ches, and becomes unpalatable if not promptly
grazed. It needs crowding with other grasses when grown for pasturage.
When seeded alone for hay, 30 pounds of seed per acre may be used.

_Other Seeds._--There are other grasses often recommended, but they
have no wide acceptance. Meadow fescue is a palatable grass that would
be used more often in pasture mixtures if the seed were not high in
price. All land seeded for grazing should have some clover sown for
sake of soil fertility. The alsike remains longer than the red or
mammoth, and is better for undrained, thin, and acid soils.

Yields and Composition of Grasses.--The Ohio station has compared the
yields of various grasses and their composition. The following table is
arranged from its data, as given in Bulletin 225:

+-----------------+----------+---------+----------+
| Name | Average | Pounds | Pounds |
| | Tons Hay | Protein | Protein |
| | per Acre | per | per Acre |
| | | Hundred | |
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------+
| Timothy | 3.49 | 6.38 | 223 |
| Blue-grass | 2.18 | 10.12 | 221 |
| Red-top | 2.81 | 8.53 | 240 |
| Orchard grass | 2.19 | 7.81 | 171 |
| Meadow fescue | 2.10 | 8.97 | 188 |
+-----------------+----------+---------+----------+

Suggested Mixtures for Pastures.--For ordinary conditions, Williams
suggests the following mixture for an acre of land:

Blue-grass 10 pounds
Timothy 6 pounds
Red-top 6 pounds
Orchard grass 4 pounds
Red clover 4 pounds
Alsike clover 2 pounds

For use on rather wet lands, and especially off the limestone, he
suggests:

Red-top 12 pounds
Blue-grass 8 pounds
Timothy 4 pounds
Alsike clover 4 pounds

Hunt recommends the following as a basis, to be modified to suit
varying conditions:

Timothy 15 pounds
Kentucky blue-grass 10 pounds
Meadow fescue 2 pounds
Red clover 4 pounds
Alsike clover 3 pounds
White clover 2 pounds

The Cornell station recommends the following for good land:

Timothy 8 to 12 pounds
Kentucky blue-gras