...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...

...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...

...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 men...

...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...

...Mr. WHITTEN. The Organic Act of 1862 established the Department of Agriculture, "the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse...States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word". What accomplishments can you...

...established at the seat of Government of the United States a Department of Agriculture, the general designs and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse...States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture in the most general and comprehensive sense of that word, and to procure, propagate, and...

...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...

...of Title VII has this to say. "There shall be at the seat of government a Department of Agriculture, the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the US useful information on subjects connected with agriculture, rural development, aquaculture, comprehensive...

...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...

...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...