THE CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER.AGRICULTURE—Raising Onions, Page 49; Royalist 3d, 4500, 49; Illinois Tile-Makers' Convention, 50-51; Better Management Needed, 51; Seed Corn from South, 51; Field and Furrow Items, 51.LIVE STOCK—Items, Page 52; Herd Books and Records, 52; Competing for Sweepstake Prizes, 52; Raising Young Mules, 52.THE DAIRY—Wisconsin Dairymen, Page 53.VETERINARY—Impaction of the Paunch, Page 53;HORTICULTURE—Lessons of 1883, Page 54; Illinois Hort. Society, 54; Diogenes in His Tub, 54-55; Possibilities of Cherry Growing, 55; Prunings, 55.FLORICULTURE—Gleanings by an Old Florist, Page 55.EDITORIAL—Items, Page 56; The Cost of Cold Winds, 56; Good Work at Washington, 56-57; Wisconsin Meetings, 57; Answers to Correspondents, 57; Wayside Notes, 57; Letter from Champaign, 57.POULTRY NOTES—Chicken Chat, Page 58; Chicken Houses, 58; Items, 58.FORESTRY—Items, Page 59.SCIENTIFIC—Official Weather Wisdom, Page 59; A Remarkable Electrical Discovery, 59; Items, 59.HOUSEHOLD—Christian Charity (Poetry), Page 60; Items, 60; The Night Cap, 60; How to Treat a Boy, 60; Pamphlets, Etc., Received, 60; Compiled Correspondence, 60.YOUNG FOLKS—Jule Fisher's Rescue, Page 61.LITERATURE—Between the Two Lights, Poem, Page 62; The Two Overcoats, 62.HUMOROUS—Bait of the Average Fisherman, Page 63; Whose Cold Feet, 63; Changed Relations, 63; It Makes a Difference, 63; Items, 63. Question Answered, 53.NEWS OF THE WEEK—Page 64.MARKETS—Page 64.