For instance, even in getting in hay, in the summer season, the farmer has to exercise all his judgment and discretion to avoid getting it wet by the summer showers, and yet to secure it in good time, and with proper dispatch.

A cotton planter may hire an overseer to see to the getting in of his cotton, and he can easily tell by the result, whether he has been faithful or not.

But hay can not be got in well, without the activity, and energy, and good judgment, which can come only from the presence and immediate supervision of an owner.

This produces vast differences in the nature of the business, and in the whole state of society in the two regions." "What are the differences ?" asked Marco.
"Why, in the first place," said Forester, "the fact that cotton and sugar can be cultivated by hired overseers, with slaves to do the work, enables rich men to carry on great plantations without laboring themselves.

But a great grass farm could not be managed so.