The four types of resistance moisture meters most commonly used in Taiwan were used to measure the moisture contents of four different varieties of rough rice and compared the results determinated by the air-oven method. The statisics of measured errors and variances are adopted as the criteria to determine the proper measuring ranges of these meters. The best regression equation obtained from the relationship between measured values and standard values by air-oven method was selected to improve the performance of resistance moisture methers. The results of this study indicated that the performance of resistive-type meters could only be valid at the moisture content bellow 22%. The quantitative effect of grain vareities, units and different harvested years had been established.