This article on the basis of the identified historical source reveals various aspects of the existence of pastoralist farms of the Kazakh steppe at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. A number of traditions, customs, tools, national terms and economic methods characterizing the national features of Kazakh society are described. The relationships between nature and man developed in the historical period under consideration were revealed. An assessment of historical solutions was given and an author's vision of the conclusions of the considered historical processes was proposed. The novelty of the content of the article is determined by the value of the revealed statistical material. Relevance – the existing needs of society and the state to expand the existing historical knowledge in the field of domestic history and solve the problems of globalization in the context of the optimal development of domestic livestock.