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deGanahl Ranch  The
deGanahl Ranch is located in southeastern New Mexico
approximately 40 miles northwest of Roswell approximately eight
miles north of New Mexico State Highway 246. The headquarters
and shipping pens are accessible by Brown Lake Road, which is a
county maintained roadway. Roswell is the county seat of Chaves
County with a current population of approximately 50,000 people.
The community can provided most of the goods and services
necessary for the operation of the ranch.The land status of the ranch is diversified to include 960 Deeded Acres, 4,095 Federal BLM Acres and 580 acres of New Mexico State Lease lands. The total acreage supports a grazing capacity of approximately 164 animal units, yearlong as established by a Bureau of Land Management Section 3 grazing permit.. The ranch is a contiguous tract of native grass rangeland with the headquarters situated in the northeast portion of the ranch. The headquarters improvements are comprised of a modern residence, shop, and feed storage and tack room. All of the improvements were constructed new in 2007. The residence is a modern three bedroom, two bath home that is heated by propane and cooled by a central air refrigerated cooling unit. Domestic water is provided by a well located at the headquarters that is set on a pressure system to most areas of the ranch. The well water is potable for use in the residence. The residential floor plan is open and flowing. The floor covering includes carpeting in the family room, den and bedrooms; Tile within the kitchen and bathrooms and wood in the dining area and one bedroom. The residence is well insulated. Additional improvements located at the headquarters are a combination storage room/shop and feed barn/tack room all with a concrete floor and foundation. Electricity is provided to all with the shop equipped with a propane heater. The landscape is rolling, grass covered hills dissected by arroyos. The major arroyos within the ranch are Middle Arroyo that traverses the west side of the ranch and Rock Tank Draw on the east side of the ranch. These draws and arroyos provide overflow areas that increase grazing opportunities. The grazing capacity of the ranch is set by the BLM at 164 animal units yearlong. The vegetation is diversified to include several varieties of grasses to include black, blue and sideoats grama, tobosa, three awn and giant sacaton. The ranch has excellent grass cover with limited invader species. Livestock and domestic water is provided by three subsurface wells and a buried pipeline system. The wells are approximately 700 feet deep with a pumping capacity from 7 to 10 gallons per minute. All are equipped with electric submersible pumps with electric power to each well. One of the wells is a partnership well with the neighboring ranch. The ranch is partitioned into one large pasture and one small horse pasture near the headquarters. The primary livestock working pens are located in the northwest corner of the ranch. The pens are constructed of welded pipe and steel sucker rods. The design includes several sorting pens, sorting alley, crowd lane, squeeze chute and loading chute. The climate in the vicinity of the ranch is semiarid with an annual rainfall between 12 and 14 inches. Winters are generally open and mild, but occasional snowfall may occur. Snow does not remain on the ground for any length of time. The majority of the precipitation falls during the period from July through October in the form of thundershowers and thunderstorms. The frost free season is approximately 180 days from the middle of April through the late part of October. The elevation of the ranch is approximately 4,600 feet. Bootleg Ridge  Location:Approximately 25 miles west of Jal, NM on the Eddy-Lea County Line. Access: New Mexico State Highway 128 Acreage: 2,200 ± Deeded Acres, 1,640 New Mexico State Lease Acres 24,736 Federal BLM Lease Acres, 28,576 Total Acres (44.65 Sections) Improvements: A Headquarters Complex comprised of one residence, shop, hay barn, working corrals with scales. Electric and telephone service to the HQ.; Main Residence; Headquarters Complex Description: The Bootleg Ridge Ranch is a yearlong cattle ranch. The ranch is separated into four noncontiguous tracts by State highway 128 and Lea County Road #1. The right of way of each of the roadways is fenced. The headquarters is located approximately three-quarters of a mile north of Highway 128. Pasture Design: The four noncontiguous tracts are fenced into 12 pastures and traps. Each pasture has at least one permanent water source from two wells. The primary well is a partnership well with the neighboring ranch with a written water well agreement. There is approximately 20 miles of buried water pipeline system that distributes water throughout the ranch with several storage tanks and livestock drinkers.Headquarters Corrals Maintenance Shop Grazing Capacity: The grazing capacity of the ranch is set by a BLM Grazing permit that allows for up to 370 animal units yearlong. The permit is in good standing. Climate: The annual rainfall is between 10 and 12 inches per year with the majority of the precipitation coming during the months of July, August and September. There is very little snowfall during the winter months. The growing season is approximately 180 days from the end of march to the last of October. Comments: This year around cattle ranch is priced as reasonable as anything currently being offered. The ranch is located in an area of oil field activity with several service roads and well sites. |