...executive department. The duties of the department of agriculture were (act of 1862): "To acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful...agriculture, in the most general and comprehensive sense of the word, and to procure and propagate among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." So much...

...in Washington contains a section according to which, the aim of that bureau shall be "to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with labor, in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and especially upon its relation to...

...establish and maintain a great executive department "the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the...most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants," and...

...1862, an Act was passed creating a Bureau of Agriculture. The purpose was declared to be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful...most general and comprehensive sense of that word ; and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants. For...

...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 States useful...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...

...authorized.8 In 1888, the Bureau of the Labor Statistics received its legislative mandate as follows: . . .to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the...States useful information on subjects connected with labor .... and especially upon its relation to capital, the 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...

...States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful...most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and distribute among the people new and valuable seeds and plants." The...

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

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