Colorado as an Agricultural State, Its Farms, Fields, and Garden Lands
New York: Orange Judd Company, 1883.
First Edition. Hardcover. Very good. 5" x 7.25", pp 213 + [1] ad. Original green cloth boards with beveled edges, decorated in black and gilt. Embossed library stamp on two pages, minor abrasion to rear endpapers; otherwise unmarked and sound; about very good. A native New Yorker, Pabor traveled west in 1870 and became enthralled with Colorado's beauty and potential for agriculture. Here he provides detailed and useful information for those interested in settling and farming in the state, acknowledging the limits of agriculture in the West while also explaining where and how there is a living to be made. Chapters describe the resources and geography of different regions of the state, as well as irrigation, apiculture, fruit culture, cattle and sheep, railways, and agricultural schools. Adams, Herd 1743.
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