this future hallway , you come to the new master bedroom , which has its own separate full bath, with jacuzzi tub + 2 walk-in closets. This room measures 20x30', has whole tree rafters exposed and has pine paneled walls and ceilings with a wood floor (the floor still needs to be poly-urethaned). It also has a small  wood stove, and a small walk-out deck where you can sit and enjoy the views. from the second story.

SOLD