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THE CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.

Agriculture—Tall Meadow Oat-Grass, Page 1; The Barbed-Wire Business, 1-2; A Rambler's Letter, 2; Let Us Be Sociable, 2; Seed Corn Again, 2; Field and Furrow, 3.

Live Stock—Mr. Grinnell's Letter, Page 4; Prices of 1883, 4; Docking Horses, 4; Items, 4.

The Dairy—Lessons in Finance for the Creamery Patron, Page 5.

Veterinary—Fever, Page 5.

Horticulture—Ill. Hort. Society, Page 6; A Short Sermon on a Long Text, 6; Prunings, 6-7.

Floriculture—Gleanings by an Old Florist, Page 7; Am I a Scot or am I Not, Poetry, 7; Primitive Northwest, 7.

Editorial—Items, 8; Seed Samples, 8; The Pork Question in Europe, 8; Corn, Wheat, and Cotton, 8; Chicago in 1883, 9; Strong Drink, 9; Questions and Answers, 9; Wayside Notes, 9; Champaign Letter, 9.

Poultry Notes—Chat With Correspondents, Page 10; Feather Ends, 10.

The Apiary—Keep Bees, Page 10; The New Bees, 10; Hive and Honey Hints, 10.

Silk Culture—Women In Silk Culture, Page 11.

Household—The Schoolmarm's Story, Poem, Page 12; A Chat About the Fashions, 12; A Kitchen Silo, public@vhost@g@gutenberg@html@files@17512@[email protected]#A_Kitchen_Silo" class="pginternal"