For southern landowners, which of the following was an advantage of tenant farming?

A.
If land was leased to freedmen, landowners did not have to lay out cash for supplies.

B.
Landowners were generally more interested in investing their saving in factories than farming.

C.
Sharecroppers could plant and harvest any crop they wanted.

D.
The hiring of former overseers to run the farms was economical throughout the century.