The experiment was a 3 x 3 factorial laid out in a randomized complete block design and was replicated three times. Treatments comprised three cutting heights of 5, 10 and 15 cm and three levels of nitrogen at 0, 20 and 400 kg N ha-1. There were nine treatment combinations. A portion of the pasture land 12.8 m x 11.2 m with an area of 143.4 m2 was marked out into three blocks of 10.8 m x 2.4 m each with one meter path-way between blocks. Each block was