Show FARM AND FANCH BELLS f the processes hater into their cow bells that chime on the western plains sheep bells that on the big american sheep ranches bals for crazing horse sand mules and according to popular mechanics all kinds of bolls for the tarm and ranch arc made in one factory which stands on a bill side street la a little town in connecticut the metal for the bells Is at the factory in large flat sheets of thin iron direct from the rolling mill and Is passed under a steam driven cutter which turns out the properly shaped pieces like patterns for a double bladed ax then a ring for a clapper la fastened into the center of each piece and it Is spanned with a little iron strap for a handle finally the piece la ben down into the familiar bell shape and its sides riveted together on the anvil the bell Is now in shape but it still lacks tone and color these are gained by a coating of brass and a bath in a fiery furnace in nests of four or five the bolls ranging in size from the little three inch sheep bells to the seven inch cow bells arc placed with a mixture ot charcoal and brass filings between them in plumbago crucibles cruci bles the lids of which are held in place by a plastering of wet clay these are then immersed in the fire within the cru bibles the brass spreads itself in a thin coating over the imprisoned bells and the bell obtains its clear note all that needs be done afterward is to burnish the bells which Is done by throwing them with a few leather scraps into a big revolving cylinder in which they polish themselves |