Washington, Mar. 5.
The European war has diminished the export demand for United States farm products and there is no immediate prospects for improvement, the Department of Agriculture announced yesterday.
Economic controls, import restrictions, and food consumption regulations in the belligerent nations were described as harriers to a farm boom like that of the World War.
Exports of tobacco and fruit were the hardest hit. Britain declared a virtual embargo against these products, which formerly comprised a sizable farm exports to Europe.
"Export sales of cotton are good but declined recently," the report said. "Little wheat is going abroad. The principal effects of the war, have been to increase the domestic demand for farm products through increased industrial production in anticipation of war requirements."—United Press.
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