Eight experiments were conducted in the State of São Paulo to study the effects of several fertilizar treatments on the yields of dry beans. Phosphorus induced significant increases in three localities, nitrogen, in one, and potassium, only in the second year of one experiment conducted for two years. The addition of sulfur or a mixture of micro-nutrients to NPK fertilizer did not modify significantly the yields in any of the localities. The residual effects of phosphorus and the mixture of micro-nutrients, observed in three of the experiments, were higher than the direct effects.