The department shall investigate and report on the question of broadening the market and increasing the demand for cotton goods and all other agricultural or horticultural products in the United States and foreign countries. The department shall compile information beneficial to farmers, including information pertaining to:
(1) the number of bales of cotton consumed by spinners in foreign countries;
(2) the demand for cotton produced in Texas;
(3) the methods and course of sales to foreign countries, showing the purchasers, brokers, and others who handle the cotton after it leaves the producers; and
(4) countries with which trade could be increased, thereby creating a better outlet for trade and the best method for bringing consumer and purchaser together.