_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-grass 4 pounds Meadow fescue 1 to 4 pounds Orchard grass 1 to 4 pounds Red clover 6 pounds Alsike clover 3 pounds White clover 1 to 2 pounds For poor lands it recommends this mixture: Timothy 8 to 12 pounds Red-top 4 pounds Canadian blue-grass 4 pounds Red clover 6 pounds Alsike clover 3 pounds White clover 1 pound Zinn, of West Virginia, recommends the following mixture for permanent pasture: