Supplemental Financial Statement Information (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2011

Schedule Of Inventories

	2011	2010
Propane gas and related products	$113,826	$146,805
Appliances, parts and supplies	22,313	20,106
Inventories	$136,139	$166,911

Property, Plant And Equipment

	Estimated
	useful lives	2011	2010
Land	Indefinite	$ 30,920	$ 30,566
Land improvements	2-20	11,200	11,108
Buildings and improvements	20	66,043	66,114
Vehicles, including transport trailers	8-20	104,188	99,246
Bulk equipment and district facilities	5-30	105,485	103,748
Tanks, cylinders and customer equipment	2-30	778,599	770,865
Computer and office equipment	2-5	116,281	115,189
Construction in progress	n/a	3,154	2,823
		1,215,870	1,199,659
Less:  accumulated depreciation		573,665	546,891
Property, plant and equipment, net		$642,205	$652,768
Depreciation expense totaled $58.7 million, $61.3 million and $62.3 million for fiscal 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Other Current Liabilities

	2011	2010
Accrued interest	$  19,779	$  20,412
Accrued litigation and insurance	16,565	7,928
Accrued payroll	12,974	20,464
Customer deposits and advances	19,784	23,280
Other	35,711	35,970
Other current liabilities	$104,813	$108,054

Loss On Disposal Of Assets And Other

Loss on disposal of assets and other consists of the following:	For the year ended July 31,
	2011	2010	2009
Loss on disposal of assets	$3,633	$7,296	$  5,009
Loss on transfer of accounts receivable related to the  accounts receivable securitization	-	6,566	12,124
Service income related to the accounts receivable  securitization	-	(5,377)	(4,091)
Loss on disposal of assets and other	$3,633	$8,485	$13,042

Shipping And Handling Expenses

	For the year ended July 31,
	2011	2010	2009
Operating expense	$183,899	$183,612	$178,218
Depreciation and amortization expense	6,063	5,601	4,915
Equipment lease expense	12,823	14,192	17,541
	$202,785	$203,405	$200,674

Ferrellgas, L.P. And Subsidiaries [Member]

Schedule Of Inventories

	2011	2010
Propane gas and related products	$113,826	$146,805
Appliances, parts and supplies	22,313	20,106
Inventories	$136,139	$166,911

Property, Plant And Equipment

	Estimated
	useful lives	2011	2010
Land	Indefinite	$  30,920	$ 30,566
Land improvements	2-20	11,200	11,108
Buildings and improvements	20	66,043	66,114
Vehicles, including transport trailers	8-20	104,188	99,246
Bulk equipment and district facilities	5-30	105,485	103,748
Tanks, cylinders and customer equipment	2-30	778,599	770,865
Computer and office equipment	2-5	116,281	115,189
Construction in progress	n/a	3,154	2,823
		1,215,870	1,199,659
Less:  accumulated depreciation		573,665	546,891
Property, plant and equipment, net		$642,205	$652,768
Depreciation expense totaled $58.7 million, $61.3 million and $62.3 million for fiscal 2011, 2010 and 2009, respectively.

Other Current Liabilities

	2011	2010
Accrued interest	$  17,773	$  17,324
Accrued litigation and insurance	16,565	7,928
Accrued payroll	12,974	20,464
Customer deposits and advances	19,784	23,280
Other	35,578	35,739
Other current liabilities	$102,674	$104,735

Loss On Disposal Of Assets And Other

Loss on disposal of assets and other consists of the following:	For the year ended July 31,
	2011	2010	2009
Loss on disposal of assets	$3,633	$7,296	$ 5,009
Loss on transfer of accounts receivable related to the accounts receivable securitization	-	6,566	12,124
Service income related to the accounts receivable securitization	-	(5,377)	(4,091)
Loss on disposal of assets and other	$3,633	$8,485	$13,042

Shipping And Handling Expenses

	For the year ended July 31,
	2011	2010	2009
Operating expense	$183,899	$183,612	$178,218
Depreciation and amortization expense	6,063	5,601	4,915
Equipment lease expense	12,823	14,192	17,541
	$202,785	$203,405	$200,674