68 A PEEP AT 



market 168,204 slieep and lambs, 7,678 swine, 1,245 

 horses, and a large number of fowls and veal calves, 

 not numerically calculated. 



Since the first of last January (less than ten 

 months) 2,843 cars have come over the Fitchburg 

 railroad, and 1,447 over the Boston and Lowell 

 railroad, loaded with cattle, sheep, horses, swine and 

 fowls. Number from each State, during the year : — 



Total, 56,144 168,204 7578 1245 



The Market is situated within four miles of Bos- 

 ton. Operations were commenced about one year 

 ago ; since which time it has increased in business 

 and importance with unexampled rapidity. It con- 

 tains one hundred and eighty-eight yards for the 

 accommodation of cattle and sheep, one hundred and 

 thirty-seven of whiph have been built the present 



