THIRD AMENDMENT
                 TO SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT


                  This THIRD  AMENDMENT TO SECOND  AMENDED AND  RESTATED  CREDIT
AGREEMENT (this  "Amendment"),  dated as of December 2, 1999, is entered into by
and among  FERRELLGAS,  L.P., a Delaware limited  partnership (the  "Borrower"),
FERRELLGAS,  INC., a Delaware  corporation  and the sole general  partner of the
Borrower (the "General Partner"), each of the financial institutions referred to
as Banks in the Existing Credit Agreement referred to below  (collectively,  the
"Banks") and BANK OF AMERICA,  N.A.  (formerly known as BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL
TRUST AND SAVINGS  ASSOCIATION),  as agent for the Banks (in such capacity,  the
"Administrative  Agent"),  and amends that certain  Second  Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement, dated as of July 2, 1998 (as the same is in effect immediately
prior to the  effectiveness of this Amendment,  the "Existing Credit  Agreement"
and as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified and in effect from time
to time,  the  "Credit  Agreement"),  by and among  the  Borrower,  the  General
Partner,  the Administrative  Agent and the Banks from time to time party to the
Credit  Agreement.  Capitalized  terms  used and not  otherwise  defined in this
Amendment  shall have the same  meanings in this  Amendment  as set forth in the
Credit Agreement,  and the rules of interpretation  set forth in Section 1.02 of
the Credit Agreement shall be applicable to this Amendment.

                                     RECITAL
                  The Borrower has  requested  that the Banks amend the Existing
Credit  Agreement  in the respects  set forth below in this  Amendment,  and the
Banks are  willing to agree to so amend the  Existing  Credit  Agreement  on the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth below.

                                    AGREEMENT
                  NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing,  the mutual
covenants  and   agreements   set  forth  below  and  other  good  and  valuable
consideration,  the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby  acknowledged,  the
parties agree as follows:

SECTION 1.        Amendments.  On the terms of this Amendment and subject to the
satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth below in Section 3:

(a) Section  1.01 of the  Existing  Credit  Agreement  is hereby  amended by the
addition  of the  following  definitions  in such  Section  1.01 in  appropriate
alphabetical order:

                                    "Accounts Receivable  Securitization"  shall
                  mean a financing arrangement involving the transfer or sale of
                  accounts  receivable of the Borrower in the ordinary course of
                  business  through  one  or  more  SPEs,  the  terms  of  which
                  arrangement  do not  impose  (a) any  recourse  or  repurchase
                  obligations upon the Borrower or any Affiliate of the Borrower
                  (other  than any such SPE)  except to the extent of the breach
                  of a representation  or warranty by the Borrower in connection
                  therewith or (b) any  negative  pledge or Lien on any accounts
                  receivable  not  actually  transferred  to  any  such  SPE  in
                  connection with such arrangement.

                                    "SPE"   shall  mean  any   special   purpose
                  Non-Recourse   Subsidiary  of  the  Borrower   established  in
                  connection with Accounts Receivable  Securitizations permitted
                  by Section 8.05.

                                    "Thermogas"  means  Thermogas  Company  and,
                  upon   conversion   of  Thermogas   Company  from  a  Delaware
                  corporation  into  a  Delaware  limited   liability   company,
                  Thermogas  LLC (or other  named  company  resulting  from such
                  conversion).

                                    "Thermogas Acquisition" means the occurrence
                  of all of the following: (a) the acquisition by the MLP of all
                  of the capital stock or member  interests (as  applicable)  of
                  Thermogas;  (b) the  contribution  by the MLP of such  capital
                  stock  or  member  interests  to the  Borrower;  and  (c)  the
                  assumption  by the Borrower of any and all  Acquired  Debt and
                  Synthetic Lease  Obligations  obtained in connection with such
                  acquisition.

