...shall be at the seat of government a department of labor, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the...States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to...

...good general education can bo obtained. Besides this the function of the Bureau of Agriculture is " to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of the word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds." It likewise...

...Act of 1862, establishing the Department of Agriculture, aet forth a basic mission "to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...agriculture In the most general and comprehensive sense of the vork", and placed upon the Secretary the responsibility to "procure and preserve »n information...

...mission delegated by the Congress when the Department was established on May 15, 1862" "to aquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...... in the most general and comprehensive sense of those terms...." .. Later, the Research and Marketing Act of 1946 clarified this general mission, provided...

...establishing the Department of Agriculture. The act sets forth a basic mission, "to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...on subjects connected with agriculture in the most comprehensive and general sense of the word," and placed upon the Secretary the responsibility to "procure...

...government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development,2 aquaculture, and human nutrition 3 in the most general and comprehensive sense...

...government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development,2 aquaculture, and human nutrition 3 in the most general and comprehensive sense...

...THE DEPARTMENT WAS ESTABLISHED ON MAY 15, 1862- CONGRESS DIRECTED THAT THE NEW CABINET AGENCY SHOULD "ACQUIRE AND DIFFUSE AMONG THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED...MOST GENERAL AND COMPREHENSIVE SENSE OF THAT WORD-* IN 1893, THE DEPARTMENT'S CHARGE WAS MADE MORE SPECIFIC- CONGRESS APPROPRIATED THE FIRST MONEY TO A...

...Congress when the Department was established in 1862. Congress directed that the new cabinet agency should "acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...most general and comprehensive sense of that word." In 1893, the Department's charge was made more specific. Congress appropriated the first money to a...

...inception of USDA in l862. When the Deparment was formed, one of the two duties given to it by Congress was 'to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word.I "Historically, information and reports developed by USDA have been made available free of charge...