In 1941, the supervision of nine illustration and three district experimental substations was transferred from the Experimental Station at Scott to the Melfort Station. From 1948 to 1959 the illustration stations were under the supervision of K. E. Bowren, senior agronomist.
Melfort House, England. A stone house with ivy growing on its sides. Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bagshaw standing at an iron gate with a stone fence on either side of it. 1849 above the door. An unidentified person appears to the right.
View of a sign post that reads: "The Great Divide" in the centre with Alberta on the right and British Columbia on the left. There is a cairn in the foreground near the centre, and a mountain in the background.