EXHIBIT 11
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                 LEGGETT & PLATT, INCORPORATED AND SUBSIDIARIES
                       COMPUTATIONS OF EARNINGS PER SHARE


(Amounts in millions, except per share data)


 
Year Ended December 31                 1995         1994         1993
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EARNINGS PER SHARE
 
Weighted average number of common
  shares outstanding...............     83.7         82.0         80.2
 
Dilution from outstanding stock
   options - computed using the
   "treasury stock" method.........      1.3          1.1          1.4
Dilution from shares issuable
   under contingent earnout
   agreement.......................        -            -           .7
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Weighted average number of common
   shares outstanding as adjusted..     85.0         83.1         82.3
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Net Earnings.......................   $134.9       $115.4        $85.9
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Earnings Per Share.................   $ 1.59       $ 1.39        $1.04
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Previously reported share and per share amounts have been restated to reflect a
September 15, 1995 two-for-one stock split.