...Let me try to define it a little better. It means "the general designs and duties of which shall be 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 did not phrase that description....

...it a little better. It means: "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." I wish I could tell you I phrased...

...legislation that established the USDA, Congress called for "the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected to agriculture and rural development." Subsequently, nutrition was specified as one such subject. The...

...legislation that established the USDA, Congress called for "the general design and duties of which shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected to agriculture and rural development." Subsequently, nutrition was specified as one such subject. The...

...and diffusion of knowledge as the primary function of the new department, which was 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...

...years later the Bureau was incorporated into the newly organized Department of Labor, whose task was "to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...useful information on subjects connected with labor . . . especially upon its relation to capital . . . hours of labor, the earnings of laboring men and...

...USDA. Language in the Act establishing the USDA assigned the USDA responsibility "to acquire and to diffuse among the people of the United States useful information on subjects connected with agriculture. rural development. aquaculture. and human nutrition. in most general and comprehensive...

...specially creating it, says: "The general designs and duties of this Department 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 Labor Statistics stated that, "The general design and duties of the Bureau of Labor shall be to acquire and diffuse among the people of the United...upon its relation to capital, the hours of labor, social, intellectual, and moral prosperity." The Labor Force Statistics programs are authorized by...

...Section 1 creates the Department of Agriculture, the 'general designs and duties of which shall be 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, and to procure, propagate, and...