The Inter-American Conference of Agriculture, Forestry, and Animal Industry, called by the United States Government at the request of the governing board of the Pan American Union, and pursuant to the resolutions approved by the Sixth International Conference of American Republics, held at Havana in 1928, met in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America, on the 8th of September, 1930, in order to proceed to the consideration of the subjects embodied in the program of the conference.