La culture de la betterave se produisait initialement près de la manufacture mais avec le temps, elle s’est étendue au sud et à l’est. Avec ce genre de culture, les fermiers ont appris d’importantes leçons avec les années. En semant la betterave, cela amenait un revenu stable annuellement; ensuite, en engageant les Chinois pour faire la récolte, ils étaient assurés que les champs auraient les soins nécessaire pour assurer le succès d’une telle entreprise.
Bref, si Watsonville est devenu à l’époque la capital de la betterave dans la Californie du Nord, c’est en partie grâce aux nombreux Chinois qui ont voués corps et âmes à cet industrie.
Source: Lydon, Sandy “Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region”, p. 70-75, 1985.
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Many vegetables are grown in the Monterey area but none has equal in success than the beet. Introduced in the area in 1888 when the largest beet sugar factory in North America, the California Beet Sugar Company, began operating a factory, it revolutionized the local business, political and economy.
Beet growing was happening close to the factory but with times, it drifted south and east. With this type of crop, farmers learned important lessons with the years. When they grow beets, it brought a stable income annually; also, when hiring Chinese to do the hard work such as picking and tending the fields, it was the key to profit such enterprise.
So, if Watsonville became, at the time, the sugar capital of Northern California, it is partly because numerous Chinese were involved in this industry.
Source: Lydon, Sandy “Chinese Gold: The Chinese in the Monterey Bay Region”, p. 70-75, 1985.
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