Abstract: Apparatus for placing at spaced intervals spacing members on top of articles being stacked in layers is provided with a loading station having a conveyor for moving elongated spacing members to a plurality of spaced magazine stations; each magazine station is provided with a selection conveyor which can be individually operated to load each magazine with the spacing members; beneath each magazine two pair of guiding arms are provided, one of which is actuated by a rotary shaft to remove a spacing member from the magazine and to pass it between the guiding arms to thereby effect delivery of the spacing member to a desired location on the top of the layer being stacked therebeneath.