Shepherd: relations between shepherds and owners in North Khorasan

Undoubtedly, the most important task in traditional animal husbandry is the responsibility of the shepherd, because traditional animal husbandry is not possible without the shepherd. In recent years, shepherds, especially good shepherds, have become rare, and because of this, animal husbandry is facing major problems. The author knows cattle farmers who have abandoned cattle farming due to the lack of shepherds. Those who do not deal with animal husbandry think that anyone can take on the work of a shepherd or that every animal husbandry is a shepherd; While it is possible that someone is among the nomads and has been raising livestock for 50 years, but does not know "shepherding" because shepherding is a specialized work. When the new shepherd leads the herd, the loss of sheep, wolfishness, a decrease in the quality and quantity of milk, oil, wool, skin, meat, and the destruction of the pasture are certain. In traditional livestock farming, the shepherd has an important social role; Mal-Bineh) is. Traditionally, a one-year-old shepherd is taken. Right at the time of formation of the herd and the neighborhood, the shepherd is hired, and all the people of the neighborhood must pay the shepherd''s wages in proportion to the number of their cattle. In this article, an attempt has been made to address the most important development in the relationship between the shepherd and the owners of the sheep, which is the monetization of the shepherd''s wages.