Abstract
The extent of scale economies in labor utilization in English agriculture before mechanization are investigated using the 1851 Population Census. Contrary to the work of Allen (1988, Explorations in Economic History 25, 117–146), who uses information from Arthur Young's tours circa 1770, it is found that scale economies were of limited significance. Consequently scale economies will explain little of the growth of labor productivity in English agriculture before mechanization, or of the high labor productivity of English agriculture compared to the rest of Europe.
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