This special re-print edition of Manly Miles' book "Stock Breeding: A Practical Treatise: The Application of Laws of Development and Heredity to the Improvement and Breeding of Domestic Animals" is a complete guide to the subject of breeding animals of various types to perfection. Published in 1889, this is one of the most complete guides to livestock breeding and explores the principles that are used to improve livestock and other animals. Chapters include Breeding As An Art, Heredity of Normal Characters, Heredity of Diseases, Heredity of Acquired and Abnormal Characteristics, Atavism or Reversion, The Law of Correlation, Variation, Fecundity, Inbreeding, Crossbreeding, The Relative Influence of Parents, Pedigree and more. This will be found to be a valuable resource to breeders of all types of domestic animals who are looking to greatly improve their stock. At over 400 pages, this is one of the most complete books on the subject. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.