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season, with convenient lanes leading to all of them ; 

 the whole covering an area of twelve or fourteen 

 acres. The yards are all free, no charge ever having 

 been made for the use of any of them. The Fitch- 

 burg Railroad, which connects with the Vermont and 

 Massachusetts, the Cheshire, the Rutland and Bur- 

 lington, the Sullivan, Central, Ogdensburg, and the 

 Connecticut and Passumpsic Railroads, passes through 

 these yards. By means of these roads, cattle, &c, 

 are brought from Canada, New York, all parts of 

 Vermont, from New Hampshire, and Massachusetts, 

 and landed from the cars direct into the yards. The 

 Fitchburg Railroad Corporation have now nearly 

 completed two side tracks for the accommodation of 

 the cattle trains, where they will be able to run off 

 the main track about ninety cars, which can remain 

 there until wanted. 



The Boston and Lowell Railroad, which connects 

 with the Northern and several other railroads, lead- 

 ing through the different sections of New Hampshire, 

 has a spacious cattle depot at Somerville, within two 

 hundred rods of the market, with an extensive side 

 track for running off the cattle trains from the main 

 track ; and all other requisite conveniences for land- 

 ing and yarding the cattle, sheep, &c. 



