...Bureau of the Labor Statistic* received its legislative mandate as follows: . . .to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor .... and especially upon its relation to capital, (in hours of labor, the earnings of laboring...

...Agriculture, the Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the responsibility of acquiring and diffusing "among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition in the most general and comprehensive sense of...

...of USDA in 1862. When the Department was formed, one of the two duties given to it by Congress was 'to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...most general and comprehensive sense of that word.' "Historically, information and reports developed by USDA have been made available free of charge to...

...of 1862. which established the Department of Agriculture, commits the Department to "acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...Information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development..." The Morrlll Act of 1862 and subsequent legislation relating to the land-grant...

...1862, establishing the Department of Agriculture. The act sets forth a mission, "to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...Information on subjects connected with agriculture 1n the most comprehensive and general sense of the word," and placed upon the Secretary the responsibility...

...agricultural products. When the Department was established in 1862, its major duty was to "acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...information on subjects connected with agriculture." The Commissioner of Agriculture was given the duty to "acquire and preserve all information which he...

...estabflshlng the Department of Agriculture. The act sets forth a mission, to acquire and to diffuse emong the people of the United States useful information...on subjects connected with agriculture in the most cc¿rehensive and general sense of the word,R and placed upon the Secretary the responsibility to procure...

...1862, establishing the Department of Agriculture. The act sets forth a mission, "to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful...Information on subjects connected with agriculture 1n the most comprehensive and general sense of the word,* and placed upon the Secretary the responsibility...

...authority for this activity. The mandate of the Department of Agriculture, for example, Indicates it shall "diffuse among the people of the United States useful...Information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, and human nutrition. In the most general and comprehensive sense of...

...1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation creating the US Department of Agriculture, ". . .to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...most general and comprehensive sense of that word. . . " Five days later, Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which gave government land to pioneers, free,...