170 years ago today - Jul 8, 1856

[Apostle Wilford Woodruff]

8th I was vary lame & spent the fore part of the day at home & the afternoon at the office. I visited a peace of Australia wheat or barley in the garden of sister Rich. She gave me a few heads of it & I sowed a part of it in my garden. It is a vary fine grain. President Young has gone to big Cotton wood Canyon so reported to make preparation for the 24 July. H. C. Kimball is at home at work on his store house.

[Wilford Woodruff's Journal: 1833-1898 Typescript, Volumes 1-9, Edited by Scott G. Kenney, Signature Books 1993, http://amzn.to/newmormonstudies]