(b) Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the chart in the definition of "Applicable Margin" in such Section 1.01 with the
following:

Pricing Ratio                 Base Rate Loans             Eurodollar Rate Loans
Level 1                           0.00 b.p.                      62.50 b.p
Level 2                           0.00 b.p.                      75.00 b.p.
Level 3                           0.00 b.p                      100.00 b.p.
Level 4                          25.00 b.p.                     125.00 b.p.
Level 5                          50.00 b.p.                     150.00 b.p.
Level 6                          75.00 b.p.                     175.00 b.p.
Level 7                         100.00 b.p.                     200.00 b.p.

(c) Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the chart in the definition of "Commercial  Letter of Credit Risk  Participation
Percentage" in such Section 1.01 with the following:

                                         Commercial Letter of Credit Risk
            Pricing Ratio                     Participation Percentage
               Level 1                                25.00 b.p.
               Level 2                                30.00 b.p.
               Level 3                                35.00 b.p.
               Level 4                                42.50 b.p.
               Level 5                                50.00 b.p.
               Level 6                                57.50 b.p.
               Level 7                                65.00 b.p.
(d) Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the chart in the definition of  "Commitment  Fee Rate" in such Section 1.01 with
the following:

           Pricing Ratio                   Commitment Fee Rate
              Level 1                          17.50 b.p.
              Level 2                          22.50 b.p.
              Level 3                          27.50 b.p.
              Level 4                          32.50 b.p.
              Level 5                          37.50 b.p.
              Level 6                          42.50 b.p.
              Level 7                          50.00 b.p.
(e) Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the definition of "Indebtedness" in such Section 1.01 with the following:

                                    "Indebtedness" of any Person means,  without
                  duplication,  (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) all
                  obligations  issued,  undertaken  or assumed  as the  deferred
                  purchase  price of  property  or  services  (other  than trade
                  payables  entered into in the  ordinary  course of business on
                  ordinary  terms);  (c)  all  non-contingent  reimbursement  or
                  payment  obligations with respect to Surety  Instruments;  (d)
                  all  obligations  evidenced  by notes,  bonds,  debentures  or
                  similar  instruments,   including   obligations  so  evidenced
                  incurred  in  connection  with the  acquisition  of  property,
                  assets or businesses;  (e) all indebtedness created or arising
                  under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
                  or  incurred  as  financing,  in either  case with  respect to
                  property  acquired by the Person  (even  though the rights and
                  remedies  of the seller or bank under  such  agreement  in the
                  event of default are limited to  repossession  or sale of such
                  property); (f) all Capital Lease Obligations;  (g) all Hedging
                  Obligations;  (h)  all  obligations  in  respect  of  Accounts
                  Receivable  Securitizations;  (i) all indebtedness referred to
                  in clauses (a) through (h) above  secured by (or for which the
                  holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right,  contingent
                  or  otherwise,  to be secured by) any Lien upon or in property
                  (including  accounts  and  contracts  rights)  owned  by  such
                  Person,  even  though  such  Person has not  assumed or become
                  liable  for  the  payment  of such  Indebtedness;  and (j) all
                  Guaranty Obligations in respect of indebtedness or obligations
                  of others of the kinds  referred to in clauses (a) through (i)
                  above;  provided,   however,  that  "Indebtedness"  shall  not
                  include Synthetic Lease Obligations.

(f) Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the definition of "Level" in such Section 1.01 with the following:

                                    "Level" means,  at any time,  Level 1, Level
                  2,  Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 6 or Level 7 based on the
                  amount of the Pricing Ratio at such time. For purposes of this
                  Agreement,  the following "Levels" of Pricing Ratio (PR) shall
                  apply:

          Level                     Pricing Ratio
         Level 1                            PR < 1.75
         Level 2                    1.75 <  PR < 2.75
         Level 3                    2.75 <  PR < 3.25
         Level 4                    3.25 <  PR < 3.75
         Level 5                    3.75 <  PR < 4.25
         Level 6                4.25 [OBJECT OMITTED]
                                            PR < 4.75
         Level 7                4.75 [OBJECT OMITTED]
                                                   PR

