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                           Ferrellgas Partners, L.P.,
                     Announces Senior Note Private Offering

         LIBERTY, Mo. (April 10,  1996)--Ferrellgas  Partners,  L.P. (NYSE: FGP)
announced  today that it plans to issue $125 million of Senior Secured Notes due
2006 in a private  placement to  qualified  institutional  investors  under Rule
144A. Proceeds of the offering will be contributed by Ferrellgas Partners to its
operating  partnership,  Ferrellgas,  L.P.,  and will be used primarily to repay
outstanding indebtedness under Ferrellgas, L.P.'s acquisition bank credit lines.

         In late March,  Ferrellgas  announced plans to acquire Skelgas Propane,
Inc.,  the  nation's   seventh-largest  propane  supplier.  The  transaction  is
scheduled  to close late in April,  bringing the number of  acquisitions  closed
since Ferrellgas became a publicly traded  partnership in 1994 to a total of 20,
adding more than 175 million retail gallons to the business.

         Ferrellgas   Partners,   L.P.,   through  its  operating   partnership,
Ferrellgas, L.P., is the second-largest retail marketer of propane in the United
States, serving more than 700,000 customers in 45 states.

         The Senior Notes will not be registered  under the  Securities  Act and
may not be offered or sold in the United States absent such  registration  or an
applicable exemption from the registration  requirements of such Act. This press
release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to
buy these  Senior Notes nor shall there be any sale of these Senior Notes in any
state in which such offer or  solicitation  of sale would be  unlawful  prior to
registration or qualification under the securities laws of any state.

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