Amish in Cashton, WI

Today we visited a diversified Amish farm, where they raise young heifers and rock cornish game hens, train horses, sell exquisite quilts, baskets, flowers, and grow oats, hay, and vegetables. The Amish call us the English. From my readings, I learned that the Amish began when Jacob Ammann, who was Swiss, broke away from the Mennonites. The average family has from 8 to 12 children. They have no electricity, telephones, plumbing, bicycles, and of course, no cars. Across the U.S. there are church districts with 25 families and are led by a bishop. Even today they speak a language that is comprised of German, Swiss, Dutch, and English. Students only speak this combination of German, Swiss, and Dutch until they go to school where they learn English. The Amish find land that is cheap because it is usually in isolated hillsides which are conducive to farming with horses. The farmer introduced us to their draft horses that can weigh over a ton and are around 18 hands (4" to a hand) tall. We were asked not to take their pictures because in the Bible it says "thou shalt not make a graven image." They have a wind mill to pump water into a huge cistern. They cook over a wooden stove, but sometimes use coal. They cut frozen ice in January to store in a small room in their home. They order their seeds in August, and plant them in February in their greenhouse. They have a huge kitchen and living room area because every two weeks a family hosts the other 24 families for a three hour church service and dinner. Visitors travel from all over Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois to buy their products. They were excited to have us sign their guest book, especially those from as far away as California, Florida, Louisiana, Texas, and Colorado. If, in 500 years, archaeologists study two farms side by side, one English and one Amish, what mistake would they make if they didn't know about the Amish culture?