tables BIG BOARD STOCKS FELL IN JANUARY; Average Price of 1,523 Issues Down 23c to $43 Last Month -- Bonds Also Declined

tables BIG BOARD VALUES DROPPED IN APRIL; Average Figure at Month End of $40.44 Lowest Since That for June 30, 1951

tables BIG CUT FORECAST IN FARM ACREAGE; But Smallest Planting Since 1917 Is Expected to Yield Larger Crops This Year CULTIVATION IS IMPROVED Federal Controls, Soil Bank and Drought in Southwest Account for Reduction Corn and Wheat Cut 70-Year Tow in Corn Prospective Productions BIG CUT FORECAST IN FARM ACREAGE

tables BOND FLOTATIONS HIGHER FOR JULY; Total $496,413,000 for 43 Issues -- Stock Offerings Smallest Since 1945

tables BOND FLOTATIONS OFF IN NOVEMBER; But Level of New Stock Offers at $52,730,000 for 10 Issues Is Highest Since September

tables BOND FLOTATIONS SET 27-YEAR HIGH; Reach $1,097,831,000 Here in December -- Stock Issues Smallest Since August BOND FLOTATIONS SET 27-YEAR HIGH