...so that they, in turn, could make informed food choices. Congress said the new cabinet agency should "acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word." That charge was made more specific...

...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...

...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...STATES USEFUL INFORMATION ON SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH AGRICULTURE IN THE MOST GENERAL AND COMPREHENSIVE SENSE OF THAT WORD-* IN 1893, THE DEPARTMENT'S CHARGE...

...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...States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word." In 1893, the Department's charge...

...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...States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word.I "Historically, information and...

...States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs 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 in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...