Editing Winlock, Washington (section)

===Early economy===
[[Lumbering]] was the initial economic driver. A number of [[sawmill]]s were established beginning in the late 1800s. In the late 1920s there were four mills in operation, employing 350 men and producing over 30 million board feet of fir lumber annually.<ref name=":0">Advertising pamphlet, Winlock Commercial Club, c1928</ref>

Agriculture developed in the early 1900s with the impetus on the raising of poultry and the production of eggs.<ref name="AOTMA">{{cite news|last1=Banel |first1=Feliks |title=All Over The Map: A half-dozen half-baked facts about the iconic giant Winlock Egg |url=https://mynorthwest.com/3207687/all-over-the-map-half-dozen-facts-giant-winlock-egg/?fbclid=IwAR11bS7iVixWfC8s2qarCFUI0vdI0TzJuxI-z5OU3iREpFNrbTz7ygT_eiY |access-date=November 22, 2023 |work=KIRO News Radio (Seattle) |date=October 29, 2021}}</ref> A branch of the Washington Cooperative Egg & Poultry Association located in the town constructed a large building in the north end of town, near the railroad tracks, around 1920. It housed grain storage bins and poultry processing facilities. The building remains standing today. Several hatcheries were located in the town. More than 750,000 baby chicks were produced during the 1928 season.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Washington Co-op building Winlock WA c1930.jpg|thumb|Washington Co-op building in Winlock WA c1930.]]
In 1922 it was noted in a local newspaper that the only American city that produced more eggs than Winlock was [[Petaluma, California]]. In a single weekend in 1923, Winlock shipped 38,400 dozen eggs to [[New York state]]. Winlock at that time was touted as the "Egg and Poultry Capital of the World".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Egg Farming in Washington |url=https://www.historylink.org/file/21048 |access-date=April 4, 2022 |website=www.historylink.org}}</ref>