WORLD’S LARGEST
RUSSIAN FARM OF 610.000 ACRES. The largest farm in the world is in the U.S.S.R. at Trubetskaya. Northern Caucasus. It is 610.337 acres. There is a certain distinction in being bigger than anything elSe in the world. The deepest coal-mine, for instance, is a British-owned one in Brazil. It pierces 6.426 feet down into the earth. The highest church spire is that of Ulm Cathedral iii Germany, which is 532 feet. The longest ship canal is the Gota. Sweden. 115 miles, and biggest park, the Yellowstone, U.S.A., spreads over 3.350 square miles. The largest railway station is Waterloo, covering 241 acres, but the longest platform is at Sonepur, India —805 yards.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 April 1940, Page 7
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