                  The Level of the  Pricing  Ratio for the period from and after
                  the date on which the Thermogas Acquisition occurs through the
                  last day of the fiscal quarter of the Borrower  ending January
                  31, 2000 shall be equal to Level 7. Any change in the Level of
                  the Pricing Ratio shall be  determined  by the  Administrative
                  Agent  based upon the  financial  information  required  to be
                  contained  in  the  Compliance  Certificate  delivered  by the
                  Borrower  to the  Administrative  Agent  with  respect to each
                  fiscal  quarter of the Borrower and shall become  effective as
                  of the first day of the fiscal  quarter  following  the fiscal
                  quarter for which such  Compliance  Certificate was delivered.
                  Upon any  failure  of the  Borrower  to  deliver a  Compliance
                  Certificate  for any fiscal quarter prior to 10 days after the
                  date on which such  Compliance  Certificate  is required to be
                  delivered to the  Administrative  Agent,  and without limiting
                  the other rights and remedies of the Administrative  Agent and
                  the Banks  hereunder,  the Pricing Ratio shall be deemed to be
                  Level 7 as of the first day of the  fiscal  quarter  beginning
                  after the fiscal quarter for which such Compliance Certificate
                  was due.

(g) Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the chart in the  definition  of "Standby  Letter of Credit  Risk  Participation
Percentage" in such Section 1.01 with the following:

                                             Standby Letter of Credit Risk
           Pricing Ratio                       Participation Percentage
              Level 1                                    62.50 b.p.
              Level 2                                    75.00 b.p.
              Level 3                                   100.00 b.p.
              Level 4                                   125.00 b.p.
              Level 5                                   150.00 b.p.
              Level 6                                   175.00 b.p.
              Level 7                                   200.00 b.p.

(h)      Section 6.16 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read
 in its entirety as follows:

                                    6.16.   Subsidiaries  and  Affiliates.   The
                  Borrower (a) has no  Subsidiaries or other  Affiliates  except
                  (i) those specifically  disclosed in part (a) of Schedule 6.16
                  hereto,  (ii) one or more SPEs  established in connection with
                  Accounts Receivable Securitizations permitted by Section 8.05,
                  (iii) Subsidiaries established in compliance with Section 8.21
                  and (iv) Thermogas (but only for so long as Thermogas shall be
                  permitted to be operated as a  Wholly-Owned  Subsidiary of the
                  Borrower as set forth in the proviso to Section  8.21) and (b)
                  has no equity  investments in any  corporation or entity other
                  than  Subsidiaries and Affiliates  disclosed in subsection (a)
                  above and those Permitted Investments  specifically  disclosed
                  in part (b) of Schedule 6.16.

(i) Section 7.12 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the first sentence of subsection (a) of such Section 7.12 with the following:

                                    (a)  Leverage  Ratio.   The  Borrower  shall
                  maintain as of the last day of each fiscal  quarter a Leverage
                  Ratio equal to or less than 4.75 to 1.00 (or, if the Thermogas
                  Acquisition shall have been consummated on or prior to January
                  31, 2000,  the Borrower shall be required to maintain from and
                  after the date of such Thermogas  Acquisition a Leverage Ratio
                  equal  to or less  than (i) 5.25 to 1.00 as of the last day of
                  each fiscal  quarter  ending on or prior to January 31,  2000,
                  (ii)  5.10 to 1.00 as of the last day of each  fiscal  quarter
                  ending  during the period  commencing  on February 1, 2000 and
                  ending on  January  31,  2001 and (iii) 4.75 to 1.00 as of the
                  last day of each  fiscal  quarter  ending  after  January  31,
                  2001).

