1909 was a good year for local wheat production. The Ypsilanti Milling Corporation decided to put some of that wheat into a new venture. It milled it into a breakfast gruel similar to Cream of Wheat. On August 6, 1909 the first ad for “Wheat Hearts” appeared.

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