...original mandate creating the Department of Agriculture in 1862 required the Department "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 the terms * * *" The first appropriation...

...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 and rural development, in the most general and comprehensive sense of those terms, and...

...Act of 1862 establishing the Department included the famous statement of mission, "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." The Act also gave the Secretary...

...concerned with the functions of the Department of Agriculture which was created — " 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 the word, and to procure, propagate, and...

...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 information on subjects connected with agriculture in the moat comprehensive and general sense of the word," and placed upon the Secretary...

...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 and rural development, in the most general and comprehensive sense of, and to procure,...

...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...

...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...

...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...