In the grand scheme of things, spring plowing takes precedence.
In the era of agricultural economics, any political and economic activity must yield to grain production.
With the arrival of the spring plowing season, the previously unsettled situation in the two counties instantly settled down.
Hudson no longer had the time to stir things up. In fact, from start to finish, he had just built a stage, and the remainder of the performance was left to everybody else's invention.
The less he participated, the less the exposed problems became. Unless there were suspicious people, you'd likely never uncover Hudson's involvement.
Other than incorporating "Swamp Brand" fertilizer, Hudson didn't introduce any new tricks. Mainly because he was unfamiliar with farming techniques, and dared not blindly give orders.