(j) Section 7.12 of the Existing  Credit  Agreement is hereby further amended by
replacing subsection (b) of such Section 7.12 with the following:

                                    (b) Interest  Coverage  Ratio.  The Borrower
                  shall  maintain,  as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of
                  the Borrower, an Interest Coverage Ratio for the fiscal period
                  consisting  of such fiscal  quarter and the three  immediately
                  preceding fiscal quarters of at least 2.50 to 1.00 (or, if the
                  Thermogas  Acquisition shall have been consummated on or prior
                  to  January  31,  2000,  the  Borrower  shall be  required  to
                  maintain from and after the date of such Thermogas Acquisition
                  an Interest  Coverage  Ratio of at least 2.25 to 1.00 for each
                  such  period  of four  fiscal  quarters  ending on or prior to
                  January  31,  2001 and 2.50 to 1.00 each  such  period of four
                  fiscal quarters ending after January 31, 2001).

(k) Section 8.01 of the Existing Credit  Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the words "in the ordinary course of business" in subsection (k) of such Section
8.01.

(l) Section 8.01 of the Existing  Credit  Agreement is hereby further amended by
deleting  the word  "and" at the end of  subsection  (o) of such  Section  8.01,
substituting  a semi-colon  for the period at the end of subsection (p) thereof;
adding the word  "and"  following  such  semi-colon,  and  adding the  following
subsection (q) to such Section 8.01:

                                    (q) Liens securing Indebtedness of an SPE in
                  connection   with  an   Accounts   Receivable   Securitization
                  permitted by Section 8.05 (including the filing of any related
                  financing   statements  naming  the  Borrower  as  the  debtor
                  thereunder in connection with the sale of accounts  receivable
                  by the  Borrower  to such  SPE in  connection  with  any  such
                  permitted Accounts Receivable  Securitization);  provided that
                  the  aggregate  amount of accounts  receivable  subject to all
                  such  Liens  shall at no time  exceed  133% of the  amount  of
                  Accounts   Receivable    Securitizations   permitted   to   be
                  outstanding under such Section 8.05.

(m) Section 8.02 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the last sentence of such Section 8.02 with the following:

                  Notwithstanding the foregoing, Asset Sales shall not be deemed
                  to include (w) sales or  transfers of accounts  receivable  by
                  the  Borrower  to an SPE and by an SPE to any other  Person in
                  connection   with  any  Accounts   Receivable   Securitization
                  permitted by Section 8.05 (provided that the aggregate  amount
                  of such accounts  receivable that shall have been  transferred
                  to and held by all SPEs at any time shall not  exceed  133% of
                  the amount of Accounts Receivable Securitizations permitted to
                  be outstanding under Section 8.05), (x) any transfer of assets
                  by the Borrower or any of its  Subsidiaries to a Subsidiary of
                  the Borrower  that is a Guarantor,  (y) any transfer of assets
                  by the  Borrower or any of its  Subsidiaries  to any Person in
                  exchange for other assets used in a line of business permitted
                  under  Section  8.15 and having a fair  market  value not less
                  than that of the assets so transferred and (z) any transfer of
                  assets   pursuant   to   a   Permitted   Investment   or   any
                  sale-leaseback (including  sale-leasebacks involving Synthetic
                  Leases) permitted by Section 8.17.

(n) Section 8.05 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
the final proviso of such Section 8.05 with the following:

                  provided,  further, that (x) the aggregate principal amount of
                  (1) all Capitalized  Lease Obligations and all Synthetic Lease
                  Obligations  (other than  Capitalized  Lease  Obligations  and
                  Synthetic  Lease  Obligations  in  respect  of  Growth-Related
                  Capital Expenditures) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and
                  (2) all Indebtedness for which the Borrower and any Subsidiary
                  of the Borrower become liable in connection with  Acquisitions
                  of retail  propane  businesses in favor of the sellers of such
                  businesses  and  secured  by any Lien on any  property  of the
                  Borrower  or  any  of  its  Subsidiaries,   shall  not  exceed
                  $65,000,000 at any one time outstanding, and (y) the principal
                  amount  of any  Indebtedness  for which  the  Borrower  or any
                  Subsidiary of the Borrower  becomes liable in connection  with
                  Acquisitions  of  retail  propane  businesses  in favor of the
                  sellers of such  businesses  shall not exceed the fair  market
                  value of the assets so acquired,  and (z) the aggregate amount
                  of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its  Subsidiaries  through
                  one or  more  SPEs  in  connection  with  Accounts  Receivable
                  Securitizations  shall not exceed  $60,000,000 at any one time
                  outstanding.

