During the 19th century, hay carters used horse drawn carts and pitchforks to move the fodder they grew and cut for the winter and drought months. In addition, if there was not enough feed for the grazing animals, the animals were moved from the unproductive land to greener pastures. The Warwick stock movements published in The Queensland on Saturday 8 September 1894 recorded that drovers moved 6000 ewes from Green Hills to Barcaldine.
