I just posted this in the DoL forum:

Quote Originally Posted by Shadygrove View Post
Long, long ago in 1.x there was a shepherd class but only in the .dats. It was assumed that this would be the wool and skin gathering job but it was never implemented.

The guild hall still exists today in CCH.

/trivia
Quote Originally Posted by Jojoya View Post
I doubt they're going to create a gathering class for monster drops. Those are a way for all players to get items and earn gil.
Did you even craft with steppe serge?