field-driver

The most important person among them was the "head field-driver," who held that position on account of his superior intelligence and fidelity.

Jack in the Forecastle or, Incidents in the Early Life of Hawser Martingale John Sherburne Sleeper

The field-driver takes stray animals to the pound, and then notifies their owner; or if he does not know who is the owner he posts a description of the animals in some such place as the village store or tavern, or has it published in the nearest country newspaper.

Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins John Fiske 1871

There was once a case before him for a field-driver who had impounded cattle under the old Massachusetts law.

Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 George Frisbie Hoar 1865