GUIDE TO THE MARTON EXPERIMENTAL AREA

Abstract

In 1911 on the property of Sir James Wilson at Karton Junction, the Department of Agriculture laid down a series of, experimental plots 9 with the prime object of testing varieties of wheat, oats and barley, many of which had been introduced from overseas countries, These plots were repeated in the following year and for some years annually, and the plots became referred to as the Marton Experimental Area.