Abstract: For feeding blanks into, for example, a carton folding machine, blank feeder apparatus that includes a frame, blank support members having rear and intermediate portions that are forwardly and upwardly inclined and front portions that extend generally horizontally; a magazine for retaining the blanks in generally vertical stacked relationship on the support members, including hold down assemblies for resiliently urging the blank rear edge portions downwardly, and front escape bars; kicker assemblies for feeding the lowermost blank in the magazine forwardly, including endless chains having wedges thereon for lifting the adjacent part of the blank and a ledge adjacent the wedge to engage the blank rear edge to positively move the blank; feed rolls adjacent the front of the magazine to aid in moving the lowermost blank forwardly; and solenoid operated clutch mechanism for starting and stopping the drive to the feed rolls and the kicker assemblies.