The objectives of this part of the project is to provide compression strength data: 1) To be able to correlate fesults obtained using "short" and "long" specimens in the in-grade compression testing program. The U.S. in-grade testing program is based on tests of two "short" specimens cut from full length dimensional lumber. 2) To be able to evaluate the influence of rate of compressi ve deformation in parallel-to-grain compression testing.