Agricultural benefits from the government are refused. Cows are milked at 12 hour intervals, thus days begin hours before dawn. Days are long. The work is very physical and difficult by today's standards. The Amish find it very rewarding.
Amish fashion is distinctive.
It has retained styles common to the part of Europe from which the Amish migrated during the 17th and 18th centuries. Most clothing is home made. Buttons are used on many articles of clothing, however hooks and eyes are mandatory on men's coats and vests. Men's pants are of the old broad-fall style like sailor's pants. The Mutze is a special tail coat worn to church.