(o)  Section  8.06  of the  Existing  Credit  Agreement  is  hereby  amended  by
substituting a semi-colon for the period at the end of such Section 8.06, adding
the word "and" following such  semi-colon,  and thereafter  adding the following
proviso to the end of such Section 8.06:

                  provided,  further,  that  the  foregoing  provisions  of this
                  Section   8.06  shall  not  apply  to  transfers  of  accounts
                  receivable  of the Borrower to an SPE in  connection  with any
                  Accounts Receivable Securitization permitted by Section 8.05.

(p)      Section 8.17 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read
 in its entirety as follows:

                                    8.17.   Limitation  on  Sale  and  Leaseback
                  Transactions.  The Borrower  will not, and will not permit any
                  of its  Subsidiaries  to, enter into any arrangement  with any
                  Person  providing  for the  leasing  by the  Borrower  or such
                  Subsidiary  of any property  that has been or is to be sold or
                  transferred by the Borrower or such  Subsidiary to such Person
                  in contemplation of such leasing; provided,  however, that the
                  Borrower  or such  Subsidiary  may  enter  into  such sale and
                  leaseback  transaction  if:  (i) the  Borrower  could have (A)
                  incurred  Indebtedness in an amount equal to the  Attributable
                  Debt relating to such sale and leaseback  transaction pursuant
                  to the  Leverage  Ratio test set forth in Section  7.12(a) and
                  (B)  secured a Lien on such  Indebtedness  pursuant to Section
                  8.01; (ii) the lease in such sale and leaseback transaction is
                  for a term not in excess of the lesser of (A) three  years and
                  (B) 60% of the  remaining  useful  life of such  property;  or
                  (iii)  such  sale  and  leaseback   transaction  is  otherwise
                  permitted  by the last  sentence  of Section  4.17 of the 1996
                  Indenture as in effect as of the date hereof.

(q)  Section  8.21  of the  Existing  Credit  Agreement  is  hereby  amended  by
substituting  a  semi-colon  for the period at the end of such  Section 8.21 and
adding the  following  proviso to the end of such  Section 8.21  following  such
semi-colon:

                  provided,  however,  that the Borrower may,  without regard to
                  the foregoing  provisions of this Section 8.21,  (x) establish
                  and operate SPEs solely in connection with Accounts Receivable
                  Securitizations  permitted  by  Section  8.05 and (y)  operate
                  Thermogas as a  Wholly-Owned  Subsidiary for a period of up to
                  (but not exceeding) 30 days following the  consummation of the
                  Thermogas Acquisition pending the merger of Thermogas with and
                  into the Borrower.

(r) Section 9.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing
clause (ii) of subsection (e) of such Section 9.01 with the following:

                  (ii)  fails to  perform  or  observe  any other  condition  or
                  covenant,  or any other event  (including  any  termination or
                  similar   event  in   respect  of  any   Accounts   Receivable
                  Securitization)  shall  occur or  condition  exist,  under any
                  agreement or instrument  relating to any such  Indebtedness or
                  Contingent  Obligation,  and such failure  continues after the
                  applicable  grace or notice period,  if any,  specified in the
                  relevant document on the date of such failure if the effect of
                  such failure, event or condition is to cause, or to permit the
                  holder or  holders  of such  Indebtedness  or  beneficiary  or
                  beneficiaries  of such  Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on
                  behalf  of  such   holder  or   holders  or   beneficiary   or
                  beneficiaries) to cause such Indebtedness to be declared to be
                  due and payable prior to its stated  maturity or to cause such
                  Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation to be prepaid, purchased
                  or redeemed by the Borrower,  the MLP, the General  Partner or
                  any  Subsidiary,  or  such  Contingent  Obligation  to  become
                  payable or cash  collateral in respect thereof to be demanded;
                  or

