Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing fine particulate material includes a hopper for storing material to be dispensed, a discharge tube having a discharge nozzle and an auger for feeding stored material from the hopper to the discharge tube. The fine particulate material is regulated by a meter which meters the amount transferred by the auger to the discharge tube. Material is transferred to a container to be charged by positioning it against the discharge nozzle so that the auger transfers a predetermined amount of material from the hopper to the discharge tube. Material laden displaced air from the container escapes into a settling tube where the material in the displaced air is allowed to settle and fall by gravity into the container.