The application discloses a moisture-content-measuring system utilizing shielded electrodes arranged in pairs on opposite sides of the material and wherein adjacent pairs of electrodes are energized in an out-of-phase relationship. Each electrode in each pair constitutes a portion of an individual bridge circuit with the arrangement being such that an output signal proportional to the moisture content of the material is derived from each electrode. The signals from each pair of electrodes are then combined and used in an overall system arrangement for determining moisture content. The effects of long cable runs and associated undesirable capacitance effects are avoided through the use of the system disclosed.