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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> > Ron's a woodworker. Maybe he has or can borrow a moisture meter. Or
> > you can do it the hard way: weigh pieces, then cook them dry in your
> > oven, then weigh again, then do the math.
>
> These logs would not fit in the oven.

Cut a big one down to oven size just before weighing and baking.  
Sample size is irrelevant to moisture content. But the middle might be  
different than the outsides.