A field experiment was carried out on sandy loam soils at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, India during the summer/rainy season from 1998-99 to 2000-01. The experiment consisted of ten fertility treatments having control, 50, 75 and 100% recommended dose of fertilizers, vermicompost and farmyard manure alone and in combination with chemical fertilizers. The three-year study revealed that the application of 10 t/ha vermicompost or farmyard manure each along with 75% recommended doses of fertilizers gave significantly higher green fodder and dry matter yield than all other treatments except 100% recommended dose of fertilizers. Likewise, the fodder yield obtained from the use of 10 t/ha vermicompost + 50% recommended dose of fertilizers was found to be statistically at par with that obtained from the application of 75% recommended dose of fertilizers alone, indicating that 25% chemical fertilizers could be substituted. The application of 10 t/ha vermicompost along with 75% recommended dose of fertilizers increased the green fodder and dry matter yield by 60.8 and 66.2%, respectively, over the control on a pooled mean basis. Non-significant differences were observed between the organic manures for forage yield, though the application of vermicompost gave a slightly higher yield than farmyard manure.