Excerpts from the report Summary: Moisture content is the most important factor for the preservation of quality in cottonseed and is of equal concern to the planting seed and processing industries. Since high moisture promotes rapid deterioration of cottonseed and affects its milling properties, it is considered one of the most if not the most important factor in the determination of grade. A rapid determination of moisture is therefore a necessity for any method of grading individual lots of cottonseed as sold by farmers. Present official methods require 10 to 14 hours for a moisture determination. A survey of available methods for measuring moisture content pointed to electronics as the most feasible principle on which to base a rapid method. Electrical resistance or conductivity promised to be the best means of making such measurement. A cottonseed moisture meter based on this principle has been developed by the United States Department of Agriculture.