Initially, money originated from the productive system, when cattle owners punched leather discs which represented a head of cattle.

In the process, he established valuable social contacts and relationships with the relatively well-to-do cattle owners in the protectorate.

Cattle owners were dismayed during the drought of 1992 when then 90 percent of the cattle in the province died of famine.

The opinions of cattle owners regarding dingoes are more variable than the those of sheep owners.

In return for homage and military service, a man received protection from the king, both from external enemies and from factional disputes with other cattle owners.