1. AN APPARATUS FOR SEPARTING AND COUNTING ELONGATED WORKPIECES COMPRISING: AN ENTRY STATION FOR RECEIVING A NUMBER OF WORKPIECES ARRANGED IN A GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATIONSHIP, A DELIVERY STATION FOR RECEIVING WORKPIECES TRANSFERRED FROM SAID ENTRY STATION AFTER THEY HAVE BEEN SEPARATED AND COUNTED, A SHAFT ARRANGED INTERMEDIATE SAID ENTRY AND DELIVERY STATIONS AND IN GENERALLY PARLLEL RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO WORKPIECES RECEIVED BY SAID ENTRY STATION, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID SHAFT, A ROTARY DISTRIBUTING MEANS CARRIED BY SAID SHAFT FOR TRANSFERRING ONE END OF A LEAST A SINGLE WORKPIECE FROM SAID ENTRY STATION TO SAID DELIVERY STATION, SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS INCLUDING A CARRIER MEMBER FOR CARRYING ONE END OF AT LEAST A SINGLE WORKPIECE, MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID DISTRIBUTING MEANS IN THE DIRECTION OF SAID DELIVERY STATION, MEANS FOR COUNTING A WORKPIECE WHILE IT IS BEING CARRIED BY SAID CARRIER MEMBER, A FEED MEANS HAVING A WORKPIECE ENGAGING END FOR TRANSFERRING ONE END OF AT LEAST A SINGLE WORKPIECE FROM SAID ENTRY STATION TO SAID ROTARY DISTRIBUTING MEANS, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID FEED MEANS TO EFFECT A TRANSFER OF A WORKPIECE.