Livestock Market Report and Weekly Prices
Detailed market notes show cattle and hogs with varied bids and steady to up prices on choice lots. Lambs and sheep demand mixed as buyers assess weights, with sows and boars softer. poultry and produce values steady to lower. Also included are New York stocks, cotton, grain and provisions data, noting modest to brisk shifts amid profit-taking and export prospects.
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Walthoice
GU Lew
Sheavier
Chicago
Board of Trade
Zaverni
Council Rejects Bauxite Tax Survey Inquiry
Arkansas Legislative Council committees acted to block a survey of bauxite severance taxes by the industry and to push for a central administrative agency for 29 licensing boards. The industry offered to fund an independent survey but the council directed staff and university geology representatives to prepare nominations instead for an acceptable engineer or firm.
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Little ,Rock
Arkansas Legislative Council
Cie Council
University of Arkansas
The
Resources and Development Commission
Compensation Rates to Drop in Arkansas Industry
Workmen's compensation insurance rates in Arkansas will fall on June 1 by an average of 6.2 percent due to premiums exceeding losses for three years. Insurance Commissioner Harvey G. Combs announced reductions ranging from 5.1 percent for contractors to 6 percent for manufacturers and others. From 1950 to 1953, Arkansas employers paid about $22.2 million in premiums while losses paid by insurers totaled around $11.9 million.
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Litle Rock
Harvey G. Combs
Gobbs
Arkansas
Free Drouth Seed Plan Opposed in Congress
Representative Trimble of Arkansas criticizes the Agriculture Department for opposing his proposal to provide free seed to replant drought-stricken pastures and weathered grazing lands. Trimble cites department consultations suggesting authority limits, while the department contends it has sufficient authority to aid as proposed.
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Washington
Trimble
D-Ark
Department
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Gome
Taos
J.C. Atchley & CO
Cotton
Chenille
Crosley
Fay
Tubelife
Ants Main Hofbark
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