Maton was jointly released by the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station 
and the Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc., Ardmore, Oklahoma, in 1976.
It is a widely adapted, excellent tillering variety which combines superior early
forage production, increased total forage yields along with equal or better late 
forage production than Bonel and Elbon in its primary areas of adaptation.  Maton 
offers increased grain yields and improved disease tolerance, particularly to leaf rust,
septoria leaf blotch and anthracnose.  It appears to be better adapted to Southern 
Oklahoma and other Southern states.  Its grain test weight is slightly less than 
that of Bonel and Elbon.

 In out-of-state tests Maton yielded 106 percent of Bonel is average total pounds
of oven-dry forage per acre.   It yielded 120 percent and 101 percent of Bonel in
dry forage per acre in the fall and winter and in the spring, respectively.
 

Name	Address	Phone	County	Class	Acres Approved
OFSS	STILLWATER	405-744-7741	PAYNE	F
DEAN DAMRON	SAYRE	580-243-8891 580-225-3206	BECKHAM	R	20
DEAN DAMRON	SAYRE	580-243-8891 580-225-3206	BECKHAM	C	150
MARK DAMRON	SAYRE	580-729-2395 580-928-5268	BECKHAM	R	32
ARTHUR RICKETS	MARIETTA	580-276-9656 580-465-1068	LOVE	C	28