Before the invention of the moisture meter, farmers would have to “eyeball” their products to determine if they were sufficiently dry for use, or use an oven dry test, which is time consuming and inconvenient. Both processes took time, and there was a large margin of error with purely visual inspections, and if the farmer were ever in doubt as to whether or not the wood was ready for use, they’d have to wait for a few more days to make sure the wood was acclimated.
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