Travelling through the area by train, passengers could see expansive fields of lush vines, their melons ripening under the hot sun while field workers toiled ceaselessly, hauling buckets of water to irrigate the fields.
民國五十年以後，又有濁水溪西螺大橋下的西瓜專業區；當年火車每過鐵橋，放眼四望，溪底盡是結實纍纍的瓜田，田中許多西瓜姑娘，高卷褲管，忙著擔水澆瓜。