SECTION  2.  Waiver.  The Banks  hereby  waive any  Default  or Event of Default
arising as a result of any breach of Section  7.12(a) or Section  7.12(b) of the
Existing Credit Agreement solely in connection with the pro forma calculation of
the  Leverage  Ratio and the Interest  Coverage  Ratio as of October 31, 1999 as
required by the definitions of "Leverage Ratio" and "Interest Coverage Ratio" in
Section 1.01 of the Existing  Credit  Agreement in connection with the Thermogas
Acquisition.

SECTION 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. The amendments set forth in Section 1 of
this  Amendment  and the waiver set forth in Section 2 of this  Amendment  shall
become effective only upon the  satisfaction of all of the following  conditions
precedent (the date of satisfaction of all such conditions  being referred to as
the "Amendment Effective Date"):

(a) The Administrative  Agent shall have received,  on behalf of the Banks, this
Amendment, duly executed and delivered by the Borrower, the General Partner, the
Majority Banks and the Administrative Agent.

(b) The Administrative  Agent shall have received,  for the account of each Bank
that shall have executed and delivered this Amendment  (without any  reservation
or condition) to the Administrative  Agent before 4:00 p.m. (New York City time)
on November 24, 1999, a non-refundable amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.15%
of the sum of the Facility A  Commitment,  Facility B Commitment  and Facility C
Commitment of such Bank (in each case without regard to usage).

(c) All corporate,  partnership  and other  proceedings  taken or to be taken in
connection  with  the  transactions  contemplated  by  this  Amendment,  and all
documents  incidental  thereto,  shall be  reasonably  satisfactory  in form and
substance to the  Administrative  Agent and its counsel,  and the Administrative
Agent and such counsel  shall have  received all such  counterpart  originals or
certified copies of such documents as they may reasonably request.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall have received such other documents, opinions,
certificates  and  evidence  as the  Administrative  Agent and its  counsel  may
reasonably request.

(e) The representations and warranties set forth in this Amendment shall be true
and correct as of the Amendment Effective Date.

SECTION 4. Representations and Warranties. In order to induce the Administrative
Agent  and the  Banks to enter  into this  Amendment  and to amend the  Existing
Credit Agreement in the manner provided in this Amendment,  the Borrower and the
General Partner represent and warrant to the Administrative  Agent and each Bank
as of the Amendment Effective Date as follows:

(a) Power and Authority. The Borrower and the General Partner have all requisite
corporate or partnership power and authority to enter into this Amendment and to
carry  out the  transactions  contemplated  by,  and  perform  their  respective
obligations  under,  the Existing Credit  Agreement as amended by this Amendment
(hereafter referred to as the "Amended Credit Agreement").

(b) Authorization of Agreements. The execution and delivery of this Amendment by
the Borrower and the General  Partner and the  performance of the Amended Credit
Agreement by the Borrower and the General  Partner have been duly  authorized by
all necessary action, and this Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by
the Borrower and the General Partner.

(c)  Enforceability.  Each of this  Amendment and the Amended  Credit  Agreement
constitutes  the legal,  valid and binding  obligation  of the  Borrower and the
General  Partner  enforceable  against the Borrower  and the General  Partner in
accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar laws affecting the  enforcement  of creditors'  rights in general.
The  enforceability  of the  obligations of the Borrower and the General Partner
hereunder is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

(d) No  Conflict.  The  execution  and  delivery by the Borrower and the General
Partner of this  Amendment and the  performance  by the Borrower and the General
Partner of each of this  Amendment and the Amended  Credit  Agreement do not and
will not (i)  contravene,  in any material  respect,  any  provision of any law,
regulation, decree, ruling, judgment or order that is applicable to the Borrower
or the General Partner,  as the case may be, or their  respective  properties or
other  assets,  (ii)  result in a breach of or  constitute  a default  under the
charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of the Borrower or the General
Partner,  as the case may be, or any  material  agreement,  indenture,  lease or
instrument  binding upon the Borrower or the General Partner or their respective
properties  or other assets or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any
Liens on their  respective  properties  other than as permitted under the Credit
Agreement.

