Location Amherst, Massachusetts, United States Regions East Coast, New England, Northeastern US Gender Male
Levi Stockbridge was a farmer and scientist from Hadley, Massachusetts. He was instrumental in the early history of the Massachusetts Agricultural College now known as the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
He held patents for pioneering experiments in; fertilizer development, nutrient leaching and soil mulching. In 1876 he published Experiments
in Feeding Plants. Stockbridge served three terms in the Massachusetts State Legislature, 12 years on the state board of agriculture and for 32 years was a state cattle commissioner. In 1880 he ran for Congress on the Labor-Greenback Party ticket and lost.
