Exhibit 10.3

SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED

AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT

        THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT (herein called this “Amendment”) dated as of September 3, 2004, is made by and among FERRELLGAS, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”), FERRELLGAS, INC., a Delaware corporation and sole general partner of the Borrower (the “General Partner”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer, and the Lenders party to the Original Agreement defined below (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).

        W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS, the Borrower, the General Partner, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders entered into that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of December 10, 2002 (as amended, supplemented, or restated to the date hereof, the “Original Agreement”), for the purpose and consideration therein expressed, whereby the Lenders became obligated to make loans to the Borrower as therein provided; and

        WHEREAS, the Borrower, the General Partner, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders desire to amend the Original Agreement as set forth herein;

        NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein and in the Original Agreement, in consideration of the loans that may hereafter be made by the Lenders to the Borrower, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto do hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

Definitions and References

        Section 1.1 Terms Defined in the Original Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise expressly defined herein, the terms defined in the Original Agreement shall have the same meanings whenever used in this Amendment.

        Section 1.2 Other Defined Terms. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms when used in this Amendment shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.2.

        “Amendment”means this Second Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.

        “Credit Agreement” means the Original Agreement as amended hereby.

ARTICLE II.

Amendments to Original Agreement

        Section 2.1 Clause (a) of Section 7.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the period at the end of such clause and adding the following proviso:

“provided that, for purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio, all Indebtedness in excess of $60,000,000 attributable to any permitted Accounts Receivable Securitizations and existing from November 1, 2004 through April 30, 2005 shall be excluded from such calculation.”

        Section 2.2 Clause (c) of Section 7.05 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows:

“ (c)        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 $160,000,000 at any one time.”

ARTICLE III.

Conditions of Effectiveness

        This Amendment shall become effective as of the date first above written when and only when the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) this Amendment duly executed and delivered by the Borrower, the General Partner, and the Required Lenders and (ii) the attached Consent and Agreement duly executed and delivered by each of the Guarantors.

ARTICLE IV.

Confirmation; Representations and Warranties

        Section 4.1 Representations and Warranties of the Borrower. In order to induce each Lender to enter into this Amendment, the Borrower represents and warrants to each Lender that:

    (a)            The representations and warranties of the Borrower contained in the Original Agreement are true and correct at and as of the time of the effectiveness hereof, except to the extent that the facts on which such representations and warranties are based have been changed by the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement or that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date.

    (b)            The Borrower and the General Partner are duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment and have duly taken all corporate action necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Amendment and to authorize the performance of the obligations of the Borrower and the General Partner hereunder.

    (c)            The execution and delivery by the Borrower and the General Partner of this Amendment, the performance by the Borrower and the General Partner of their obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not conflict with any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation or of the Organizational Documents of the Borrower or the General Partner, or of any material agreement, judgment, license, order or permit applicable to or binding upon the Borrower or the General Partner, or result in the creation of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any assets or properties of the Borrower or the General Partner. Except for those which have been obtained, no consent, approval, authorization or order of any court or governmental authority or third party is required in connection with the execution and delivery by the Borrower and the General Partner of this Amendment or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

    (d)            When duly executed and delivered, each of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement will be a legal and binding obligation of the Borrower and the General Partner, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws of general application relating to the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by equitable principles of general application.

ARTICLE V.

Miscellaneous

        Section 5.1 Ratification of Agreements. The Original Agreement as hereby amended is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. The Loan Documents, as they may be amended or affected by this Amendment, are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Any reference to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document shall be deemed to be a reference to the Original Agreement as hereby amended. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Lenders under the Credit Agreement, the Notes, or any other Loan Document nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement, the Notes or any other Loan Document.

        Section 5.2 Survival of Agreements. All representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of the Borrower herein shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment and the performance hereof, including without limitation the making or granting of the Loans, and shall further survive until all of the Obligations are paid in full.

        Section 5.3 Loan Documents. This Amendment is a Loan Document, and all provisions in the Credit Agreement pertaining to Loan Documents apply hereto.

        Section 5.4 Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance the laws of the State of New York and any applicable laws of the United States of America in all respects, including construction, validity and performance.

        Section 5.5 Counterparts; Fax. This Amendment may be separately executed in counterparts and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to constitute one and the same Amendment. This Amendment may be validly executed by facsimile or other electronic transmission.

THIS AMENDMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES.

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment is executed as of the date first above written.

FERRELLGAS, L.P.


By: Ferrellgas, Inc., as its General Partner

By: /s/ Kevin T. Kelly                             

Kevin T. Kelly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


FERRELLGAS, INC.

By: /s/ Kevin T. Kelly                             

Kevin T. Kelly, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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

By: /s/ Claire Liu                     

Name:Claire Liu
Title: Managing Director

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender

By: /s/ Claire Liu                     

Name:Claire Liu
Title: Managing Director

BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender and L/C Issuer

By: /s/ Richard J. Wernli                     

Name: Richard J. Wernli
Title: Director

By: /s/ Keith Cox                                 

Name: Keith Cox
Title: Director

BANK ONE, NA (MAIN OFFICE CHICAGO), as a Lender

By: /s/ Jane Bek Keil                         

Name: Jane Bek Keil
Title: Director

WELLS FARGO BANK TEXAS, N.A., as a Lender

By: /s/ Alan Alexander                          

Name: Alan Alexander
Title: Vice President

LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ James C. Binz                                

Name: James C. Binz
Title: 1st Vice President

BANK OF OKLAHOMA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ Coy Gallatiu                                

Name: Coy Gallatiu
Title: 1st Vice President

HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender

By: /s/Connie Disbrow                                

Name:Connie Disbrow
Title:Relationship Manager

SOCIETE GENERALE, as a Lender

By: /s/ Emmanuel Chesneau                           

Name: Emmanual Chesneau
Title: Director

By: /s/ Andrea Servadio                           

Name: Andrea Servadio
Title: Associate

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender

By: /s/ John P. Mills                                        

Name: John P. Mills
Title: Vice President

CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON, ACTING THROUGH ITS CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender

By: /s/ James Moran                                

Name: James Moran
Title: Director

By: /s/ Denise Alvarez                              

Name: Denise Alvarez
Title: Associate

CONSENT AND AGREEMENT

        Each of the undersigned, hereby (i) consents to the provisions of the Second Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) and the transactions contemplated herein, (ii) ratifies and confirms its respective Guaranty dated as of April 21, 2004, made by it for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, (iii) agrees that all of its respective obligations and covenants thereunder shall remain unimpaired by the execution and delivery of the Second Amendment and the other documents and instruments executed in connection herewith, and (iv) agrees that its Guaranty and the other Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect.

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QUICKSHIP, INC.

By: ________________________________

Name:

Title:

BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING LLC

By: ________________________________

Name:

Title:

UNIFLAME CORPORATION

By: ________________________________

Name:

Title