Show where cow bells are arc made Coffins ville a little aown 7 own ia in connecticut produces supply it f for nearly entire country may miny sets made to ring isa in musical chime r 1 cowbells that melodiously chime on the western plains sheep bells that dingle on the big american shepp ranches belli bells for grazing horses and mules and all kinds of bells for the farm and ranch are nearly all made in one factory which stand stands on a hill side street in the little town of col linsville conn the factory turns out from 10 to 16 15 bells every year and they are shipped to all parts of the country through the wholesale hard ware houses to several great cattle ranches of the west were sent recent ly a lot of the bells tuned in sets of an octane e each go that the bell bear ers among the shifting shit ting herds answered each other in musical chime ranch men say that bells echoing in tunes across the plains deter wolves attaching attacking the herds the metal for the bells Is received at the factory in large flat sheets of thin iron direct from the rolling mills and la Is passed under a steam driven cutter which turns out the properly shaped pieces like patterns tor for a dou ble bladed ax then a ring for a clap per is fastened into the center of each piece and it ie Is spanned with a little t lion iron strap for a handle ally nally the piece is bent down into the lamillar bell shape and iti its sides J riveted together on the anvil the bell i la is in shape then but it still lacks tona ton 2 and color these are gained by a coating of brass and a bath in a fiery furnace in nests 0 of four or five each the bells ranging in ele site from the th little three inch sheep bells to the seven inch cow bells are placed with a mi mixture ture of charcoal bar coal and braes brass tiling filings between them in plumbago crucibles cruci bles whose lids are held in place by a plastering of wet clay then these are immersed in the fire until ready for the final touch within the crucibles the brase brass spends itself in a thin coating over the imprisoned bells and the bell obtain obtains its clear note all that neel be done afterward is to burnish the belle bells which is done by throwing them with a few leather scraps into a big re evolving cylinder in which they polish themselves the bell tongues are made in foundries and come with wire attached read to bend on |