(e) Governmental  Consents. No authorization or approval or other action by, and
no notice to or filing with, any  governmental  authority or regulatory  body is
required for the due execution,  delivery and performance by the Borrower or the
General Partner of this Amendment.

(f) Representations and Warranties in the Credit Agreement. The Borrower and the
General   Partner   confirm  that  as  of  the  Amendment   Effective  Date  the
representations  and warranties  contained in Article VI of the Credit Agreement
are (before and after giving effect to this  Amendment)  true and correct in all
material respects (except to the extent any such  representation and warranty is
expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, in which case it shall
be true and correct as of such  specific  date) and that no Default has occurred
and is continuing.

SECTION 5.        Miscellaneous.

(a)      Reference to and Effect on the Existing Credit Agreement and the other
Loan Documents.

(i) Except as specifically  amended by this Amendment and the documents executed
and  delivered in connection  herewith,  the Existing  Credit  Agreement and the
other  Loan  Documents  shall  remain in full  force and  effect  and are hereby
ratified and confirmed.

(ii) The execution and delivery of this Amendment and performance of the Amended
Credit Agreement shall not, except as expressly  provided  herein,  constitute a
waiver of any provision of, or operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy
of the Banks  under,  the  Existing  Credit  Agreement  or any of the other Loan
Documents.

(iii) Upon the  conditions  precedent  set forth  herein being  satisfied,  this
Amendment shall be construed as one with the Existing Credit Agreement,  and the
Existing  Credit  Agreement  shall,  where  the  context  requires,  be read and
construed throughout so as to incorporate this Amendment.

(b) Expenses.  The Borrower and the General Partner  acknowledge  that all costs
and  expenses  of the  Administrative  Agent  incurred in  connection  with this
Amendment will be paid in accordance  with Section 11.04 of the Existing  Credit
Agreement.

(c) Headings. Section and subsection headings in this Amendment are included for
convenience  of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment
for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

(d)  Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in one or more  counterparts,
each of which  shall be  deemed  an  original  but all of which  together  shall
constitute  one  and the  same  instrument.  Transmission  by  telecopier  of an
executed  counterpart  of this  Amendment  shall be deemed to constitute due and
sufficient delivery of such counterpart.

(e) Governing Law. This Amendment  shall be governed by and construed  according
to the laws of the State of New York.

(f) Merger of Thermogas  into the  Borrower.  The Borrower  covenants and agrees
with the Banks  that  Thermogas  will be merged  with and into the  Borrower  as
promptly as is reasonably  practicable and in any event within 30 days following
the  consummation of the Thermogas  Acquisition.  Any failure by the Borrower to
observe or perform  such  agreement  in a timely  manner shall be deemed to be a
failure by the  Borrower  to  observe  or  perform a  covenant  under the Credit
Agreement and thereby  constitute  an Event of Default under Section  9.01(d) of
the Credit Agreement (subject to passage of the applicable grace period referred
to in such Section 9.01(d)).



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DOCSLA1:325521.4

DOCSLA1:325521.4
                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Amendment as of the date first above written.




FERRELLGAS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership

By: Ferrellgas, Inc. Its: General Partner

By:
Name:
Title:




FERRELLGAS, INC.



By:

Name:

Title:




ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent



By:

Name:

Title:









BANKS


BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.



By:

Name:

Title:







WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.


By:

Name:

Title:







THE BANK OF NEW YORK



 By:

 Name:

 Title:









THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA



By:

Name:

Title:








PARIBAS



By:

Name:

Title:



By:

Name:

Title:









UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A.


By:

Name:

Title: